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Mike Gifford (he/him)

Founder & President, OpenConcept Consulting Inc.

Mike Gifford is the Open Standards & Practices Lead at CivicActions. CivicActions supports large US Federal Government websites through open-source. A long-time maintainer of the Drupal CMS and a prolific GitHub contributor, Mike builds specialized tools designed to help public agencies achieve more accessible sites.

He is a regular participant at FOSDEM, the world’s largest open-source gathering, where he meets with Digital Government leaders from around the world. Mike also sits on the Board of the Digital Services Coalition, which supports a group of over 50 companies that support the modern, agile governent digital services.

Sessions

50 years

Inclusion and accessibility

In this session, we'll look at what accessibility means for a connected citizenry, and why digital government for everyone isn't just a constitutional right—it's the right way to build sustainable platforms. See More.