Speaking
More information on Soren as a speaker, author, and advocate.
Engagements
I'm open to content creation, guest lecturing, joining company boards, open source project contributions, speaking at events, writing, advising companies, speaking on podcasts, and more.
I'm comfortable speaking to students, adults, designers, and executives — to audiences large and small.
Selected Topics
DEI/A
Workplace inclusion across gender, disability, neurodiversity, and LGBTQ+ identity — equitable hiring, DEI/A operations like BRGs and ERGs, and strategies from my time on several DEI Advisory boards.
Operations
Design Ops, Design Systems, DEI Ops, and Accessibility Ops — how to systematize a UX and accessibility practice, from architecting cross-functional agile teams to standing up new practices inside large organizations.
Inclusive UX Design
Breaking into the field, designing inclusive and accessible experiences, community co-creation, and shame/harm reduction in products — plus tech ethics and bias in emerging tech like AR/VR/AI and web3.
Past Work
Writing & Co-Writing
- InVision Inside Design — "I've been designing for the Black queer trans person from day one"; Interview co-author, talent sourcing
- InVision Inside Design — Why this Brooklyn-based leader thinks design needs to explore beyond the binary; Interview co-author, talent sourcing
- InVision Inside Design — Why a design system is the key to scaling accessibility; Co-author
- Modus (featured by Medium) — How Losing My Sight Made Me a Better Designer; Author
- UX Collective — Do More: The Social Media Accessibility Checklist; Author
- UX Planet — Bias in Tech and UX Absolutely Exists; Author
- UX Planet — Design Is Lagging — UX Has a Bias and Inclusivity Problem; Author
- InRhythm — Different Meanings of Accessibility for Product Teams; Author
- ADPList Amazing Together — Be an LGBTQ+ Ally at Work; Author
- Knapsack — Why Accessibility Documentation Is a Must; Author
Features
- Codecademy — Cool Job Series: Soren Hamby, UX Design and Accessibility at Benjamin Moore
- InVision Inside Design — 6 LGBTQIA+ Designers Who Inspire InVisioners
- Stark — Spotlighting Access with Soren Hamby
- Concept3D — Being an Accessibility Champion
- ADPList — The Inside Scoop with Soren Hamby: Stellar Accessibility
Contributions & Quotes
- InVision Inside Design — The Definitive Megalist of the Best Design Books, Podcasts, Movies, and More; Content contributor
- InVision Inside Design — Understanding Color Theory: The Color Wheel and Finding Complementary Colors; Subject matter expert
- InVision Inside Design — Why a Design System Is the Key to Digital Accessibility; Subject matter expert
- Smashing Magazine — Equivalent Experiences Part 1: What Are They? by Eric Bailey; Quoted
- Smashing Magazine — Equivalent Experiences Part 2: Thinking Equivalently by Eric Bailey; Quoted
- University of Illinois Library Guides — Social Media Accessibility & Inclusivity; Quoted
- Built In — How to Make Your Transgender Employees Feel Safer at Work; Subject matter expert, quoted
- Remote, Inc.: How to Thrive at Work . . . Wherever You Are — Robert C. Pozen & Alexandra Samuel, 2021; Contributor, quoted
Talks & Workshops
- Progressive Insurance Inclusive Design Conference — "Escape Velocity: Growing Accessibility Maturity Past the Product Boundary"; Keynote (invited), Oct 2026
- Google, Accessibility Summit — Featured speaker, Feb 2026
- GAAD 2025 — Etsy & Zeroheight; Invited talks on accessible product design
- Deque AxeCon 2024 — Digital Wildfire: Burnout and Bias; Featured speaker
- Reaktor — Accessibility in Product Design; Panelist
- Reaktor Live — Embracing Accessibility in Product Design & Development; Panelist
- Parsons University & UXPA — Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design with Soren Hamby; Featured speaker
- Clarity 2023, San Francisco — Accessibility Atlas; Full-day workshop
- Clarity 2023, San Francisco — Accessibility and Ouija Boards; Speaker
- T-Rex Radio by Turntide Technologies — What Does a Designer Do?; Podcast guest
- 3Play Media — "Am I Doing This Right?" Imposter Syndrome and Accessibility Maturity; Featured speaker
- Wondros — The Mythos of Accessibility: Lunch and Learn with Soren Hamby; Featured speaker
- Panorama Ed — Behind the Mask: Neurodivergence in the Workplace; Featured speaker
- Maze — Designing for Accessibility; Panelist
- TELUS Digital — Lunch and Learn: Inclusive Design with Eric Bailey & Soren Hamby; Panelist
- Hill's Digital Dish — Accessibility Beyond the Website: Organizational Accessibility; Featured speaker
- Service Design Network — Accessibility 201: Maturity Models; Featured speaker
- Condé Nast — Accessibility Lunch and Learn; Featured speaker
- LinkedIn — Queer by Design; Panelist
- Ace Hotels — Trans Inclusion Workshop with Max Masure; Co-facilitator
- Ladies That UX — UXers with Disabilities; Panelist
- General Assembly — Pride Summit; Panelist
- Esper Dev Podcast — The Principles of Accessible UX Design; Podcast
- NoCode Wealth — Episode 125: Soren Hamby and Design; Podcast guest
- Accenture — Practice Makes, Remote Design Lecture Series: Practice Makes: Accessibility; Speaker
- Interaccess Toronto — Accessibility Design for Artists, Parts 1 & 2; Workshop leader
- Denver Startup Week 2021 — Product Inclusion Workshop: How Do We Better Build for Everyone?; Co-leader
- Vivid Voices: Design Experts — Community-Led Design and Accessibility; Guest
- DevSpace at Home Conference 2020 — Accessibility and Inclusive Innovation; Speaker
- Denver Startup Week 2020 — Why Every Product Needs an Accessibility Champion; Panelist
- Tech Circus UX Crunch at Home — Designing for Inclusion; Panelist
- Tech Circus UX Crunch at Home: Designing for Enterprise — Designing for Inclusion; Speaker
- Fearless at Home 2020 — A Discussion on Remote Work, Accessibility, and Inclusion; Panelist
- InVision — June Town Hall: Celebrating Pride; Panelist
- University of Alabama in Huntsville — Getting into UX; Featured speaker
