2025 Starkloff Disability Employment Summit.

Building Disability Confidence for Workplace Partners

October 23, 2025 • 8:00 – 4:00 • World Wide Technology Global HQ in St. Louis, MO + online

Empower your organization to lead with disability confidence.

Get the tools, strategies, and mindset to confidently recruit, retain, and support employees with disabilities.

The Starkloff Disability Employment Summit is the premier gathering for allies in the workplace, like DEI professionals, HR leaders, executives, and changemakers, committed to creating inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive.

Rebecca Cokely delivery 2024 keynote with ASL interpreter on stage.

Rebecca Cokely, Program Officer, U.S. Disability Rights at the Ford Foundation, laughs while answering audience questions during her 2024 keynote address.

Disability confidence is a leadership skill every workplace partner can build.

It’s not about having all of the answers. It’s about equipping managers, colleagues, and teams (disabled and nondisabled) with the awareness and tools to engage confidently around disability so inclusion becomes part of everyday business, not an afterthought.

When organizations build disability confidence, they don’t just “do the right thing.” These organizations strengthen retention, improve team performance, and expand their talent pipeline. It’s a smart business strategy for workplaces that want to thrive.

Level Up Your Skills + Strategy

The Starkloff Disability Employment Summit is led by experts with lived experience as disabled professionals who understand both the current employer landscape and the real needs of disabled employees.

Through keynotes with national leaders and breakout sessions from current practitioners, you will leave with practical skills you need today and the insights to build your organization’s disability inclusion strategy for the future.

“One of the most informative and engaging conferences I’ve ever been to.”

2025 Keynotes with National Leaders

Dom Kelly

Co-Founder, President & CEO
New Disabled South

Daniel Van Sant, J.D., M.S.Ed.

Director of Disability Policy
The Harkin Institute, Drake University

2025 Breakout Sessions

Embedding a Neurodiversity Program

Building a Disability-Focused ERG

Accommodations Best Practices

Intranet as a Tool for Disability Inclusion

Equity for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Talent

Influencing a Disability Inclusive Culture

Tickets

In-person and virtual tickets are available. To attend in person, select “General Admission.”

General admission tickets include lunch, snacks, and a light breakfast, as well as opportunities to connect with accessibility-focused resources and networking between sessions.

Continuing Education Units Available

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Starkloff Disability Institute is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

“I can take what I learned back to my workplace and share and implement.“

Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors!

The Starkloff Disability Employment Summit and our programs that build inclusion where we live, learn, work, and play would not be possible without the support of our sponsors.

Champion of Inclusion

Opportunity Builders

Accessibility Partners

Community Partners

Host Partner

Stand out as a leader in inclusive employment with your sponsorship of the Starkloff Disability Employment Summit: Explore Partnership Opportunities (also available in screen-reader friendly plain text format).

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Top disability employment event in Midwest