Keynote Topics
Katy’s talks combine engineering expertise, lived experience, and practical insight to help organisations move beyond compliance toward genuine inclusion. Each keynote blends technical clarity with powerful storytelling, giving audiences the tools and perspective needed to design environments, organisations, and systems where everyone can belong.
Engineering with Heart: How inclusive design drives innovation and technical excellence.
The Power of Belonging: Moving beyond disability compliance to a culture of genuine inclusion.
Designing for Dignity: Empowering architects and planners to build adaptable, accessible homes.
What Your Audience Will Gain
Katy bridges the gap between high-level engineering and the human element of design. By booking Katy for your event, your audience will walk away with:
Practical insights into meeting M4(2) and M4(3) standards, moving beyond “box-ticking” to functional excellence.
A shifted perspective that treats accessibility as a fundamental engineering principle that drives better design for everyone.
Deeply impactful narratives that combine 25 years of engineering rigour with the personal reality of navigating the built environment as a wheelchair user.
Actionable advice on moving organisations from mere disability compliance to a genuine culture of belonging and dignity.
Guidance on how AI and emerging technologies like BelongifAI can streamline planning and create truly adaptable “lifetime homes”.
Book Katy for your event
Bring engineering insight and inclusion leadership to your next event.
Available for UK and international keynotes, panel moderation, and virtual sessions.
Trusted by Engineering Leaders and Industry Organisations
Katy’s talks have been delivered to leading organisations, professional bodies, and industry networks. Event organisers consistently highlight her unique ability to combine technical credibility, lived experience, and practical insight to create talks that are both inspiring and actionable.
Katy is a fantastic speaker. Her presentation was full of knowledge, energy, and a clear passion for the subjects. As a neurodiversity network, we took away some great insights and advice that we immediately found useful, and we also received ideas for developing neuro-inclusion practices at Hoare Lea.
We look forward to staying in touch with Katy and welcoming her back for future updates and guidance.”
On behalf of the Royal Academy of Engineering, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your invaluable contribution to the Engineering Intersecting with Processes panel at our D&I Annual Conference 2025.
Your insights and lived experiences brought depth and authenticity to the discussion, highlighting the critical ways organisational processes shape the experiences of engineers with intersecting identities. Your perspectives on workplace policies, career progression, and inclusive practices provided attendees with meaningful takeaways to reflect on and implement in their own organisations.
We deeply appreciate the openness and thoughtfulness with which you shared your experiences, and we recognise the emotional labour that can come with these conversations. Your willingness to engage in this dialogue was instrumental in advancing our shared goal of a more inclusive and equitable engineering industry.
The feedback from delegates has been overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing how impactful and thought-provoking the discussion was.
Your contributions not only fostered important reflections but also inspired tangible actions that can lead to meaningful change.
What Attendees Say
Incredible journey and inspiring session
Thank you for your time. Your story is inspiring.”
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Katy. You have educated all of us and provided such valuable insight on disabilities.
Thank you for sharing your story. You are inspirational.”
Katy, you are an amazing individual and inspiring ..and beautifully frank and honest …thank you…everyone needs to do more.
Book Katy for your event
Bring engineering insight and inclusion leadership to your next event.
Available for UK and international keynotes, panel moderation, and virtual sessions.