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[image description: square with white background and blue gradient block copy. 2025 Disability Inclusion Summit, Diving Deeper, Taking Action, Save the Date for September 25, 2025 Kansas City + Virtual. Early Bird Registration March 17 thru June 30. Center for Disability Inclusion logo in bottom left corner.

2025 Disability Inclusion Summit
"Diving Deeper, Taking Action"
September 25 from 8:00am - 5:00pm Central
Diamond Conference Center in Kansas City + Virtual

Pre-Summit Master Class
"The Disability Inclusion Journey:
​Leveraging Personal Influence for Collective Change"
September 24 from 12:00 - 4:00pm Central
In-person only at the NAIC in Kansas City.
Not included in Summit registration.

Early Bird Registration March 17-June 30

The Disability Inclusion Summit is a national hybrid conference.

This year’s event requires a willingness to dive below the surface of disability inclusion to identify
​and take action to eliminate barriers to disability inclusive cultures. 
  • ​Disability Inclusion Summit will attract disability inclusion practitioners, HR, Talent, Workforce Culture, ERG/BRGs, Compliance and other areas of practice. ​In-person limited to 200; virtual attendance will be 150+.
  • Pre-Summit Master Class will attract senior level disability inclusion practitioners, directors and above. Hosted by the NAIC in Kansas City, in-person only, limited to 75. ​
  • ​We invite you to join us for one or both of these intentional learning events. 

Call for Speakers
​Open thru March 21

Call for Sponsors
Early Bird Benefits thru May 15
CALL FOR SPEAKERS :52 second video
​ from CDI CEO, Meaghan Walls.
​Click here for SPEAKER DETAILS
CALL FOR SPONSORS 1:23 minute video
​ from CDI CEO, Meaghan Walls.
​Click here for SPONSOR DETAILS
2025 Early Sponsors, Axis Capital, Commerce Bank, UMB Bank
2025 Early Sponsors, Axis Capital, Commerce Bank, UMB Bank

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Announcing Our Keynote Speakers!

Chris Ruden
"Curiosity to Build Culture"
Dr. Ashley Smith
"Seeing Beyond the Surface:
​How Empathy Transforms the Workplace"

HR Recertification Credits

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​SHRM Certification has approved the Master Class for 3.5 PDCs and the Disability Inclusion Summit for 5.5 PDCs ​toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification.

​A program code will be provided to attendees at the end of each day. The program also meets recertification credit standards set by the HR Certification Institute and other HR certifying bodies, but candidates must manually enter their activity into their records.