Virginie Cobigo

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Virginie is an award-winning Full Professor at the University of Ottawa, and founder and Executive Director of Open Collaboration for Cognitive Accessibility (Open), Canada's leader in neuro-inclusive co-design. An internationally recognized authority on cognitive disabilities and neuro-inclusion, Virginie is a highly sought-after expert on helping organizations harness the power of lived experience to unlock inclusive innovation. Through Open, Virginie has led the movement to establish a functional definition of cognitive disability to inform research and public policy, while training the next generation of cognitive accessibility experts in her organization's quest to achieve parity and equity for persons of all cognitive abilities.