Accessibility Conferences (2023) and Events
Accessibility Conferences and Events
We are in the process of putting a list of accessibility conferences that take place regularly. If there is a conference that we have missed please mention it in the comments section & it will be added to the list.
- #a11yTOConf
A curated playlist of talks, focused on digital accessibility - A Future Date
A virtual a11y conference - A11y Bytes
A11y Bytes is a dynamic, fast-paced evening of lightning talks about digital accessibility and the needs and preferences of users with disabilities. - ACCESS 2022:Age of Digital Inclusion:
At ACCESS, they are gathering the most influential people in accessibility to share their frameworks for inclusivity. - Accessibility Club Conference
1-day 1-track conference for web developers and designers about all things web accessibility and assistive technology - Accessibility Scotland
Accessibility Scotland’s focus is on providing a friendly, affordable, and informative day focused on digital accessibility and inclusion. - AccessibilityPlus Event Calendar
Accessibility.com presents AccessibilityPlus Event calendar, where you will find the latest, upcoming events and the most recent past events. - Accessing Higher Ground
Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of:
• Accessible media, Universal Design and Assistive Technology in the university, business and public setting;
•Legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance;
•The creation of accessible media and information resources, including Web pages and library resources. - AccessU
Accessibility: Off the Sideline and into the Mainstream - Axe-con
Deque Systems announces axe-con, a new, digital accessibility conference. - Business without Barriers Summit
The Business without Barriers Summit brings together hundreds of Accessibility and D&I professionals for 2 days of free content and expert-led sessions covering the implementation of assistive tech, inclusive culture, adaptive workspaces, equitable recruitment, customer experience and accessible product offerings. - Conference on European Web Accessibility Regulations
IAAP Europe and G3ict are co-organizing an event covering policy, standardization and case studies in the European perspective of web accessibility. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about the increasing requirements for private and public sectors. - Digital Accessibility Legal Summit
Digital Accessibility Legal Summit bring together experts from the fields of accessibility and legal to discuss current trends, and to provide insights that will be helpful to practitioners in their work on digital accessibility. - HighEdWeb 2023 Accessibility Summit
The HighEdWeb Accessibility Summit is a one-day, online event focused on digital accessibility in higher education.
Learn best practices about digital accessibility and connect with your peers at other higher ed institutions. Beginners and experts, non-technical and technical users, and everyone in-between will benefit from attending the Accessibility Summit! - HelloA11Y
HelloA11y is evangelising the Indian tech community with accessibility knowledge by hosting virtual conference, providing mentorship & guidance. - ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium
Is a place where you can share your innovations and to help explore how we can adapt to new accessibility challenges in our new world. - Inclusive Design 24 (#ID24)
A Free 24-Hour Online Community Event On Accessibility - M-Enabling Summit
1st Global Summit on Accessible Mobile Technology for Seniors and Users of All Abilities - Magnify Conference
The Magnify Conference was created from a surge of inspiration when seeing so many talented people practicing inclusive design practices daily across the globe. - Naidex – National Accessibility, Inclusion & Disability Expo
Now in its 50th year, Naidex is the UK’s largest and longest running event for the disability community with content, products and features covering a full lifestyle arc. Trade professionals can explore the latest technology and innovations in the marketplace, find new suppliers, and talk directly to key manufacturers, retailers and distributors serving the sector. - OZeWAI Conference
Bringing together digital accessibility experts, specialists and researchers from all over the world to explore digital inclusion. - SciAccess:
The Science Accessibility Conference is an international conference dedicated to promoting disability inclusion and equity in STEM. SciAccess brings together researchers, educators, students, and disability advocates to share best practices in accessible STEM education, outreach, and research. - Signal Centers Accessibility Awareness Summit:
This summit will cover exciting new technological advances in the world of accessibility. They also be visiting issues facing individuals with disabilities and how these issues can be addressed with technology - TechAccessOK Conference
TechAccessOK is Oklahoma’s premier conference that focuses on accessibility in technology and the web - Texthelp’s Festival of Accessibility
At Texthelp’s Festival of Accessibility, hear from a range of experts to discover key learnings and find out what’s next. - The Guelph Accessibility Conference
To raise awareness (and encourage action) among educators, IT managers and providers, web managers and content providers, course designers, and individuals who create and disseminate information regarding:
◦Accessibility issues related to the use of information in a range of formats and settings
◦Standards, tools and strategies for identifying and correcting information accessibility barriers
◦Strategies for incorporating the issue of accessibility into the real-world environment of competing interests and limited resources. - Web4All
W4A continues to be a premiere venue for accessibility research, and we welcome submissions on all aspects of web accessibility. We invite your best work that advances our understanding of access for people across the accessibility continuum. - WordPress Accessibility Day
WP A11y Day is a 24-hour global event. We’ll be featuring a selection of speakers from around the world.
- Accessibility DC
This group has discussions on how to make the web more accessible and the following are some topics of interest: – Section 508 Compliance or WCAG 2.0 – Practical Ways to Make Your Website Accessible – Creating Accessible PDF’s – Making Flash Accessible – What is WAI-ARIA – (Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications) – Accessible Video Captioning – Accessible Audio Transcription – Panel Discussion on “Issues Affecting Individuals with Disabilities on the Web” – Mobile Application Accessibility – and many more subjects. - Accessibility London
We are the UK’s largest accessibility community, a welcoming and friendly group of people focussed on digital products, digital services and the built environment across the public, private and charitable sectors. Our members are people with lived experiences of disability, accessibility professionals, accessibility researchers, accessibility advocates, user researchers, user experiences professionals, visual designers, content designers, developers, quality assurance testers, policy makers and managers. - Accessibility Web + WordPress
Here we talk about all things Accessibility, for websites, social media, and other online platforms (but mostly for websites, and mostly WordPress websites). We are designers, developers, marketers, small business owners, with web accessibility knowledge ranging from beginner to seasoned specialist. - Atlanta A11y Meetup
This is a group for anyone interested in web accessibility. Whether you’re a UX designer, developer, project manager, or are simply curious about the value and impact web accessibility can have on your products and our community. - Austin Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup
Calling all Austin developers, designers, accessibility, usability, and any other high-tech professionals. Would you like to network with like-minded professionals that are passionate about inclusive design? Would you like to learn how to make your work more accessible? Do you work in accessibility and want to share your knowledge? If you have an interest in accessibility and inclusive design, we want you in this group. - Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design
Whether you: work on digital accessibility and are eager to share your knowledge, want to learn how to make what you are creating accessible to and inclusive of users with different disabilities, and/or are keen to network with like-minded professionals, this group is for you. - Berlin A11Y Meetup
A11y Meetup Berlin is designed to bring together the accessibility, web performance, and inclusive design community to share and discuss ideas, best practices, and experiences. We would love to invite everyone interested in these topics. - Boston a11y Meetup
This group is for anyone interested in anything related to accessibility, assistive technology and inclusive design. - Boulder Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup
This group is about bringing together anyone interested in accessibility and inclusive design to share ideas, best practices and hopefully to raise the bar in Colorado when it comes to digital inclusion. - Brisbane, Australia Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
This group is for web practitioners and other professionals who are interested in web accessibility and inclusive design practices. - Budapest Accessibility Meetup
This group is for you if you work as a UXer, designer or developer and feel that you have room for improvement in the field of inclusive design and accessibility, you work as a project manager and want to understand accessibility specifications, you work as a content manager and want to know how much the accessibility of your project depends on you, you represent the client side and would like to formulate accessibility requirements for your project that really serve the interests of your future users. The primary language of this group is Hungarian. - Canberra, Australia Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
This group is for web practitioners and other professionals who are practicing or intending to practice in the area of web accessibility and inclusive design practices. - Chicago Digital Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
The Chicago Digital Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup is designed to bring like-minded web and mobile app developers and engineers, user experience, design and other digital professionals together in a setting of sharing, learning, and networking. - Cleveland Accessibility Meetup
We seek to increase awareness of digital accessibility, inclusive design, and assistive technologies in Northeast Ohio in a setting of sharing, learning, and networking. - Denver, Colorado DenA11y Meetup
We will discuss and demonstrate accessibility techniques used professionally, ask and answer questions about how to add accessibility to current software, and also examine how accessibility can fit into your organization and what steps you can personally take to improve the accessibility of your products. - Greater Toronto Area A11Y Meetup Group
Our goal is to provide a place for you to learn, share your experiences, ideas, and solutions and collaborate on building a more inclusive web. - Helsinki, Finland Web Accessibility Meetup
This is a group for people who already develop things for the web, and are interested in learning how to bake accessibility into things they create. - Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup
We are accessibility and inclusive design practitioners of differing abilities who want to help practitioners who are either unaware of or hesitant to engage in accessible and inclusive design. - Melbourne, Australia Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
This group is for web practitioners and other professionals who are interested in web accessibility and inclusive design practices. - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Accessibility Twin Cities Meetup
Accessibility Twin Cities is designed to connect and support individuals who work in – or are even simply interested in – the field of digital accessibility and accessibility testing for organizations, businesses, and government. Our goal is to give accessibility aficionados a chance to meet, share resources, and learn together. - Montreal A11Y Meetup
a11yMTL is a bilingual interest group for anyone passionate about web accessibility, universal design, and digital inclusion. Come share your experiences as end users, or discuss ways to improve your skill sets as developers, designers and content authors. - NYC A11Y Meetup
This group exists to advance accessibility and inclusive design. The goal is to bring together NYC’s accessibility community to share ideas, best practices, and experiences. - Ottawa, Canada Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design A11Y YOW Meetup
This group is about regularly bringing together our accessibility community to share ideas, best practices, our experiences and hopefully to raise the bar when it comes to digital inclusion. If you’re interested in accessibility & inclusive design then we want you in this group. - Perth, Australia Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
This group is for web practitioners and other professionals who are practicing or intending to practice in the area of web accessibility and inclusive design practices. - Portland, OR Accessibility and User Experience Meetup
The Portland Accessibility and User Experience (PDX A11Y UX) Meetup addresses how to incorporate accessibility and universal design principles into project planning, user research, and UX evaluation. This meetup hosts an ongoing conversation about how to create in a way that is inclusive to the greatest number of people possible – meaning those with and without (dis)abilities. - Princeton A11Y Meetup
A11yPrinceton meetups explore topics relevant to digital accessibility, inclusive design, and assistive technology. The group is organized by Princeton University in partnership with Educational Testing Services (ETS). - Quebec Accessibility Meetup
The main objective of which is to bring together all the players concerned with Web accessibility to share advances, developments and innovative solutions in terms of accessibility. - San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
This meetup is for anyone interested in anything related to accessibility and inclusive design. We’ll usually have lightning talks by accessibility experts and plenty of time to chat with speakers and fellow attendees. - Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
We are the Seattle area analysts, designers, developers, testers, and teachers working to champion and improve experiences for every web and mobile user. Our goal is to offer periodic events and opportunities that serve the accessibility community. - Stockholm, Sweden t12t – Meetup
A meetup with a focus on digital accessibility. We choose language for our meetups depending on subject and speakers. This means that some of our meetups are in english while others are in swedish. - Sydney, Australia Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup
This group is for anyone interested in inclusive research, design and development practices. This includes accessible design and development, user research that involves people with disabilities in a holistic, integrated fashion as well as compliance with international standards such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. - Utrecht, Netherlands Inclusive Design & Accessibility Meetup
We like to come together to talk about inclusive design and accessibility, be it UX design, UI design, EU law changes, web accessibility, product design, user research. - Virtual Reality Accessibility Group Meetup
This group is for people who want to meet and discuss topics around accessibility in technology for people with disabilities that apply to XR/VR/AR. - WordPress Accessibility Meetup
Virtual meetups on making WordPress websites accessible with live captions. This meetup has been officially approved for Continuing Accessibility Education Credits for maintaining Website Accessibility Specialist (WAS) and Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) certification through the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP).
- IAAP DACH Chapter Webinar
Our online seminar series has set itself the goal of promoting the exchange of knowledge on the subject of accessibility. Best practices and new trends and tools are presented every two months as part of a free online seminar. - IAAP Nordic Chapter Webinar
At this webinar, we present the results of the Users as Experts project and discuss what if we could train people with disabilities in web accessibility so that they can become active users who provide constructive feedback when they discover shortcomings and work as accessibility experts and expert users in tests and in this way help website owners who want to meet the requirements of the law. People with disabilities are often experts in accessibility, sometimes without thinking about it. Experiencing how lack of accessibility creates obstacles in everyday life provides unique experiences and insights. - NeuroAbilities Virtual Symposium
As Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) and Neurotechnology (NT) devices evolve rapidly, what are their pathways to marketable solutions for Persons with Disabilities? What is their market potential? How can their design and applications best serve Persons with Disabilities? How can barriers to adoption be lifted and neuroethics challenges resolved? The NeuroAbilities Virtual Symposium will explore these issues with experts.
The need and acknowledgment of inclusive design is growing; yet even experienced practitioners feel intimidated in how to get started. Here we hope that those already doing this practice can lead the way and share their learnings with others.
Conference on European Web Accessibility Regulations, Brussels, 5th December
IAAP Europe and G3ict are co-organising an event covering policy, standardisation and case studies in the European perspective of web accessibility in Brussels 5 December.
http://www.iaapnordic.org/events/IAAPConference/
Hello Frida,
Added this conference to the list. Thanks for sharing it.
Texthelp’s Festival of Accessibility
20th May 2021
This event is for you if you…
– Want to understand accessibility legislation and learn how you can go above and beyond minimum requirements
– Crave to create accessible websites which make all users feel included
– Long to publish inclusive content that all your audience can understand
– Wish that you were already creating accessible PDFs, social media posts and videos
– Are curious about what’s coming next in the digital inclusion space
https://text.help/4iRwvk
Hi Lisa,
Added the conference to the list. Thanks for pointing it out.
Are you next? Trends in Digital Accessibility Lawsuits | January 25, 2022
https://www.accessibility.com/event/2022/trends-in-digital-accessibility-lawsuits
This event will provide participants exclusive access to the most up-to-date and accurate legal trends in accessibility, including the 2021 results from across the country and expectations and projections for 2022. Trends to be discussed include exposure by industry, costs of non-compliance, and baseline compliance levels organizations should strive for as identified in recent litigation and settlement agreements. Participants will also learn how embracing ongoing enforcement activity as a catalyst for adopting accessibility best practices can benefit the organization’s bottom-line and relationship with its customers.
Hello Erik,
Will add the events page to the list!
ACCESS 2022: Age of Digital Inclusion is happening in Boston on Tue, March 29, 2022!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/access-2022-age-of-digital-inclusion-tickets-196799561787
Hello shea,
Added the conference! Thanks for sharing the resource.
The Website needs to be updated but Signal Centers Accesiblity Technology Summit happens every year in May.
https://signalcenters.org/index.php/signal-centers-accessibility-awareness-summit/
Hello Toni,
Added the conference! Thanks for sharing the resource.
Thank you for this great list! I have an addition:
SciAccess: The Science Accessibility Conference
This is an international conference dedicated to promoting disability inclusion and equity in STEM. SciAccess brings together researchers, educators, students, and disability advocates to share best practices in accessible STEM education, outreach, and research. https://sciaccess.org/
Hello Anna,
Added the conference! Thanks for sharing the resource.
Would love to see dates and locations, and have the listed sorted by dates.
This need bit of custom development. Will be considered once we have a developer resource available.
Would be great to include the WAIM Accessibility In Mind conference that is coming up;
https://conference.webaim.org/
What about CSUN?
https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/
ATIA is another
https://www.atia.org/conference/