Happy new year! Below is a list of many great conferences and events targeting digital accessibility which are coming up in 2019! I’m sure some are missing; please leave others in comments.
- Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup, Portland OR, Jan. 14.
- ATIA Conference, Orlando FL, Jan. 29-Feb. 2 (Assistive Technology Industry Association).
- Accessibility Camp Bay Area, March 9, San Francisco CA, hosted by LinkedIn.
- CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, Anaheim CA, March 11-15.
- Digital Accessibility Legal Summit, Anaheim CA, March 12.
- axe-Hackathon, Anaheim CA, March 16.
- Funka Accessibility Days, Stockholm Sweden, April 9-10.
- Web4All 2019 conference, San Francisco CA, May 13-14, the theme is personalization.
- John Slatin AccessU Accessibility Conference, Austin TX, May 14-17, by Knowbility.
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), worldwide, May 16.
- Accessibility Toronto Camp, Toronto Canada, May 18.
- Accessibility Camp Seattle, Seattle WA, May 18.
- Accessibility Conference at the University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario Canada, May 27-29.
- Web Accessibility Summit, Missouri State University, Springfield MO, May 29.
- TechAccessOK, Oklahoma City OK, June 6-7.
- M-Enabling Summit, Washington DC, June 17-19.
- ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium, Washington DC, Oct. 1-2.
- ACCESS by 3Play Media, Boston MA, Oct. 3 [around video accessibility].
- Paris Web, Paris France, Oct. 10-12.
- Accessibility Toronto Conference, Toronto Canada, Oct. 24-25.
- Accessibility Scotland, Edinburgh Scotland, Oct. 25.
- A11yCamp, Sydney Australia, 12-15 Nov.
- Accessing Higher Ground, Westminster CO (Denver area), Nov. 18-22.
- TechSharePro by AbilityNet, London UK, Nov. 21-21.
- Also look for dates in 2020 for OZeWAI (Australia) and ICCHP (Austria).
Webinars and more!
- IAAP live webinars (archived also available).
- 3PlayMedia webinars
- A11yTalks (YouTube) @A11YTalks
- A11y Rules podcast
- AccessMeetups Twitter list, curated by your truly.
- Also note that if you’re speaking, it’s just as good (if not better) to speak at an event; here’s a list of UX and design conferences in 2019.
17 replies on “Digital Accessibility Events in 2019”
You might add Paris Web, in October, a great event in France about accessibility.
Done, thanks!
M-Enabling Summit
Promoting Accessible Technologies and Environments June 17 – 19, 2019
Washington, D.C.
https://www.m-enabling.com/
Hi Dennis, you might want to note that A11yCamp will be in Sydney in October. This is Australia’s largest conference on accessibility and inclusive design. https://a11ycamp.org.au/
Added, thank you.
Game Accessibility Conference, San Francisco CA, 18th March 2019,
Web Accessibility Summit May 29, 2019 at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, with a specific focus on higher education best practices.
Added, thank you.
GAConf is a fantastic new conference created by Ian Hamilton about accessibility in gaming: https://www.gaconf.com/
Hello, Cleveland Accessibility April 29th, 2019 Meetup topic is: CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Recap 2019.
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-Accessibility-Meetup/events/260263110/
Hi Dennis. You could add the Boston Accessibility Conference, which occurs each fall. See http://a11y-bos.org
Hi Dennis, Cleveland Accessibility will celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, #GAAD on May 16, 2019. This is a co-hosted event with UX Akron: https://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-Accessibility-Meetup/events/260995280/
Hi Dennis, Cleveland Accessibility will host a Meetup on June 5th, 2019. Derek Featherstone and Elle Waters from Level Access will speak on two topics: Accessibility for Business Owners (what you need to know), and Accessibility in Design Systems. RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-Accessibility-Meetup/events/261028665/
ADA Symposium happening in June.
http://www.adasymposium.org/
Now in its third year TechShare Pro is the UK’s leading accessibility and inclusive design event. This year’s event is hosted by Google in London, on 20 and 21 November 2019 and will once again feature industry leaders from around the world, offering insights and practical advice to digital professionals from all disciplines and all sectors: https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/techsharepro/techsharepro2019
Sorry on delay…added!
It would be great if you could list AbilityNet’s TechSharePro in the UK on 20/21 November within your list round up: https://abilitynet.org.uk/techsharepro
AbilityNet also runs regular free, accessibility-focused webinars:
https://abilitynet.org.uk/free-resources/webinars