The road to more accessible digital content is fraught with misconceptions, confusing and contradictory terminology and often expensive training solutions. All this puts off many individuals, small teams and sets back the accessibility project as a whole. Join us to find out how you can find your starting point, how to move forward with user-friendly take away practical tips and tools and understand how to interact with commonly used guidelines like WCAG- without being overwhelmed.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Webinar: More Customers, Better Conversion – The Business Power of an Accessible Website
Starting June 28, 2025, compliance with the European Web Accessibility Act (WAA) will become mandatory for all commercial websites and digital applications. But this isn’t just about legal compliance — it’s a clear competitive advantage for those who act early. Our webinar is designed for e-commerce decision-makers — owners, commercial and digital leaders — to demonstrate how web accessibility goes beyond ethics and becomes a tangible business asset. In line with the spirit of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) — which promotes digital access for all — we’ll show you how to achieve: a broader customer base by including users with visual, auditory, or cognitive impairments, a better customer experience, leading to brand loyalty and repeat purchases, higher conversion rates through simpler, faster, and more efficient websites, and legal security by avoiding fines and reputational damage from non-compliance. Discover how your digital platform can become a place where every customer can effortlessly complete their journey — and why this makes strong business sense in both the short and long term. Join Precognox’s webinar and explore the business opportunities of digital inclusion — presented clearly and backed by real-world examples.
Join us on May 16th at 15:00 (GMT+2) for 5 hours with the leading experts and influencers from the Spanish-speaking sector at this event where they’ll share their knowledge through completely free talks and workshops. This is the first event organized by weAAAre, so don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best in accessibility and inclusion.
Join Envision’s May Community Webinar. It’s a GAAD special. We’re excited to welcome Bethany Small, Chief Program Officer at the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in California, who will share practical tips on how to access funding and training for the latest assistive technologies, including Envision Glasses, ally, and other innovative solutions. You’ll also be first to hear about the latest Envision product updates from Envision CTO Karthik Kannan —don’t miss out!
Join us for a free webinar to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Share this with your colleagues and friends to raise awareness about the importance of digital accessibility! What we’ll cover: Starting out or continuing to improve maturity, the impact of digital accessibility on assistive technology users and what automated tools won’t show you. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than one billion people globally with disability. We will learn from our Digital Accessibility Practice Technical Lead, Beau Vass about ‘A false sense of accessibility: What automated testing tools are missing’. It is widely stated that automated accessibility testing tools find around 20-30% of accessibility issues. What is not as widely reported is what that means in practice; what issues can be found? How significant are the 80% of issues that cannot be found? By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of these tools, we can understand where and how (and if at all) these tools fit into our accessibility strategy, and what else we need to do to ensure our digital systems are accessible and usable for everyone. We are thrilled to be joined by John Paul Cruz, a disability policy and digital accessibility and inclusion specialist with a focus on human rights, accessibility, child rights, digital transformation, health information, and urban development. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, researching the improvement of online health information accessibility for people who are blind or have low vision. John will share his experience on the significance of digital accessibility for assistive technology users and provide insights to support organisations on their digital accessibility and inclusion journey.
Is your website accessible enough for the new EU Accessibility Act rules? The June 28 EAA deadline is fast approaching! Join web accessibility experts on May 15, 2025 (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) in this free Lumar webinar to learn how to audit, update, and future-proof your website for EU accessibility compliance.
If you’re new to accessibility, Deque’s Accessibility Fundamentals session is the perfect place to start—and it’s FREE! Led by the same accessibility experts trusted by the world’s biggest brands, this session is for everyone: policymakers, designers, developers, testers, and more. In just two hours, you will:
- Discover what digital accessibility is and why it matters.
- Learn about Indian and Australian digital accessibility laws and guidelines.
- Explore how people with disabilities navigate the web.
- Get tips for championing accessibility at your organization.
If you’re new to accessibility, Deque’s Accessibility Fundamentals session is the perfect place to start—and it’s FREE! Led by the same accessibility experts trusted by the world’s biggest brands, this session is for everyone: policymakers, designers, developers, testers, and more. In just two hours, you will:
- Discover what digital accessibility is and why it matters.
- Learn about European accessibility laws and standards
- Explore how people with disabilities navigate the web.
- Get tips for championing accessibility at your organization.
May 15 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! If you’re new to accessibility, Deque’s Accessibility Fundamentals session is the perfect place to start—and it’s FREE! Led by the same accessibility experts trusted by the world’s biggest brands, this session is for everyone: policymakers, designers, developers, testers, and more. In just two hours, you will:
- Discover what digital accessibility is and why it matters.
- Learn which laws and guidelines apply to your location.
- Explore how people with disabilities navigate the web.
- Get tips for championing accessibility at your organization.
Event Information
In 2025, Global Accessibility Awareness Day falls on May 15th. Our conference will start at 10:00 AM and will be available online on the ZOOM platform.
Topics
- Digital Poland Projects Centre. Digital accessibility in projects. Introduction
Anna Czekalska, Accessibility Coordinator, Digital Poland Projects Centre; - Digitization of art and culture in a digitally accessible way – process and challenges
Ewa Jakubowska-Smagieł, Head of the Documentation and Digitization Department, Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów - Accessibility in the e-services of the Ministry of Finance – implementation aspects
Henryk Gryz Digital, Accessibility Coordinator, Ministry of Finance - Accessibility standards for the cohesion policy 2021-2027. Requirements in projects co-financed by EU funds
Bartosz Stępień FADO Social Cooperative, University of Lodz - Artificial intelligence supporting digital accessibility
Adam Pietrasiewicz Advisor, Department of Digital Accessibility, Ministry of Digital Affairs - Digital accessibility in the Polish Accessibility Act from the perspective of the Ministry of Digital Affairs
Anna Huzarska Head of the Department of Digital Accessibility, Ministry of Digital Affairs
Accessibility at the Event
At the conference, we have provided a Polish Sign Language interpreter and live captions.