Past events

November

  • performance.now()

    Location:
    Amsterdam and Online
    Description

    Performance.now() is a single track conference with fourteen world-class sessions, covering today’s most important web performance insights.

    1 accessibility highlight

  • TechShare Pro 2024

    Location:
    HSBC, Canary Wharf, London, UK and Online
    Description

    Europe's largest gathering of accessibility and inclusion professionals, spotlighting ground-breaking topics such as the European Accessibility Act, Accessibility Leadership and Artificial Intelligence in Accessibility.

  • ffconf 2024

    Location: Brighton, UK
    Description

    A full day of eight carefully curated sessions for an audience that cares about the future of the web, and who want their ideas challenged.

    1 accessibility highlight
    • AI and Accessibility: the Good, the Bad, and the Bollocks
      Talk · Not yet scheduled

  • Beyond Tellerrand Berlin

    Location: Berlin, Germany
    Description

    Affordable single-track event where creativity and technology meet. Taking place in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Munich with 500+ attendees each in a renowned, familiar and friendly atmosphere.

    Accessibility highlights

    Beyond Tellerrand Berlin is expected to include one or more accessibility-themed sessions but the full schedule has not yet been announced. Details will be published here closer to the date of the event.

October

  • WordPress Accessibility Day 2024

    Location: Online
    Description

    24-hour global event dedicated to promoting and learning website accessibility best practices for WordPress websites.

  • SmashingConf New York

    Location:
    New World Stages, New York and Online
    Description

    SmashingConf New York is focused on Front-end and UX, and covers quite a range of topics from modern CSS to interface design. Our audience is super smashing, and ranges from junior UX'ers to senior developers.

    2 accessibility highlights

  • #a11yTO Conf 2024

    Location:
    Toronto, Canada and Online
    Description

    During #a11yWeekTO, you can expect multiple accessibility events in Downtown Toronto, including free social events and our two-day, single-track Digital Accessibility Conference.

September

August

  • Web Accessibility in Mind Conference

    Location: Online
    Description

    Presented by WebAIM in partnership with Pope Tech, this virtual conference will provide participants with content that will help them mature their practice in digital accessibility.

June

  • Disability Pride Month

    Starts Ends
    Location: International

  • UX London 2024

    Location: London, UK
    Description

    Three-day conference covering all aspects of the design process from user research and product design through to design ops and design systems.

    1 accessibility highlight

  • Pixel Pioneers Bristol

    Location: Bristol, UK
    Description

    An affordable one-day conference of practical and inspiring front-end and UX/UI design talks, featuring eight world-class speakers.

    1 accessibility highlight
    • Less ‘Help’, More ‘Yelp’: When Accessibility Enthusiasm Actively Harms
      Talk · · Duration

  • Accessibility Club Summit 2024

    Location: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
    Description

    Taking place right after CSS Day 2024, the summit features a full-day barcamp and a second day with community run workshops. Join us for two days of gaining knowledge about web accessibility, exchanging experiences and meeting like-minded enthusiasts from all over Europe and beyond.

  • CSS Day 2024

    Location:
    Amsterdam, Netherlands and Online
    Description

    An advanced, single-track CSS conference for designers, developers, spec writers and browser vendors.

    1 accessibility highlight

May

  • User Experience Lisbon

    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Description

    Join UX friends from all over the world for a one-of-a-kind learning experience. It’s 4 days to soak in new knowledge and strengthen your skillset.

    4 accessibility highlights

  • A11y Bytes Melbourne

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    Description

    A11y Bytes is a dynamic fast-paced evening of lightning talks about digital accessibility and the needs and preferences of users with disabilities.

  • A11y Bytes Sydney

    Location: Sydney, Australia
    Description

    A11y Bytes is a dynamic fast-paced evening of lightning talks about digital accessibility and the needs and preferences of users with disabilities.

  • Virtua11y 2024

    Location: Online
    Description

    Nomensa's free, virtual web accessibility and digital inclusion conference. All sessions are recorded and everyone that signs up will have exclusive access to the recordings.

  • 11ty Conference 2024

    Location: Online
    Description

    A brand new exclusively (and extremely) online (virtual) single-day single-track conference dedicated to Web Development and the Eleventy static site generator.

    1 accessibility highlight

March

  • CSUN Assistive Technology Conference

    Location: Anaheim, CA
    Description

    An inclusive setting for researchers, practitioners, exhibitors, end users, speakers and other participants to share knowledge and best practices in the field of assistive technology.

  • Patterns Day

    Location: Brighton, UK
    Description

    Brought to you by Clearleft, this is a one-day event for designers and developers focused on design systems, pattern libraries, style guides, and components.

    1 accessibility highlight

February

January

  • ATIA 2024

    Location:
    Orlando, Florida and Online
    Description

    Connect with thousands of assistive technology practitioners, teachers, parents, caregivers, persons with disabilities, and more.Discover new technologies, opportunities, and creative ideas that support the power of the AT community.

December 2023

November 2023

  • DevFest Berlin

    Location: Berlin, Germany
    Description

    GDG DevFest Berlin brings together the world class experts in Android, Web and Cloud technologies to Berlin for the whole day of sessions, workshops and showcases.

    1 accessibility highlight
    • Android Accessibility: Do or Do
      Talk · · Duration

  • Wey Wey Web

    Location: Málaga, Spain
    Description

    A multi-disciplinary conference that brings together the full spectrum of individuals involved on the latest trends and practices in Web and Mobile development and UX and Product design.

    1 accessibility highlight

  • Interact Amsterdam

    Location: Online
    Description

    Interact Amsterdam Virtual Conference is Nomensa's free, virtual offering of Interact Amsterdam. Join us for six talks covering the central theme of Designing Tomorrow from some of the world's leading thinkers in UX and design.

    1 accessibility highlight

  • TechShare Pro

    Location:
    Canary Wharf, London and Online
    Description

    Europe's largest gathering of accessibility and inclusion professionals and their allies. Meet like-minded people and learn from the world's leading experts, either online or in-person.

  • Agile Testing Days

    Location:
    Potsdam, Germany and Online
    Description

    4-day conference where 600+ international agile software testers and engineers gather to learn, share, and network. This year's accessibility talks include 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to mobile accessibility' and 'Automated Accessibility Testing: A Showcase'.

    3 accessibility highlights

  • Magnify 2023

    Location: Online
    Description

    This conference will explore topics that support practitioners implement equity-seeking design and research processes in meaningful ways online. Talks are pre-recorded to make them as accessible as possible, and reduce any tech problems.

    4 accessibility highlights

  • ReTestBash UK

    Location: Online
    Description

    The ultimate online conference designed to deepen your knowledge and extend your learning from the TestBash UK 2023 Conference. As the name suggests, ReTestBash revolves around reflection, providing you with the perfect opportunity to dive even deeper into the diverse software testing topics covered at TestBash UK.

    1 accessibility highlight

October 2023

  • Web Directions Summit

    Location:
    Sydney, Australia and Online
    Description

    Expect top notch ideas, reams of actionable insights and life changing connections. There are 8 tracks of content, with talks on WCAG 2.0 for designers and baking accessibility into design systems.

    2 accessibility highlights

  • #a11yTO Conf

    Location:
    Toronto, Canada and Online
    Description

    During #a11yWeekTO, you can expect multiple accessibility events in Downtown Toronto, including free social events, #a11yTOGaming, and our two-day, single-track Digital Accessibility Conference hosted at Microsoft.

  • Interact London

    Location: Museum of London
    Description

    Design conference where the best minds from UX, design, AI, data and more share their ideas with digital leaders from around the world, including Jonny Hendriks, Nomensa's Head of Accessibility. You can also book a session in the Empathy Lab the day before the main conference.

  • M-Enabling Summit

    Location: Washington, DC
    Description

    Join disability advocates, corporations, government agencies, academia, and accessibility executives at the leading all-inclusive conference and showcase dedicated to fostering innovations, solutions, and strategies for digital inclusion.

September 2023

  • Down Syndrome Awareness Month

    Starts Ends
    Location: International

  • Inclusive Design 24

    Location: Online
    Description

    Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between.