Tech A11y Summit
Tags: a11y, webdev, inclusion
Published: 2021-12-12 09:34:58

**On the 15th of December, from 12:00 CET till 18:00 CET, the Tech A11y Summit is taking place. An 6 hour event all about accessibility in tech, intending to leave you afterwards with a lot of practical things you can directly apply in your work or daily life.**

During the conference interpretation into international sign is provided as well as automated captions and a transcript.

**Register now on the [Tech A11y Summit Website](https://www.techa11y.dev).**

### What is the conference all about?
The conference offers a wide range of topics presented by 16 speakers from all over the world. From 10 minute sessions and deep-dive sessions to interactive panels.

### Opening and keynotes
The summit starts with a 30 minute documentary created by [Henk Boelman](https://www.henkboelman.com) about [inclusive and accessible events](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/inclusive-and-accessible-events/). After the documentary the hosts of the day, [Rayta](https://twitter.com/raytalks) and [Stacy](https://twitter.com/Stacy_Cash), will open the conference and then it is time for the openings keynote [Inclusive Design, more than you hear](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/inclusive-design-more-than-you-hear/) by [Marie Van Driessche](https://twitter.com/marievandries). In this keynote she will dive into the question: 

> Websites are a very visual medium. You therefore might think that they will work for people who are deaf. But is that true?

Don't miss out on this keynote, tune in 12:30 CET on the [Tech A11y Summit Website](https://www.techa11y.dev)

If this keynote is not enough to get you excited for the rest of the day, then [Dennie Declercq](https://twitter.com/DennieDeclercq) talk [The scary truth about labels](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/the-scary-truth-about-labels/) must get you moving to the tip of your chair.

### Ask your questions during the live panel
We are lucky that Marie and Dennie are able to join us live in the studio for a panel after their talks. In this panel Rayta will dive into the different perspectives of Marie and Dennie about accessibility and inclusion.

![An image with all the speaker profile pictures and names](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/v5i6tk4pcck24zmkv5pj.png)

### Deep dive sessions
From the panel we move on to [Megan Strant](https://twitter.com/MeganStrant), she is joining us live from Australia with her session [How can you drive inclusion for hidden disability](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/how-can-you-drive-inclusion-for-hidden-disability/)? In her session she will talk about the question: 

> What can we each do to support people with challenges across neurodiversity and mental health to make the workplace and online technology better on a daily basis?

### All about accessibility in web development
After Megans session we go to a section in the conference that focusses on web-development. [Adrián Bolonio](https://twitter.com/bolonio) will kick this section of with his session [Testing Web Accessibility](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/testing-web-accessibility/) followed by an hour of 10 minute lightning sessions
- [The CSS Side of Accessibility](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/the-css-side-of-accessibility/) by Linda Ikechukwu
- [Could browsers fix more accessibility problems automatically?](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/could-browsers-fix-more-accessibility-problems-automatically/) by Hidde de Vries
- [Tables have their place, now let’s make them fit](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/tables-have-their-place-now-let-s-make-them-fit/) by Martine Dowden
- [An inclusive web: using preference media queries to make your sites for everyone](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/an-inclusive-web-using-preference-media-queries-to-make-your-sites-for-everyone/) Kilian Valkhof
- [Mapping our journey to accessibility: What we can learn about accessibility from maps](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/mapping-our-journey-to-accessibility-what-we-can-learn-about-accessibility-from-maps/) by Joe Glombek

The lightning round is closed by a panel about Accessibility in front-end development, hosted by Stacy Cashmore.

Next up, after the panel there are 2, 30-minute sessions:
- [FronteND and BackeND (Accommodate NeuroDiversity in your products)](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/frontend-and-backend-accommodate-neurodiversity-in-your-products/) by Anna Korinna Németh-Szabó
- [Accessibility Insights: Catch accessibility bugs early and often](https://www.techa11y.dev/main-track/accessibility-insights-catch-accessibility-bugs-early-and-often/) by Jacqueline Gibson and John Wade John Wade

### Closing keynote
We close the summit with a keynote by [Dona Sakar](https://twitter.com/donasarkar) where she will talk about all that you have learned about Accessibility during the day and what you now can DO with it. In this closing session, you'll learn 5 actionable things you can do TODAY to bake inclusion into your product from day 1.

We hope to see you during the summit from 12:00 CET till 18:00 CET.

**Register now on: [Tech A11y](https://www.techa11y.dev)**