John Slatin AccessU 2025

John Slatin AccessU is THE annual conference where tech professionals, content creators, policymakers, and advocates come together for deep learning in accessible digital design.

Save the Dates: AccessU 2025: May 12th-15th

Engage, Empower, Excel!

John Slatin AccessU is THE annual conference where tech professionals, content creators, policymakers, and advocates come together for deep learning in accessible digital design.

AccessU is an interactive and communal environment, providing you with practical tools to implement accessibility in your organization. You will learn about:

Accessibility
Usability
Inclusive Design Skills

Whether you are a manager, code-slinger, designer, researcher, content creator, or any other role, you will learn from dozens of professional development classes across seven parallel tracks. Gain practical, applicable accessibility, and digital inclusion skills to meet current needs.

AccessU 2025 will feature our Pre-Conference Deep Dive workshops, general sessions, keynotes from international speakers, social events, and more!

Conference Schedule

May 12 Pre-Conference Deep Dives

These full-day workshops are a great opportunity to dig deep into accessibility best practices with experienced leaders in the field.

May 13-15 General Conference

AccessU general conference features three days of in-depth instructional learning from accessibility experts with hands-on practice and peer discussion. Sessions will be categorized under the following learning tracks:

Development
Testing
Design & User Experience
Documents & Templates
Interactive & Emerging Technologies
Organizational Practices & Strategic Planning
Policy & Advocacy

We’ll be finalizing pre-conference deep dives, general conference sessions, and more in the coming months. Check back often for updates!

Pricing

Early Bird Ticket Pricing through March 28, 2025:

$795 Premiere: Access to one pre-conference Deep Dive, all general sessions, keynote, and social events.
$545 General: Access to all general sessions, keynotes, and social events.
$345 Pre-Conference: Access to one pre-conference Deep Dive.

Standard Ticket Pricing begins March 29, 2025:

$895 Premiere: Access to one pre-conference Deep Dive, all general sessions, keynote, and social events.
$645 General: Access to all general sessions, keynotes, and social events.
$445 Pre-Conference: Access to one pre-conference Deep Dive.
10% discounts for groups of 5 or more.

Join Us - Virtually or in Austin, TX

AccessU will be hybrid again this year. Virtual attendees will participate through Zoom Events platform, while onsite attendees join us at the beautiful St. Edward's University campus located in Austin, Texas.

More Coming Soon

Stay tuned for more information including:

Registration
Conference Deep Dive and General Session details
Schedule of Classes
Hotels and transportation
and more…

Stay Informed

Are you interested in attending, presenting, volunteering, sponsoring or participating in AccessU 2025? Let us know by completing our AccessU 2025 Interest form.

About AccessU

The John Slatin AccessU conference is named after the late Dr. John Slatin, a pioneering leader in web accessibility. John taught at the University of Texas at Austin for 29 years. He was co-Chair of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG-WG) as it updated and revised the W3C guidelines (WCAG 2.0).

In his honor, we designed a three-day digital accessibility training conference. Our goal is not just to talk about accessibility but to teach coding, usability, and inclusive design skills in an interactive and communal environment. Learn to integrate accessibility into your digital communications work, whatever your role may be.

We offer a number of sponsorship levels and benefits to suit your needs. Join us in 2025 as we celebrate the 23rd Annual John Slatin AccessU! If you have questions, would like more information, or to discuss a custom sponsorship package, email sponsorship@knowbility.org.