Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025
2025 GAAD Celebration
at AccessU 2025
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) at AccessU to Support Digital Equity for All
GAAD: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
You're invited to join us for the full closing day of AccessU activities which happens to be Global Accessibility Awareness Day in 2025. In the spirit of the need for greater awareness of digital accessibility and the collaborative action required to achieve it, GAAD at AccessU 2025 will focus on interactive, participatory activities.
- May 15 AccessU events include Unconference, closing Unpanel Keynote, and 10 accessibility skills training classes to choose from.
- Breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided
- Advance opportunities to suggest unpanel and unconference topics in advance,
- Free open parking at St. Ed's.
GAAD tickets are $125. Scholarships available for students, people with disabilities, and those unemployed. Contact us at AccessU@knowbility.org for more info.
All activities are hosted by St. Edward's University at 3001 South Congress Austin, Texas 78704 and streamed online for remote participation. Hope to see you there or online!
Thursday May 15 (GAAD)
- 7:30 AM: Breakfast in Ragsdale Cafeteria
- 8:30 - 10:00 AM: Classes in Trustee Hall
- 10:15 - 11:45 AM: Closing Keynote Un-Panel in Jones Auditorium: From Today to Tomorrow: Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Digital Access, led by Crystal Preston-Watson. Use this form to contribute to the unpanel interactive discussion. Free and open to the public.
- 12:00 noon: Lunch in Mabee Ballroom
- 1:00 to 3:00 PM Digital Accessibility Framework in Trustee Hall, Room 214.and Unconference Sessions in Trustee Hall - Rooms TBD.
- 1:00 to 5:00 PM: IAAP Certification Exams, Trustee Hall in Trustee Hall, Room 211
Thanks, farewell, and see you next year. Stay in touch!
