Conference Activities

Before the conference begins, pick up your badge and join us for a welcome reception and opening keynote at the Hyatt Regency Barton Springs. After complimentary appetizers and networking opportunities with fellow attendees, Lucy Greco will present "How Technology Changed Me and What I Hope For In The Future."

Location: 208 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, TX 78744 (Room: Longhorn II -17th Floor)

Join authors Lainey Feingold and Jutta Treviranus at AccessU as they share a bit about the book, answer questions, and sign copies.

About the Book:

Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech is a groundbreaking collection of 32 chapters written by 39 disabled and nondisabled authors from 10 countries and one commonwealth. It is the first book on digital accessibility ethics and will be published on May 6th by CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group.

The book introduces the Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework. It’s an action-oriented three-part tool designed to disrupt disability exclusion in tech with values, actions and questions.

The chapters apply the Framework through stories, strategies and best practices to a wide range of issues: from cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, from accessibility practitioner burnout to voting, marketing, hackathons, publishing and more.

Lainey Feingold, an editor of the book who also contributed two chapters, will be at AccessU delivering the first ever workshop on Digital Accessibility Ethics. Knowing the long-time commitment to digital accessibility at this event -- and knowing other authors will be attending the conference -- Lainey selected AccessU and Austin to hold this book launch and signing event.

Please come join us to meet Lainey and the other authors and learn about the Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework, a living document destined to change and grow as it ventures into the world and is put into practice. 

Join us for a special closing celebration in partnership with Art Spark Texas that brings back a multi-sensory art experience we haven’t seen at AccessU for 15 years. During Sight Sound Soul, musicians with disabilities perform on stage alongside artists painting in real time. Energetic ASL interpretation, human captioning, and live audio description are provided. This year, our closing event will also honor Sharron Rush — Knowbility’s founder and one of the original pioneers of digital accessibility — as she retires after decades of global impact.

Visit our Sight Sound Soul page for ticket links.