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Axe con 2026

From February 24, 2026 to February 26, 2026

Location

In-person

Online

About This Event

In our new era of global digital accessibility, regulatory and technological advancements are combining to rewrite the rules of what it means to build a truly inclusive world. Axe-con is the only conference that gathers practitioners and perspectives from across design, development, legal, management, testing, and more to explore this rapidly evolving landscape, leveraging the power of our global community to drive innovation, confront pressing challenges, and accelerate momentum.

Speakers

Rana el Kaliouby

AI scientist, entrepreneur and investor, Affectiva

Dylan Barrell

CTO and Author, Deque Systems

Preety Kumar

CEO, Founder & Board Member, Deque Systems

Ire Aderinokun

Investor, Entrepreneur, and Frontend Software Engineer

Harris Schneiderman

Director of Product Management, Deque Systems

Peter Bossley

Sr. Manager, Accessibility, Thomson Reuters

Corey Hinshaw

Lead Accessibility Specialist, Thomson Reuters

Sam Smith

Senior Staff Accessibility Lead, Coinbase

Megan Pletzer

Senior Product Manager - Mobile, Deque Systems, Inc.

Jatin Vaishnav

Technical Manager, Native App Accessibility, Deque Systems, Inc.

Schedule

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

9:00am

Human-Centric AI for Digital Accessibility: Agency, Inclusion, and the Future of Interfaces presented by Rana el Kaliouby

10:00am

Accessibility at an inflection point: Regulation, AI agents, and what comes next presented by Dylan Barrell, Preety Kumar

11:00am

Building for a new next billion users presented by Ire Aderinokun

12:00pm

Shift Left Without Shifting Gears: Accessibility in Your Existing Workflow presented by Harris Schneiderman

1:00pm

Integrating Axe for automated testing in a distributed engineering environment presented by Peter Bossley, Corey Hinshaw

2:00pm

Proactive Inclusion: Embedding Accessibility into the AI Revolution at Coinbase presented by Sam Smith

3:00pm

Accessibility-First App Development: iOS and Android Essentials presented by Megan Pletzer, Jatin Vaishnav

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