EAA: Paris, 2026
Si vous préférez cette page en français, veuillez consulter notre page en français ici.
The live event has concluded. Please register to watch the recording.
Join Deque and our partner, Ipedis, as we celebrate one year of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) by sharing the latest news and insights from industry leaders to help you and your organization continue to meet accessibility requirements by law efficiently and sustainably.
Whether you are an accessibility practitioner, leader, auditor/compliance officer, regulator, or digital product owner, there will be insights for everyone working within digital accessibility to meet the EAA.
Sessions
-
Welcome
Our partner Ipedis will kick things off with a welcome and their thoughts on EAA.
-
Moïse Akbaraly
Co-founder
IPEDIS
-
-
Insights from Deque Leadership
Beginning with insights from Deque leadership, sharing the vision and mission for advancing digital accessibility in the era of the European Accessibility Act.
-
Preety Kumar
CEO, Founder & Board Member
Deque Systems
-
-
Latest updates on the EAA landscape in Europe
Gain a deeper understanding of the European Accessibility Act, and the latest changes in enforcement, monitoring, and compliance with Matthew Luken.
-
Matthew Luken
SVP, Global Programs and Regulatory Affairs; European Partnerships
Deque Systems
-
-
From Compliance to Culture: Sustaining Accessibility at Enterprise Scale
The European Accessibility Act turned digital accessibility from a best practice into a legal obligation for many organizations. But once the deadline has passed, the real work begins: how do you move from one-off compliance to a sustainable practice woven into your processes, your teams, and your company culture? This roundtable brings together accessibility leaders from large organizations—including PwC—for a candid exchange on what actually works and what still resists in the field: governance, upskilling teams, embedding accessibility into procurement and digital delivery pipelines, and measuring progress over time. The goal: leave with concrete levers you can apply whatever your organization's level of maturity.
-
Moïse Akbaraly
Co-founder
IPEDIS
-
Inès Abroug
Associate
PwC France & Maghreb
-
Melvyn Blanchet
Senior Associate
PwC France & Maghreb
-
-
The EAA as an AI Innovation Catalyst
The European Accessibility Act set a compliance baseline. The most forward-thinking organisations are using it as a starting block, not a finish line. This session explores how the EAA, paired with the acceleration of AI, creates a real opening to differentiate, innovate, and grow. The central question is not "are we compliant?" but "what does compliance make possible?" Organisations that treat accessibility as a design principle are already pulling ahead, expanding market reach, raising product quality, and turning EAA requirements into an AI innovation engine that moves them from followers to frontier firms.
-
Ioana Tanase
AI and Accessibility Program Manager
Microsoft
-
-
The Staircase Nobody Sees: Taking Digital Accessibility to Court in France
Since June 2025, French law requires large companies to make digital services accessible — and that obligation is now being tested in court. Backed by Intérêt à Agir, two disability associations sued four grocery retailers over websites that lock blind users out of an everyday act: buying food online. A legal advocate, 2 accessibility experts unpack the cases, the early rulings, and what European Accessibility Act enforcement really looks like.
-
Erwann Robbe
Legal Coordinator, Social Justice Unit
Intérêt à Agir
-
-
Testimonial: Accessibility from the Inside
Emmanuelle Aboaf—a full-stack developer and A11Y coach at Shodo who has been deaf since birth—brings an indispensable human perspective to digital accessibility.
-
Emmanuelle Aboaf
-