Call for presenters

Two days of digital accessibility

We’re excited to welcome the accessibility community to submit for axe-con 2026, which will take place on February 24-25, 2026.

All presentations will be in the Eastern Time Zone, but we encourage international presenters to submit as well. All presentations will have live captions and ASL for attendees, and our video software will be accessible to all presenters.

We take diversity into account during the submission review process. We believe that the diversity of presenters and topics will make axe-con better and allow important perspectives to be shared across the greater #a11y community.

If you’d like to get a sense of the awesome talks from last year, you can view the axe-con 2025 agenda archives.

Axe-con is accepting presenter applications starting Thursday, October 2. The application deadline is Friday, November 7, 2025, at 5:00 PM PT. We will notify presenters about the status of their submission by Thursday, November 20, 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] for assistance.

Tracks

Accessible development and testing
Accessible design/UX
Organizational success with accessibility (This includes business strategy and process topics)
Wildcard (For the creative and out-of-the-box topics)

Please note the following:

All talks will be 50 minutes long and in English (40 minutes for content and 10 minutes for Q&A).
All talks will be recorded and widely shared.
Axe-con Track Acceptance Criteria (PDF)

Your application should include:

Abstract: 2-4 sentences long – this will be posted on the website if accepted.
Bio and headshot for presenters – this will be posted on the website if accepted.
Previous presenting experience, what you do, and who you work for.
Acceptance of the code of conduct and agreement to allow Deque to share and promote your content.

* Required fields

Email *

First name *

Last name *

Job title *

Company name *

Details about your talk

Session title *

The title should be clear and reflect the essence of the talk.

Abstract. This will be displayed on our website *

Make sure your abstract is 2-4 sentences and gives the audience clear insight about what you would like to talk about.

Preferred time zone *

All axe-con talks will be in the Eastern Time Zone, but we welcome and encourage international presenters to submit. We will schedule your talk accordingly if accepted.

Session track *

Difficulty level of the talk *

Additional information about your talk *

Anything else you wish to tell the organizers about your talk.

Have you done this talk before? *

If yes, please tell us where and submit any relevant links and/or videos.

Details about your presenting experience

Short bio *

This bio will be posted on our event website.

Disability status

We aim to have presenters with disabilities represented in our agenda. If you would like our committee to take this into account during the review process, please feel free to disclose your disability status.

Presenting experience *

Tell us a little more about where you presented before. Add any relevant links to the videos of your previous talks. First-time presenter? No problem! Axe-con welcomes and encourages first-time presenters to submit.

Link to your LinkedIn profile. We will link this to your profile on our website and use your LinkedIn headshot on the event website.

Personal website

Please feel free to share your website if you'd like it to be linked from your presenter profile.

All attendees, presenters, and organizers at axe-con are required to agree with the axe-con Code of Conduct. * I've read and agreed to the axe-con Code of Conduct