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axe-con presenter in 2024, 2025

Pronouns: He/Him

Wilco has been in the field of accessibility for 18 years, and is the product manager of Deque’s advanced rules, and previously of axe-core and axe linter. He has a leading role at the W3C as Deque’s advisory committee representative, facilitator of the ACT Task Force, and former project manager of WCAG 3.0. On behalf of Deque, Wilco managed the EU-funded accessibility projects WAI-Tools & WAI-Coop, and regularly does public speaking on various topics related to digital accessibility.

Watch Wilco’s 2024 talk here: “Future of accessibility guidelines

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02/25/2026 at 11:00am US/Eastern
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Axe innovations: AI in next-gen accessibility tools

Wilco Fiers, Noé Barrell, Development,
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