Accessibility at an inflection point: Regulation, AI agents, and what comes next

Description

Digital accessibility is entering a defining moment.

Global regulations like the European Accessibility Act (EAA) are raising expectations worldwide; at the same time, AI is fundamentally changing how digital products are built, tested, and released. Code is increasingly generated by machines. Content is created at an unprecedented scale. And accessibility regulations are expanding across regions. 

This keynote examines the most important shifts shaping the accessibility landscape today, grounded in what we’re hearing directly from leaders across engineering, accessibility, and digital teams.

This keynote will explore:

• How regulatory changes are increasing compliance pressure
• The state of front-end development as AI agents take on more of the coding work
• What customers are saying about the future of accessibility in an AI-driven world

We’ll close with a high-level look at how the industry is responding, what’s newly possible with automation today, and why addressing accessibility at scale requires rethinking traditional testing approaches.