Access Israel's 9th Annual International Conference

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Access Israel’s Annual International Conference is known as one of the best international events in the accessibility field, not only due to its content, lectures and side events, but also the sharing of groundbreaking technologies from the startup nation and worldwide, and the deep connection established between colleagues

Access Israel’s Annual International Conference is known as one of the best international events in the accessibility field, not only due to its content, lectures and side events, but also the sharing of groundbreaking technologies from the startup nation and worldwide, and the deep connection established between colleagues, enhanced by the Access Israel’s vision of openness, newcomers as well as industry seniors all learn from one another. This Conference is THE place to share, learn and experience the most innovative, updated and trailblazing knowledge, best practices, polices and technologies from all over the world. It is THE place to become part of the community helping to form a more accessible and inclusive future.

Access Israel’s 8th International Conference will take place in Israel, during September 9th -12th, 2022 and will include various exciting events over five days. This year’s conference focuses on “The Future of Accessibility – Tourism, Transportation, Business and Leisure”. Main lectures and plenary sessions will take place on September 11th -12th, 2022 however it is highly recommended to be part of the entire program which helps you become part of the growing international ecosystem for an accessible and more inclusive future for all leaving no one behind.

In addition to being an innovative professional conference, Access Israel offers unique events, opportunities to create close relationships and connections with leading accessibility executives and professionals from government, corporate and the NGO sectors, from around the world. Enhanced by the Access Israel’s vision of openness, the conference is an amazing platform, for establishment of new contacts, the enhancement of older ones and reaching new heights of innovation through inter-organizational exchange of knowledge, of newcomers as well as industry seniors.

Goals and Objectives

Promoting global accessibility and inclusion
Share knowledge and best practices with accessibility and inclusion leaders and professionals involved in the field
Networking opportunity for all those dealing with accessibility and inclusion
Strengthen the Ecosystem of accessibility leaders, experts and advocates

The Themes

Developments in the field of accessibility
The challenges of the near future and possible solutions
The challenges of making future technologies accessible by design
Innovative, models, projects and best practices of accessibility implementations in large organizations
Trailblazing and unique accessibility design projects
Innovative technologies that improve accessibility
Promoting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

The conference will include

A comprehensive and professional conference with +1,000 participants and speakers, global accessibility leaders and experts
Professional workshops and panels to learn and share global knowledge with lectures of leading experts in the field of accessibility and inclusion
A meeting point of delegations and representatives from more than 30 countries and +500 organizations from around the world
An exhibition hall with accessibility solutions, technologies and innovations from Israel and all over the world
Unique “out of the box” experiential trail and activities that simulate the loss of the senses enabling participants not only to talk accessibility but also experience it and get opportunities to meet the people behind the disability

During the days of the Access Israel Conference we offer the following activities:

Customized meetings: We help our global guests with scheduling customized meetings in Israel regarding their interests. (If such meetings are important to you it is recommended to arrive a day sooner or stay one more day after the conference)
Accessible trips to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other locations
Experiential Events: Unique experiential events such as Feast of the Senses , an experiential dinner which simulates the loss of the senses (hearing, visual and mobility), in order to feel how it is to live with a disability.
Workshops: Workshops with international experts on different issues regarding accessibility

About Access Israel

Access Israel is a leading organization which strives to improve accessibility and inclusion globally through learning, development and knowledge sharing strategies. The organization leads an ecosystem which includes hundreds of organizations: startups, multinational corporations, NGOs, governmental and public organizations, international organizations, and individual professional experts. Access Israel promotes awareness raising events in accessibility and inclusion, advances accessibility relating legislation and consults and supports implementation of accessibility and inclusion in government, municipalities, companies and organizations in Israel through consulting, training, auditing etc.

Access Israel has gained a consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 5 years ago and has been active in the promotion of the UN’s Social Development Goals (SDGs) to advance accessibility in many countries to which Access Israel is invited to speak, train, arrange experiential events and form corporations for mutual learning. Furthermore, Access Israel is an official accessibility consultant to the UN’s World Food Program. Further international work includes knowledge partnerships with various organizations such as Accessibility Accelerator (USA), Zero Project (Austria), and The Valuable 500 (UK) and many more distinguished organizations. Access Israel is the official representative in Israel for G3ICT & IAAP. We host international webinars which have already attracted thousands of viewers, and from 2022 onwards, we are the proud hosts of the Global Accessibility and Inclusion Leaders’ Summit (GAILS).

Access Israel's 9th Annual International Conference

April 15th-17th 2023 | Israel

The Future of Accessibility