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axe-con 2026

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axe-con 2026 ran Mar 11–12, 2026 in Virtual. It is a UX Design conference that expected about 35,000 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 79 speakers, 3 sponsors and 47 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 24, 2026

Axe-con is the world's largest digital accessibility conference, bringing together developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals to advance digital accessibility programs. The event features expert talks, multi-track sessions, and presentations from industry leaders, focusing on building, testing, and delivering accessible digital ex…

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79Speakers
3Sponsors
47Sessions
4Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at axe-con, in alphabetical order.

Alex Haidar
Alice Wong
Alisa Shtromberg
Alyssa Shock
Amanda Bolton
Ambika Yadav
Angela Young
Anna Cook
Arielle Silverman
Bhuvana Narayanamurthy
Carmel Heydarian
Cherisha Agarwal
Cintia Romero
Corey Hinshaw
Damian Sian
Daniel Henderson-Ede
Daniel Yuschick
David Sabaté
Destin Hubble
Dylan Barrell
Ed Summers
Emilie Berglund

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Articulate
Meta
Saucelabs

Agenda

Selected from 47 sessions.

  • Tuesday February 24 10:00am

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

    Keynote
  • Tuesday February 24 1:00pm

    Inclusive, Engaging Accessibility Presentations (Ditch the Dull!)

    Wildcard
  • Tuesday February 24 1:00pm

    Integrating Axe for automated testing in a distributed engineering environment

    Development
  • Tuesday February 24 1:00pm

    More Practical Strategies for Accessible Design (Part Two)

    Design
  • Tuesday February 24 1:00pm

    Shift-up Accessibility: An Effective Accessibility Governance Framework for Leaders

    Organizational Success with Accessibility
  • Tuesday February 24 11:00am

    Accessibility in the End of Deterministic Design (Again)

    Design
  • Tuesday February 24 11:00am

    Building for a new next billion users

    Development
  • Tuesday February 24 11:00am

    Digital accessibility as a competitive advantage

    Organizational Success with Accessibility
  • Tuesday February 24 11:00am

    The US Digital Accessibility Legal Update (Content warning)

    Wildcard

Quick answers

When is axe-con 2026?
axe-con 2026 ran Mar 11–12, 2026 in Virtual.
Where is axe-con 2026 held?
axe-con 2026 was held in Virtual.
Who is speaking at axe-con 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 79 speakers, including Alex Haidar, Alice Wong and Alisa Shtromberg.
Who sponsors axe-con 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 3 sponsors: Articulate, Meta and Saucelabs.
Company intelligence

An audience of 4 companies, parsed from the program.

Four companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
1Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

1% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner11%
  • Other roles7899%

Of 79 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ArticulateSponsor-
2MetaSponsor-
3Sauce LabsSponsor-
4Affectiva1
Sponsors by tier
unspecified3
100% of 3