2026 Talks
This page has information on the ten talks at this year's camp which will give you a feel of what to expect during the day. The schedule is now live.
Getting AI to Write Accessible Code with MCP
AI coding tools are becoming indispensable for generating code quickly, but they may not reliably follow accessibility requirements, design systems, or team conventions, unless the parameters are properly set. This means that the same issues keep showing up in PRs, audits, or production. By leveraging the Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can provide structured context about your components, patterns, and accessibility requirements so that the AI agents you use generate code that aligns with how your team builds their software. We’ll walk through an example of wiring an MCP server into a development workflow, showing how our AI agent can generate code that follows our defined accessibility constraints and design patterns. We’ll cover what kind of context is useful, how to structure it, and where things may break if you’re not careful.
Hosted by: Jeremy Rivera
Knobe and OneKey
The Knobe Protocol (Knowledge-Native Objects for Bots and Engines) embeds verifiable provenance — author, source, SHA-256 hash — into Markdown documents, so AI mediators like screen reader summarizers and RAG advising tools can prove what they're relaying is faithful to the source. OneKey is a hardware-chip authentication pattern on ResilientDB that meets WCAG 2.2 SC 3.3.8 by replacing passwords and puzzles with device possession. Trustworthy content in, barrier-free access out.
Hosted by: David Kyle and Joshua Hori
Agentic Approaches to Accessibility at LinkedIn
We will share how LinkedIn engineers are leveraging products like Claude to make our features more accessible. We will also share what we've learned along the way.
Hosted by: Carol Scott and Amy Liu
What Smart Glasses Learn from Deaf Users
I'm a Deaf creative director who built one of the first subtitle apps for Google Glass in 2013. That project taught me something the industry still hasn't learned: accessibility use cases aren't niche. They're proof cases that reveal where mainstream markets are heading. Let's talk about what wearables get wrong.
Hosted by: Michael Allen Nesmith
Practices for Continuous Accessibility
Often relegated to episodic efforts such as late-stage audits and ad hoc projects, digital accessibility is most effective and efficient when it is the organization’s default mode of operation. In this talk we provide practical strategies for embedding accessibility into daily routines, relationships, and technical systems, demonstrating how to start small and scale over time. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas for initiating and sustaining cultural change in their organizations.
Hosted by: Devon Persing and Andrew Hedges
Automated Accessibility Testing for Design Systems using AI
At eBay, our Evo-Web design system is core to building accessible web experiences, but to be truly confident in our work we needed robust testing. Building an end-to-end test suite for a project is a daunting task for any team, and we gave ourselves the added challenge of including comprehensive automated accessibility testing. This talk will cover our journey as we develop a test suite for Evo-Web using AI coding assistants with testing tools like Playwright, from initial experimentation to implementation. This talk will aim to give accessibility specialists and developers an understanding of what is possible when using AI coding assistants and testing libraries to develop accessibility tests and how to implement these tools in their own projects.
Hosted by: Goutham Ponnada and Ian McBurnie
Building AccessTrader: Making Financial Markets Usable for Everyone
This session shares the real journey of building AccessTrader, an accessible trading platform designed for blind and low-vision users. We’ll focus on product decisions, trade-offs, and lessons learned while translating complex financial data into simple, usable experiences. Expect an open conversation on accessibility-first design, what worked, what didn’t, and how to build inclusive fintech products that actually scale.
Session hosts: Mary Ann Jawili and David Sexton
Keyboard Demo Tool: Visualizing Navigation for Testing and Documentation
Keyboard accessibility is critical for many users, but demonstrating it in screen recordings or live demos is challenging. I built a free, open-source bookmarklet that visualizes keyboard navigation in real-time—no desktop software needed. We'll see it in action for accessibility testing and training, and explore when and where it works best. This talk shifts from design workflow to a practical testing tool I've built to help anyone—from independent consultants to large teams—demonstrate keyboard navigation.
Hosted by: Linda Nakasone
DoL Registered Digital Accessibility Apprenticeship: impact accessibility affordably, reliably, at scale
We will explain the benefits of a U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship Program in digital accessibility and the government resources available to individuals looking to upskill and for employers looking to affordably scale accessibility impact. Participants will learn what a Registered Apprenticeship means, what the benefits are to the accessibility profession, and how they can access government funds to participate in the Digital Accessibility Developer Registered Apprenticeship Program as an employer or an individual.
Neither Native Nor Entirely Standard: Slack's Accessibility Balancing Act
Slack’s desktop experience is built using web technologies and is available in the browser, or via the Electron app for Mac, Windows and Linux. As a result, our challenge is to ensure the UX is accessible, but in a way that feels somewhat familiar on each platform. In this talk I’ll share some of the ways we try to thread that needle by borrowing from desktop patterns, extending standard patterns for keyboard accessibility, intentionally breaking others patterns and gleaning from emerging ARIA standards.
Hosted by: Todd Kloots