Webinar: accessibility act and the future of websites
Make your company truly inclusive and offer a great experience to all your website visitors. Find out what the accessibility act can do for you and your website visitors.
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About the webinar
Debbie Gijsbrechts, expert in inclusive and accessible design at Humix, highlights the practical implications of the accessibility law for your website.
Using very practical examples, Debbie answers the following questions:
What do you really need to know about accessibility and how does it improve your website for everyone?
What useful tools and techniques are there to make your website (even) more accessible?
What elements need to be modified on your website and how much work does it really take?
Overwhelmed by the adjustments that need to be done? Learn how to prioritize accessibility in a smart way.
How do you make accessibility an integral part of your design and development process?
How do you test the accessibility of your website with the target audience and create feedback loops with users to continuously improve the UX.
- What exactly is the European Accessibility Act? Where did it come from and what exactly does Europe want to achieve with it?
- What important dates should you take into account? When exactly will the Act apply?
- Does it also apply to your website? Or do you quality for one of its exceptions?
- Are there transitional measures and when are the deadlines?
- We dwell on the principle of disproportionate burden, a term entrepreneurs will be only too happy to use.
- An additional link in your footer: the accessibility statement. What exactly should be included in this page?
- Enforcement and penalties: who will police this new accessibility law?
About the speakers
Debbie Gijsbrechts
Expert on inclusive and accessibility design @ Humix
In the field of User Experience (UX), Debbie has emerged as a leading expert on accessibility. With a combined expertise in UX design and software development, Debbie positions herself as the perfect sparring partner not only for the business, but also for development teams.
Bart Van den Brande
Attorney at Law @ Sirius Legal
Bart is the founder and Managing Partner of Sirius Legal. In 2010, he left the Brussels’ law world behind to start practicing law in a different way. Different, more direct, personal, affordable and with 100% focus on the digital economy.
Ready to dive deeper? Check our accessibility whitepaper
Interested to read an in-depth paper about the impact of the European accessibility act on your website? Be sure to check our whitepaper.