Accessibility Summit 2025
19 November 2025
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Toolbox, Turin
PRIVACY NOTICE FOR USERS ACCESSING THE WEBSITE
The Accessibility Summit is Accessiway's own event — the first edition of what is set to become a recurring series, co-organised with Digital Days, a Turin-based community of digital innovators committed to translating technology into concrete opportunities for businesses, professionals and citizens. The inaugural edition took place in Turin on 19 November 2025, with a full day programme running from 10:00 to 18:30 built around a single, direct proposition: transform the obligation of digital accessibility into a business opportunity.
The day was designed for decision-makers, entrepreneurs, IT leads, marketing directors and HR professionals who needed not just to understand what accessibility means, but to know why it is urgent and how to begin in practice. The format moved deliberately from theory to action — a morning of talks and a roundtable, followed by an afternoon of workshops, one-to-one consultancy sessions and personalised Accessibility Roadmaps delivered directly by the Accessiway team.
Programme Highlights
The morning programme covered the full landscape of digital accessibility. Accessiway's CEO Amit Borsok opened with the first public presentation of original consumer research conducted by YouGov for Accessiway, framing accessibility as a strategic business opportunity in post-EAA Europe. Accessiway's President Gianni Vernetti and the Director General of the City of Turin explored what a more accessible public administration looks like in practice. A legal analysis of the European Accessibility Act was delivered by disability law specialist Franco Lepore. Daniele Cassioli — 100-time world waterski champion and founder of a sports association for inclusion — made the ROI case for accessibility from personal experience. Federico Bottino examined the risks and opportunities of AI in digital accessibility, and a panel on real estate transparency brought in the perspective of WeGlad.
The morning closed with a roundtable moderated by Accessiway's Executive Vice President Edoardo Arnello, bringing together voices from Microsoft, Intesa San Paolo and Orbyta on how large organisations can move from compliance to genuine cultural transformation.
The afternoon offered two practical workshops — one immersive session on testing websites with assistive technologies including screen readers, voice commands and Braille bar navigation, led by Accessiway's Chief Vision Officer Dajana Gioffrè and Screen Reader Lead Alessandro Albano; and a deep-dive on compliance with Italian digital accessibility legislation (D.lgs. 82/2022) and AgID guidelines. Running in parallel, one-to-one Accessibility Roadmap sessions gave attendees a direct, personalised audit of their own websites and a concrete action plan.
The first edition. Many more to come.
