Agenda - 2026

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11:00 - 📋 Registration 

12:00 - 🏠 Welcome

12:20 - 🎤 Micro Talk: Say "Yes" to start: How custom voice commands affect gameplay

12:40 - 🎤 Micro Talk: What's The Answer? Approaching Accessibility in Video Game Puzzles

13:00 - 🎤 Micro Talk: Not all captions are created equal: Dos and Don'ts for subtitle implementation in your game

13:20 -🎤 Micro Talk: Inclusive Gaming Communities

13:40 -🎤 Micro Talk: Oppidum - A survival adventure with accessibility in mind

13:55 - Break

14:15 - 🎤 Panel: Getting Started with Consultancy

15:00 - ☕ Networking Mixer

16:00 - End of Event

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2026 Speakers & Talks

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Victor Golf

Custom voice commands have non-obvious advantages and limitations. This talk will explain the practicalities of them, useful command ideas, and techniques for some types of games.

Voiced Gaming

Say "Yes" to start: How custom voice commands affect gameplay

Li Brady

An overview of the barriers presented by puzzles in video games, with usable tips to help devs challenge their approach to designing and implementing puzzles in their games.

Accessibility Specialist & Indie Game Dev

What's The Answer? Approaching Accessibility in Video Game Puzzles

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Anni Pekie

Any caption is more inclusive than none at all, but there is a surprising number of details that contribute to the perfect closed caption! You will walk away from this talk with a checklist you can implement yourself in the future.

Accessibility Consultant | PlayAbility

JoAnn Sproule

Training & Engagement Manager | Ygam

Inclusive Gaming Communities

Accessibility in gaming is often understood through the lens of game design: subtitles, remappable controls, adjustable difficulty. But for gamers, accessibility doesn't end there. It extends into the accessibility of communities, classrooms and clubs built around gaming, and whether every player genuinely feels they belong.

Jennifer Barba

COO & Producer | EP Games

Oppidum - A survival adventure with accessibility in mind

About understanding we all have different needs and a game adapting to them feels GOOD.

Panel: Getting Started with Consultancy

For developers and for aspiring consultants!

Our expert panel will talk through some of the ways and means of getting started with consultancy, and aims to answer the two broad questions of:

  • As a studio, where do you start with finding and hiring lived experience experts?

  • As a lived experience expert, how do you get started with consultancy and what key skills do you need?

Not all captions are created equal: Dos and Don'ts for subtitle implementation in your game

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Harriet Frayling
she/her

Senior Games Accessibility Specialist
Many Cats Studios

Panellists:

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Améliane F. Chiasson
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Games Accessibility Lead
Player Research - A Keywords Studio

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Cameron Akitt
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Senior Accessibility Researcher
SIE PlayStation

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Jozef Kulik
he/him

Senior Research and Accessibility Lead
PlaytestCloud