Welcome address
Welcome address by Tatiana Winterová, Director of the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union (ÚNSS)
About the conference
Prístupne 2025 was a conference on digital accessibility for people with disabilities. The year 2025 saw the second edition of the conference, which is founded on the conviction that the digital world should be accessible to everyone, regardless of ability, age or disability. When the principles of digital accessibility are applied correctly, they enable people with disabilities to use websites, mobile applications and electronic documents fully. The aim of the conference was to help create an inclusive digital world by bringing together users with disabilities, accessibility experts, developers, designers and the civil servants who prepare the relevant legislation. See the programme of the Prístupne 2025 conference.
The conference was interpreted into sign language. After registration, we sent participants all the important information by email. During the conference, participants could ask questions via the Slido app; our speakers answered them in the final part of the conference, or participants received a written reply.
The conference was financially supported by the ČSOB Foundation.
How people could take part in the conference
In person
Participants could attend the conference in person and meet the speakers and people working on digital accessibility for people with disabilities in Slovakia. The conference took place at the Stará jedáleň Community Centre, address: Pekná cesta 4A, Bratislava. Participants travelling by public transport could take tram no. 3 from Račianske mýto, get off at the Pekná cesta stop and walk uphill along Pekná cesta; the Stará jedáleň Community Centre is on the right, just past the turning into Kadnárova street.
Online
We sent registered participants all the information about following the conference online by email.
What the Prístupne 2025 conference offered
- Participants gained new information about digital accessibility
- Talks were given by proven experts
- Participants learnt about the barriers a blind user encounters on websites
- Participants found out what the Act on the Accessibility of Products and Services (Slovak transposition of the European Accessibility Act) means for e-shops and internet banking
- We presented information on the role of artificial intelligence in testing and creating accessible websites
- We looked for an answer to the question of whether accessible culture is a matter of course or a luxury
- Participants learnt how to integrate accessibility into company processes
- We shared news about the Online tlmočník (online sign language interpreter service)
- And finally, we showed how cinemas can be a tool for social change
The Prístupne 2025 conference was intended for:
- Website administrators and owners in e-commerce and financial services
- Website administrators and editors of towns and municipalities
- Web developers and web designers
- Website administrators of primary and secondary schools and universities
- UX students
- Library website administrators
- People with disabilities who work on digital accessibility
- Anyone interested in digital accessibility for people with disabilities
Programme
What changes from 28 June 2025 - the Act on the Accessibility of Products and Services
The talk focused on the Act on the Accessibility of Products and Services for persons with disabilities (Slovak transposition of the European Accessibility Act), which came into force on 28 June 2025 and, among other things, introduced accessibility requirements for websites and mobile applications, including those of e-shops and internet banking. Who is obliged to make their digital content accessible to people with disabilities?
The digital environment has its barriers too – the experience of an assistive technology user
Digital products are now an integral part of everyday life – we use them to shop, pay bills, submit energy meter readings and follow our children's school results. But is it really easy for everyone? The talk showed how an everyday user of assistive technologies views digital accessibility from his own experience.
Digital accessibility and artificial intelligence + prístupneLAB
The talk focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on the accessibility of digital products from the perspective of auditors, developers and designers. We looked at ways of using AI in accessibility testing and in creating inclusive content, but we also mentioned the risks that new technologies can bring. The aim was to show how to integrate AI responsibly into the process of creating accessible solutions. We also presented a new initiative - prístupneLAB, a laboratory for developing innovative products in the field of digital accessibility.
Accessible culture – a matter of course or a luxury?
What does it mean to make a cultural institution accessible to people with visual impairments? How can blind and partially sighted people be involved in accompanying events? What needs to be kept in mind when organising a public event? The talk focused on how blind and partially sighted people perceive art, how abstract paintings, small ornaments or huge architectural gems can be conveyed to them, and how, without major investment or interventions in the historic building of a cultural institution, everyone can leave with an equally intense experience. We also visited theatre and film festivals and city events.
How to set up company processes that guarantee accessible digital services for everyone
How to set up company processes so that accessibility becomes a natural part of developing digital products and services. Participants learnt how to divide responsibilities within a team, which steps to build into the development cycle and what a sustainable approach to digital inclusion involves.
Online tlmočník
The talk showed how a simple QR code can give sign language users access to information and full communication, what was new in the Online tlmočník service and where it has been integrated.
Cinemas as a tool for social change
Cinemas can be a powerful driver of positive social change and inclusion. This presentation introduced the concept of “fair cinemas” and inspiring examples from Europe that promote accessibility and equality for diverse audiences.
Lunch
The lunch break was an opportunity for refreshments and informal conversations, not only about accessibility.
Answers to audience questions
Throughout the conference, participants could ask questions about the accessibility of websites or mobile applications, or about legislation on digital accessibility - in this part of the conference we tried to answer them.
How exactly the Act on the Accessibility of Products and Services will help people with disabilities
A panel discussion devoted to questions and answers about the Act on the Accessibility of Products and Services and how exactly the Act will help people with disabilities. Panellists: Peter Teplický, Andrej Nemeček, Dušana Blašková, Peter Halada, Andrea Dobrotka.
Closing of the conference
Support us
If you like the ideas behind the Prístupne 2025 conference and would like to support our work, you can do so in two ways. Either scan the QR code in your mobile banking app and send the preset contribution (€10) or an amount of your choice, or transfer money directly to the account: SK23 1111 0000 0014 3025 8006, with variable symbol: 1112. In both cases, you contribute to the account of the Biela pastelka (White Crayon) public collection.
Payment via QR code
You can support our conference through your internet banking with either the preset amount (€10) or an amount of your choice.
Registration
Registration for the Prístupne 2025 conference was closed.
Partners
If you like the idea behind the accessibility conference and would like to become our partner, write to us at konferencia@pristupne.sk.
