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Program

Six themes, one global day

The December 3, 2026 program is organized around six themes. Sessions are published as they are confirmed, so nothing here is a placeholder for a confirmed speaker or time.

Session times, speakers and formats: details coming soon

Theme 01

Disability-Led Leadership and Lived Experience

Disabled people leading the rooms that shape accessibility, services and culture, with lived experience treated as expertise.

Details coming soon.

Theme 02

Accessibility and Universal Design

What it takes to design products, places and services that work for people from the start, not after the fact.

Details coming soon.

Theme 03

AI, Assistive Technology, and Innovation

How emerging technology and assistive tools expand independence, and how to keep innovation accountable to disabled users.

Details coming soon.

Theme 04

Policy, Advocacy, and Systems Change

Moving from good intentions to enforceable rights, with advocates and policymakers in the same conversation.

Details coming soon.

Theme 05

Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Inclusion

Real work, real ownership: hiring practice, business building and the economics of full participation.

Details coming soon.

Theme 06

Global Community and Belonging

Building a worldwide community that keeps going after the event ends, across borders, languages and identities.

Details coming soon.

Every confirmed session, including its published start time and speakers, will appear in its theme above. Times are being finalized with speakers and interpreters.

December 3, 2026 · Free Admission

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Beyond Disability Awareness

December 3, 2026

One global day. A community that continues. A free global virtual event for International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

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Build Resilience International Foundation (BRIF)

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