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ATIA 2026 Call for Presentations

Speak at ATIA 2026!

Contribute your expertise and share your knowledge about assistive technology (AT) at ATIA 2026, January 29 – January 31, 2026.

We are pleased to provide opportunities for the AT community to share their experiences and expertise across a wide range of AT.

Submit a Presentation

General Presentations:

The deadline to submit a presentation is June 4.

Submit a General Presentation

 

Exhibitor & Sponsor Presentations:

Exhibitors and sponsors have an extended deadline of July 11.

Submit an Exhibitor & Sponsor Presentation

 

Call for Presentations Webinar

During this webinar we answer questions about presentations, provide tips on the best ways to make your submission stand out, and share what’s new in this year’s education program.

Whether you have submitted dozens of presentations or this is your first time, there is valuable information for everyone. View the recording below.

ASL interpretation of this webinar is available. By clicking on this link, a second video will open in a new tab. Arrange your browser windows to see both videos simultaneously, and start the videos at the same time.

We Want to Hear from You—the AT Community!

  • Accessibility professionals
  • Administrators
  • Advocates
  • Aging Specialists
  • AT specialists
  • AT Act Programs
  • Consumers/individuals with disabilities
  • Disability services staff
  • Educators
  • Family member of individuals with disabilities
  • Government/non-profit agency staff
  • Higher education professionals
  • IT professionals
  • Occupational therapists
  • Physical therapists
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Professional development/training staff
  • Rehab therapists / counselors
  • Speech-language pathologists
  • Special Education educators
  • Teachers for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • Transition coordinators
  • Visual impairment specialists
  • Vocational rehab specialists

Strands and Strand Advisors

The ATIA 2026 education program is planned around nine strands to provide a balanced approach to explore the most important questions and issues facing AT professionals today, providing you the opportunity to focus on a specific area of interest or need.

The ATIA 2026 strand advisors are each recognized experts in their respective fields. Our supporting partners and strand advisors represent many strategic professional organizations such as ACVREP, AFB, AOTA, ASHA, ATAP, CAST, DATEurope, JAN, RESNA, TAESE, USSAAC, WebAIM, and more. 

Read more about the ATIA 2026 Strands and Strand Advisors.

Areas of Focus

ATIA encourages submissions that focus on the following areas of focus:

  • Social Inclusion & User Perspectives – Connected to user perspectives and global initiatives highlighting the importance of Social Inclusion for people with disabilities and the critical role that assistive and mainstream technologies play in enabling inclusion.
  • Maker – This theme is connected to the Maker community that is focused on using their skills to create and make solutions for, and in collaboration with, people with disabilities.

Prepare Your Abstract

Abstracts should include the use of AT from a practitioner or user perspective and may be in the form of a best practices case study, demonstration, implementation study, panel discussion, research paper, or tips and techniques session.

Download the Call for Presentations form to organize your thoughts before you submit your presentation online.

Questions?

Contact education@atia.org.