The Zero Project Conference 2025

The Zero Project Conference 2025 is a unique global meeting place to innovate for disability inclusion. This year, more than 1,000 participants from over 90 countries attended the conference at the United Nations Office at Vienna. 

#ZeroCon25 was centred around innovative solutions for Employment and ICT: the Zero Project Awardees 2025.

Live content from #ZeroCon25 was streamed accessibly through the conference platform and the Zero Project's YouTube channel. More session recordings will be added shortly:

#ZeroCon25 on YouTube

The Zero Project Conference was held at the United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria. It was an invitation-only event for innovators and decision makers from across the globe to connect and replicate innovations for disability inclusion.

This audio guide features four short episodes that walk you through the venue of the Zero Project Conference—from arriving at the United Nations Office at Vienna by public transport and entering the building complex to exploring each of the large plenary rooms where the conference sessions take place.

Narrated by the Zero Project's very own Robin Tim Weis, this audio guide was created with the invaluable feedback and support of Jakob Rosin and Ligipääsuke OÜ.

Information:

• Zero Project Team members and volunteers are available to offer additional support to individual participants.
• The accessibility features available in each conference session will be marked on the agenda.
• A large print version of the conference agenda will be available at the registration desk.
• An accessible video showing all accessibility features will be made available prior to and during the conference.
• Braille descriptions: Table numbers and plans in the networking areas will have Braille descriptions.
• The conference agenda can be viewed on the #ZeroCon25 conference platform, or by downloading this accessible MS Word file.

Navigation:

• Tactile flooring is placed throughout the conference building to aid navigation to key areas.
• Large print signs and floor plans are placed throughout the venue to support navigation.
• Small printed floor plans and agenda overviews will be available at the reception desk.
• An audio description of the venue will be published prior to the conference to support navigation.

Sessions:

• All sessions will have live captioning in English.
• International Sign interpretation will be available in most sessions. ÖGS (Austrian sign language) will be available for those sessions that are specific to Austria.
• Graphic facilitation will be available in several sessions to provide visual summaries of presentations.
• Easy language live interpretation in English will be available via headsets for several sessions.
• There will be an accessible livestream of the Opening and Award Ceremonies, and the Fireside Chats. The livestream will have English live captioning and International Sign interpretation.
• Most other sessions can be viewed remotely via YouTube after the conference; the on-demand videos will also have International Sign interpretation. Captioning is provided in over 300 languages through the accessibility features on YouTube.
• Portable induction loops will be available from the registration desk. You will need to provide an ID to receive one of the headsets. The "Ontenna” devices are hairclip sized devices that convert 60 to 90 dB sounds into 256 levels of vibration and light, in order to convey the characteristics of sound.

Presentations:

• Instructions on creating an accessible presentations are sent to all presenters and dedicated Zero Project team members review presentations.
• Audio description will be available for select videos submitted to the Zero Project Team ahead of the Conference.
• Presenters are requested to include captioning in English for all videos shown during presentations.

Other:

A Quiet Room will be available in proximity to the conference rooms.

Further information and questions:

If you have any questions relating to conference accessibility, please reach out to office@zeroproject.org.

Do you have questions?

Contact the Zero Project Team