Zero Project Conference 2026

A unique global meeting place for disability innovation

Logo of the Zero Project Conference 2026: the iconic plant is displayed white on green. Next to it is the event name in black and green font on white background.

Revisit the conference:

#ZeroCon26

More than 1,400 participants from around 100 countries attended #ZeroCon26 at the United Nations Office at Vienna. The annual conference has become a unique global meeting place to innovate for disability inclusion. This year, the topics were Accessibility, ICT, and Crisis Response.

The conference agenda was centred around innovative solutions that had been evaluated and selected by the global Zero Project Network during the extensive, multi-step #ZeroCall26 research process: Zero Project Awardees of 2026.

The "family photo" taken at the Award Ceremony: a large and diverse crowd posing for the camera and cheering

Zero Project Awardees of 2026

Every year, the global and cross-sectoral Zero Project Network call for nominations of innovative solutions for the Zero Project Awards. Last year's call for nominations (#ZeroCall26) focused on the topics of Accessibility, ICT, and Crisis Response. A record-breaking 586 nominations from 93 countries were submitted and are currently reviewed in an extensive multi-step selection process that involves screening against formal criteria, peer review, and fact-checking. The key criteria are innovation, impact, and scalability. 

The Zero Project Awardees of 2026 were announced on December 3, 2025 on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The #ZeroCon26 Agenda was centred on their good practices, policies, products and services.

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#ZeroCon26 accessibility

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“Conference Accessibility: a practical guide for event organizers”

The measures and recommendations in this guide are based on the knowledge and experience gained by the Zero Project in the course of more than 12 years of organizing its Zero Project Conference in Vienna and being part of literally hundreds other organizing teams.

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A brief overview of accessibility features

Watch this short YouTube video that outlines many of the accessibility measure in place at the conference. The video has International Sign interpretation and English captions.