XR Access Symposium 2025
Annual conference for leaders in industry, academia, and advocacy to solve the most pressing problems in extended reality accessibility.
Date and time
Location
2 W Loop Rd
2 West Loop Road New York, NY 10044Refund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 1 day 4 hours
About the 2025 Symposium
The XR Access Symposium is our annual conference for leaders in industry, academia, and advocacy to come together and solve the most pressing problems in extended reality accessibility. For 2025, our focus is 3D Diversity: how can we use XR and other emerging technologies to design valuable immersive applications for increasingly diverse audiences?
This 2 day conference will take place on June 26-27, 2025, at the Verizon Executive Education Center on Cornell Tech campus in New York City, with sessions broadcasted online. It is hosted by Cornell University. Previous years have included presentations from industry titans such as Accenture, Meta, Microsoft, and Adobe, as well as cutting edge research from NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia University, and many others.
We welcome all researchers, advocates, content creators, and accessibility practitioners to join us in pushing forward the state of the art of XR accessibility!
Watching Online
If you can't make it to New York, no worries! You can register for the Zoom stream of the main stage.
Scholarships and Volunteering
If registration fees or travel to New York is a hardship for you, you can apply for a scholarship to attend or apply to volunteer. If so, please wait to register until we send you a discount code.
Frequently asked questions
Public transportation by subway, ferry, or tram is recommended. See this guide: bit.ly/3A5Urrh
Yes, they will be streamed live via Zoom and added to the XR Access YouTube channel after the conference.
No, unfortunately our recording equipment is not suited to capturing multiple small groups. However, the takeaways will be included in the Symposium Report.
Unfortunately, events in the physical world are expensive; the Symposium will cost tens of thousands of dollars. However, if the expense is a hardship for you, please apply for a scholarship using the link in the description, or watch the free stream on Zoom.
We will provide American Sign Language interpreters and human-created captions for the main stage presentations. If you need additional accommodations, please note it on your registration or contact info@xraccess.org.
We will provide snacks, drinks, and lunch during the symposium. Please let us know if you have specific dietary restrictions during checkout.
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