Disability Tech Summit 2025

Re-Wiring the Future: Disability, AI, and the Next Frontier of Innovation.

Date: 11 November 2025 • Location: Sydney Town Hall

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From the margins to the mainstream

Join Australia's leading voices in disability innovation as we explore how technology is reshaping accessibility and inclusion. This year's summit brings together researchers, entrepreneurs, advocates, and industry leaders to showcase breakthrough solutions and forge connections that drive meaningful change.

Discover. Connect. Innovate.

An open, ticketed event with panels, keynote sessions, immersive tracks,
innovation showcases, and networking opportunities.

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The future belongs to those brave enough to re-wire it

This year's theme, 'Re-Wiring the Future: Disability, AI, and the Next Frontier of Innovation,' explores how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are creating unprecedented opportunities for accessibility and inclusion.

Re-Wire

Blurring the lines between bodies, minds, and machines.
Explore how AI and deep tech are augmenting how we sense, communicate, care, and live — blurring the boundaries between body, mind, and machine to enable new forms of independence, wellbeing, and human connection.

Re-Work

The new productivity.
Uncover how AI and other technology is reshaping education, employment, and participation — unlocking new models of learning, working, and contributing that values accessibility and a diversity of human experience.

Re-Map

Movement, connections, and access.
Reimagine mobility, infrastructure, and spatial design in an AI-powered world — where people with disability co-create the systems that move us and connect us to community, opportunity, and place.
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2025 presenters

Connect and learn from innovators who are transforming the disability tech ecosystem.

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Featured Speaker
Dr Katherine Hunt
Ardentura Consulting
AI Ethics Academic and Global Keynote Speaker
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Senator the Hon Tim Ayres
Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science
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Cooper Smith
Cooper Smith
DJ and music producer
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Adam Jahnke
Umps Health
CEO
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Amy Connelly
Marco Polo
Co-Founder
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Aaron Cotton
Marco Polo
Co-Founder
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Storm Menzies
Bystorm Beauty
Founder
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Jay Davey
Rampey
Founder and CEO
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Dion Kelly
Possibility Neurotechnologies
Co-founder & CEO
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Amy Whalley
Australian Disability Network
Chief Executive Officer
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Aubrey Blanche
The Mathpath
Founder
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Jonathan Dalton
Hailo
Co-Founder
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Matt Pierri
Sociability
Founder and CEO
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Santiago Velasquez
Hailo
Founder
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Pete Horsley
Remarkable
Founder
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The summit experience

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The Disability Tech Summit is a full-day experience to inspire, connect, and spark action. Explore bold ideas through keynotes, panels, and interactive workshops across the themes Re-Wire, Re-Work, and Re-Map. Meet startups shaping the future in Startup Alley and the Remarkable Showcase.

Tuesday 11 November • Sydney Town Hall
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Doors Open for Registration
Coffee first, future next. Collect your lanyard, grab a coffee, and spark a new connection before the day begins.
Lower Town Hall Entrance via Druitt Street
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Opening Plenary: Re-Wire the Future
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Welcome to Country and Host Welcome
Opening Keynote
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The Future is Accessible (Re-Map)
Matt Pierri
Founder • Sociability
Fireside
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Big Tech Designing for Inclusion (Re-Work)
Aubrey Blanche
Founder • The Mathpath
Steve King
Impact Investor
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The Workplace That Adapts to You (Re-Work)
Amy Walley
CEO • Australian Disability Network
Melanie Tran
Product Designer • Nous Group
Keynote
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Re-Wiring the Human Code: Trust and Ethics in the Age of AI (Re-Wire)
Dr Katherine Hunt
AI Ethics Academic and Global Keynote Speaker • Ardentura Consulting
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Re-Charge Morning Break
Meet the founders re-imagining the future over coffee and conversation in Startup Alley.
Startup Alley
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Global Perspectives & Practical Insights
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International insights on Disability Tech from the Inclusive Innovation Network (+N)
Pete Horsley
Founder • Remarkable
Varun Chandak
Founder and Executive Director • Access to Success, Canada
Gaoshan Fu
Director • YR Foundation, China
Prateek Madhav
Co-Founder & CEO • Assistech Foundation, India
Bernard Chiira
Director • Innovate Now, Kenya
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Designing for Reality: The Truth About Universal Design and User Feedback (Re-Work)
Stuart Hay
Founder • Intopia
Fireside
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How Startups and Giants Innovate Together  (Re-Map)
David Deneher
Founder • Field of Vision
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Re-Charge Lunch Break
Grab lunch and join the buzz as founders pitch their breakthrough disability tech on the Startup Alley stage.
Startup Alley
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Immersive Workshops
Collaborate, experiment, and shape the future through immersive workshops across Re-Wire, Re-Map, and Re-Work. Concurrent sessions across three tracks:
Re-Wire
Bodies, Minds & Machines
Blurring boundaries between body, mind and machine to enable new forms of independence, wellbeing and connection.
Summit Hall
Re-Work
The New Productivity
Reshaping learning, work and participation to value accessibility and diversity.
Breakout Room 1
Re-Map
Future Cities, Movement & Access
Co-creating mobility, infrastructure and design that connect us to opportunity and place.
Breakout Room 2
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Re-Charge Afternoon Break
Take a moment to re-connect, re-flect, or discover something new in Startup Alley.
Startup Alley
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Plenary & Remarkable Showcase
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Investing in Inclusion: The Next Big Market Opportunity
Remarkable Showcase
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Discover the startups driving inclusive innovation forward — from Remarkable alumni to our 2025 Accelerator founders.
Storm Menzies
Founder • ByStorm Beauty
Dion Kelly
Founder • Possibility Neurotechnologies
Santiago Valesquez
Founder • Hailo
Amy Connelly & Aaron Cotton
Co-Founders • Marco Polo
Jay Davey
Founders • Rampey
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Re-Mix Closing Celebration
Music, conversation, and celebration with the community shaping an inclusive future.
Startup Alley
DJ Cooper Smith
DJ and music producer • Cooper Smith

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Committed to an inclusive and accessible experience

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We’re committed to making the Disability Tech Summit 2025 inclusive and accessible for everyone. Accessibility supports include:
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Auslan interpreting
Live captioning
Assistive listening system (hearing loops)
Step-free access
Quiet space
Accessible and all-gender bathrooms
Assistance Animal Relief Area

Live captioning & hearing loop
Auslan sign interpreting
Mobility accessible venue
Sensory-friendly zones

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If you have specific access requirements or communication needs, please get in touch with us so we can provide the best possible support.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Disability Tech Summit?

The Disability Tech Summit is a global gathering of innovators, researchers, industry leaders, and people with lived experience of disability. Held at Sydney Town Hall on 11 November 2025, the Summit showcases how technology and AI can drive accessibility, equity, and inclusion through keynotes, panels, workshops, and startup showcases.

What is Startup Alley?

Startup Alley is a showcase of some of our Remarkable startups demonstrating breakthrough Disability Tech. In 2025, external applications to exhibit are not available.

How do I buy tickets?

Tickets are available through Humanitix, with early bird prices available for a limited time.

What does my ticket include?

All tickets include:
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• Full access to the Disability Tech Summit program on 11 November including keynotes, panels and workshops, as well as Startup Alley and the Remarkable Showcase, then finishing the day with the Re-Mix closing party.
• Your ticket includes hospitality across the day (barista coffee, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and evening canapés/drinks).

What accessibility accommodations will be available?

We are committed to making the Disability Tech Summit an inclusive and accessible experience for all. We will have the following supports available:

‍• Auslan interpreters
• Live captioning
• Hearing loop
• Step-free access for wheelchair users
• Fully accessible bathrooms
• All-gender bathrooms
• Quiet room
• Assistance Animal Relief Area
• Accessible signage and dedicated wayfinding support

We ask that you share any specific accommodations or adjustments needed to support you to fully participate in the Disability Tech Summit.

When and where is the Summit taking place?

The Disability Tech Summit takes place on Tuesday 11 November 2025, 8:450am–8:00pm at Sydney Town Hall. The accessible entrance is via Druitt Street, opposite the Queen Victoria Building, with level access and lifts to all public floors. A smaller Leaders Forum will be held on Monday 10 November by invitation only.

What is the Remarkable Showcase?

Remarkable Showcase is the final session of the day where our startups from the accelerator cohort will be pitching as well as some of our other startups. This is a replacement for Demo Day this year.

What ticket types are available?

• Inclusive Access – Discounted ticket for students, concession card holders, and people with lived experience of disability. (includes a free Companion Pass)
• General Admission Pass – Standard full-day ticket.
• Corporate Pass – For professionals in corporate, government, and industry.

Is there financial support if cost is a barrier?

Yes. Through our Gift-a-Ticket program, we aim to ensure the Summit is accessible to all.

This program allows supporters to purchase a Gift-a-Ticket for $150 + GST + fee, which provides a person with disability the opportunity to attend the Disability Tech Summit and be part of shaping the future of Disability Tech.

• To purchase a Gift-a-Ticket, please visit our Humanitix page.
• To request support and access the Gift-a-Ticket program, please email hello@remarkable.org.

Please note: a Gift-a-Ticket is a donation only and does not include entry for the purchaser.

Will the Summit be live streamed or recorded?

The Summit will not be live streamed. However, selected sessions will be recorded and highlights will be shared online afterwards with captions and transcripts available.