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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Featured speakers

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

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The summit experience

The Disability Tech Summit is a full-day experience designed to inspire, connect, and spark meaningful action.

Tuesday 11 November • Sydney Town Hall
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Doors Open for Registration
Lower Town Hall Entrance via Druitt Street
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Opening Plenary: Re-Wire the Future
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Welcome to Country and Host Welcome
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The Great Re-Wire — How Inclusive Design Will Define the AI Era (Re-Wire)
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The Workplace That Adapts to You (Re-Work)
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Mapping the Future of Accessibility (Re-Map)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Re-Charge Morning Break
Startup Alley
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Global Perspectives
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Trends Spotlight
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International insights on Disability Tech from the Inclusive Innovation Network (+N)
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From Feedback to Future — User-Centred Design in Action (Re-Work)
In Conversation
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Future Cities (Re-Map)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Re-Charge Lunch Break
Startup Alley
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Future Labs: Immersive Workshops
Concurrent sessions across three tracks:
Re-Wire
Bodies, Minds & Machines
Re-Wire Stage
Re-Work
The New Productivity
Re-Work Room
Re-Map
Future Cities, Movement & Access
Re-Map Room
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Re-Charge Afternoon Break
Startup Alley
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Closing Plenary & Remarkable Showcase
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Futurist Insights
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Launcher, Scaler and Accelerator startup showcase of breakthrough innovations
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Closing Celebration
Networking, music, and community connection.
Startup Alley
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We are committed to making the Disability Tech Summit 2025 an inclusive and accessible experience for all. If you have specific access requirements or communication needs, please get in touch with us so we can provide the best possible support.

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

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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
• Low-sensory quiet room
• Assistance animals welcome
• 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.