Tbilisi A11y & UX Day

A themed day devoted entirely to accessibility and UX, opened by our special guest Vadim Makeev. Vadim Makeev shared the state of a11y, Maksim Khalizov ran a speedrun through accessibility, Tanya Fokina connected typography and access, Andrey Evdokov framed accessibility as decomposing complexity, Elona Sarkisova unpacked what UX really is, and Philipp Baranovskii closed it out. A warm, thoughtful day about building for everyone.

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November 2 Online Tbilisi, Georgia

Schedule

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16:30

State of a11y

Vadim Makeev

Our special guest, Vadim Makeev, a tech writer at MDN, host and producer of Web Standards, will open Tbilisi A11y & UX Day and talk about how the community's attitude towards accessibility is changing (or not changing).Read more →

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Speedrun through Accessibility

Maksim Khalizov

Let's try to speed up the entire path of accessibility in 30 minutes. Starting with "What is accessibility and why it's important?" and ending with "Now I know how to create accessible components."Read more →

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16:30

Accessibility and Typography

Tanya Fokina

Have you ever wondered how to work with fonts in a way that cares for users and their eyes? In this talk, you'll learn the basics of typography and its impact on the accessibility and usability of web interfaces.Read more →

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16:30

Accessibility as a Decomposition of Complexity

Andrey Evdokov

Talk about accessibility as the decomposition of complexity and interface design as a translation into human language. Why and how we strive to create user-friendly tool-based software for biotech.Read more →

16:30
16:30

What Is All This UX Thing Anyway?

Elona Sarkisova

Elona Sarkisova will talk about what UX is and how it relates to UX design, the interface design process and "the Figma operators", what designers should and shouldn't do on a product team, the top 5 ways to annoy an interface designer, and how to build collaborative work without toxicity.Read more →

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