Canadian Disability Tech Summit 2026

Canadian Disability Tech Summit 2026

Canada’s National Gathering for Disability Technology & Assistive Technology

📍 Automotive Building, Toronto, Ontario
📅 Wednesday, November 18, 2026

400+ people. One day. The people shaping the future of disability tech, together in Toronto.

The Canadian Disability Tech Summit 2026, hosted by Access to Success (ATS), brings together the founders, industry leaders, investors, healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and members of the disability community advancing disability technology in Canada and around the world.

From emerging assistive technologies and AI to healthcare commercialization, investment, and co-design, the Summit brings important industry conversations and the people leading them into one room.

Throughout the day, attendees will have opportunities to hear from influential voices across the sector, experience technology demonstrations, meet potential partners, and connect with organizations developing, funding, evaluating, purchasing, and using disability technologies.

Whether you're building a company, bringing technology into healthcare, investing in emerging solutions, or exploring what's next for assistive technology, this is a day you'll want to be part of.

What to Expect

Hear from Leading Voices in Disability Tech

Join conversations with some of the most influential leaders in accessibility, technology, healthcare, research, and investment.

Our speaker lineup includes:

• John Ruffolo, Founder & Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity

• Maayan Ziv, Founder & CEO, AccessNow

• Jutta Treviranus, Director, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

• Sinéad Burke, Founder & CEO, Tilting the Lens

• Gina Kline, Founder & Managing Partner, Enable Ventures

• Milos Popovic, Director, KITE Research Institute

• Kate Kalcevich, Head of Accessibility, Fable

• Alex Dunn, CEO, Cephable

• Sarah Wilds, CEO, PRC-Saltillo

And many more leaders bringing perspectives from across the disability tech sector.

Sessions will explore some of the industry's most important questions, including:

• What Investors Want: Inside the Funding Landscape for Disability Tech — Understand what investors look for, where capital is flowing, and what it takes to fund and scale disability technology companies.

• Research to Reality: How Healthcare Leaders Are Commercializing Innovation — Explore how emerging technologies move from research and development into healthcare settings and wider adoption.

• Co-Design in Practice: Building with the Disability Community — Hear how leaders are working with people with disabilities throughout product development and decision-making.

• The Next Big Questions in Disability Tech — Explore the technologies, business opportunities, and emerging challenges that will influence the sector's future.

Additional conversations will examine AI, accessibility, entrepreneurship, and the opportunities ahead for disability technology.

Experience Disability Technology Firsthand

Explore an exhibit floor featuring emerging startups, established companies, and organizations developing technologies for people with disabilities.

Discover innovations across mobility, communication, hearing, vision, cognition, rehabilitation, and more.

The exhibit floor will feature:

• Live technology demonstrations, with dedicated opportunities to explore products and speak directly with the teams behind them.

• The ATS Accelerator 2026 cohort, featuring 14 startups from around the world developing solutions across different areas of disability technology.

• Established industry organizations and emerging innovators, showcasing technologies, services, and approaches to accessibility.

Whether you're looking for new technologies to implement, products to distribute, companies to support, or potential partners, the exhibit floor offers an opportunity to see what's being developed and meet the people behind it.

Connect with the People You Want to Meet

With 400+ attendees expected, the Summit brings together people from across the disability tech industry who don't often have the opportunity to connect in one place.

Meet founders developing new technologies, investors exploring the sector, healthcare professionals evaluating solutions, researchers bringing discoveries to market, and established companies looking for new opportunities.

Throughout the day, attendees can participate in targeted networking, curated introductions, and conversations across the exhibit floor.

The program also features reverse pitches, creating opportunities to hear directly from organizations about their priorities, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration.

Celebrate the Enable Everyone Award

The Enable Everyone Award 2026, presented by Access to Success, recognizes an individual or organization making a meaningful contribution to advancing disability technology and accessibility.

Join us as we celebrate the people helping move the sector forward and recognize their contributions to enabling everyone.

Who Should Attend?

The Canadian Disability Tech Summit is designed for people working across the development, commercialization, adoption, and use of disability technology.

• Startups and scaleups developing technologies and services for people with disabilities.

• Established assistive technology companies, manufacturers, and distributors exploring emerging solutions, industry partnerships, and new markets.

• Healthcare professionals, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech-language pathologists, and rehabilitation specialists interested in emerging technologies and their applications.

• Researchers and commercialization leaders working to bring innovations from universities, research institutes, and healthcare organizations into wider use.

• Investors, funders, and foundations interested in disability technology companies and emerging investment opportunities.

• Corporate leaders and procurement professionals exploring technologies, partnerships, and solutions.

• Government representatives and policymakers working across disability, technology, healthcare, and economic development.

• Disability organizations, people with disabilities, and community leaders contributing their knowledge and experience to the development and adoption of technology.

If your work intersects with disability technology, assistive technology, healthcare, entrepreneurship, or accessibility, the Summit offers valuable opportunities to learn, connect, and explore what's next.

Venue & Accessibility

📍 Automotive Building, Toronto, Ontario
📅 Wednesday, November 18, 2026

The Summit will take place at Toronto's historic Automotive Building, an accessible venue connected to Hotel X Toronto through internal walkways.

Accessibility is a core consideration in how the event is planned and delivered.

Event accessibility provisions include:

• Barrier-free venue access and accessible washrooms

• ASL interpretation and live captioning

• Complimentary on-site personal support worker services, provided by Whimble

• Dedicated spaces for sensory and prayer needs

We want attendees to have the support they need to participate throughout the day. If you have additional accessibility requirements, please share them through the accessibility question when registering.

Can't join us in Toronto? A livestream of the full mainstage program will also be available, with separate registration.

Be Part of the Canadian Disability Tech Summit

November 18 will bring together people shaping the future of disability technology, all in one place.

Join us in Toronto to discover emerging technologies, hear from industry leaders, connect with potential collaborators, and take part in conversations that matter to the future of the sector.

Register now and be part of the conversation.

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Hosted by Access to Success (ATS) — Enable Everyone®.