About the event

After the Accessibility Club Summit 2025 in Würzburg, Josefine was wondering: wouldn’t it be great to have opportunities to meet like-minded folks more regularly, possibly even without too much travel? Wouldn’t it be nice to have an Accessibility Club in Hamburg? This is how the idea of this meet-up was born — the regional chapter of the A11yClub, but with a northern flavour, if you will. Informal, with some informative speaker slots and many chances to mingle and chat.

The first meetup in Hamburg took place on September 3, 2025, and — with nearly 50 participants and a fantastic view over the city’s rooftops — was a great success, practically begging for a sequel. Now the next one is scheduled for January 2026, and we hope you’ll be able to join us!

Schedule

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
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Doors Open
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Opening
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Beyond box-ticking — Building an inclusive Image Language
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Accessible Alternatives for PDF Documents
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Testing with Voice Control
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The Cake Is a Lie … And So Is Your Login's Accessibility
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Snacks, Drinks & good company

Performers

  • Portrait of Josefine Schaefer

    Josefine Schaefer

    Accessibility Advocate & Engineer, Cat mom & Dance teacher

    Josefine took the scenic route into the tech industry: she used to work in Marketing and Communication before entering a bootcamp and becoming a frontend engineer. These days she is a Google Developer Expert, Women Techmakers ambassador and has a monthly stream with two friends called GirlCode Coffee Chat. She cares deeply about making tech communities more inclusive and opening space to as many as possible. She is a certified pole dance & aerial silks instructor and spends a lot of her time upside down.

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  • Portrait of Leonie Theissen

    Leonie Theissen

    Leonie has been working as a Senior Art Director at a big German tech company, where she led an "Accessibility Guild" as a grassroots initiative together with like-minded colleagues. While visual communication is her beloved profession, inclusion and accessibility are her true passions. In her second role as an elected disability representative, she also pursued accessibility improvements in workspaces, buildings, and provided counselling on inclusive labour rights.

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  • Portrait of Nina Gerling

    Nina Gerling

    Accessibility Expert, Frontend Developer, Speaker and Nerd of all Trades

    Nina Gerling is an accessibility expert with 20+ years of experience. She advises companies and public institutions on digital accessibility, ensuring inclusive design across websites, apps, software, hardware, and documents. With a background as a frontend developer, she combines strong technical knowledge with a practical approach. Nina conducts trainings and workshops to raise awareness and build expertise within teams and develops guidelines and best practices for sustainable implementation. Guided by the belief that accessible digital products create equal opportunities, she is passionate about her work. Outside of accessibility, she enjoys anime, TV series, painting miniatures, as well as role-playing and board games.

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  • Portrait of Ramona Schwering

    Ramona Schwering

    Dev Advocate at Auth0, bridges testing & dev. Google Dev Expert in Web Tech, Women Techmaker & Cypress Ambassador

    Ramona, a Developer Advocate at Auth0 by Okta, boasts a diverse background, fusing software engineering with quality assurance expertise. With a unique perspective encompassing both testing and development, she reinforces trust in test automation. Ramona's achievements include recognition as a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, a Women Techmaker Ambassador, and a Cypress Ambassador. Her focus on web security and identity is invaluable to the tech community.

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Location

We are delighted to announce that we are able to hold our second Accessibility Club Hamburg Meet-up at the beautiful offices of slashwhy.

The location is fully wheelchair-accessible (with an elevator and accessible toilets). We will put up some signage to guide you to the 13th floor.

There are parking spots available across the street; please get in touch if you need parking, and we will provide further information.

slashwhy
Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 22
20459 Hamburg , Hamburg Germany
53.5499251 9.9753258
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  • View across several tables with chairs in the slashwhy office
  • View along a bench seat by the glass façade of the slashwhy office
  • View across the entire slashwhy office on the 13th floor

Tickets

As always, we’re committed to keeping barriers to participation in our events as low as possible. That’s why we're especially excited to offer our second Hamburg meet-up free of charge. However, if you are able to donate a small amount, you will help us to make this or future Accessibility Club events even better.

IMPORTANT NOTE: slashwhy is generously providing drinks and snacks for the evening. It would be a real shame if we had to throw away perfectly good refreshments because people registered but didn’t attend. If you know you won’t be able to make it, please cancel your registration in good time so we can plan accordingly. Thank you!

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Hosts

  • Portrait of Josefine Schaefer

    Josefine Schaefer

    Accessibility Advocate & Engineer, Cat mom & Dance teacher

    Josefine took the scenic route into the tech industry: she used to work in Marketing and Communication before entering a bootcamp and becoming a frontend engineer. These days she is a Google Developer Expert, Women Techmakers ambassador and has a monthly stream with two friends called GirlCode Coffee Chat. She cares deeply about making tech communities more inclusive and opening space to as many as possible. She is a certified pole dance & aerial silks instructor and spends a lot of her time upside down.

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  • Portrait of Sonja Weckenmann

    Sonja Weckenmann

    Accessibility Expert & Auditor, Practical Writer, Ultralight Hiker

    Not long after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts Münster in 2003, Sonja ventured into the world of the web. Since 2009, the focus of her work has been accessibility. Beyond her role as an auditor and accessibility consultant, she is involved in the ongoing development of the BIK BITV test procedure, a German-language web accessibility evaluation methodology based on WCAG 2.2 / EN 301 549. Known for her "Tipps & Techniken" articles, she shares practical insights into various accessibility topics. In the summer, you’ll likely find her off the grid on a multi-day mountain hike — carrying the bare minimum and loving every step of it.

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