DisAbility Confidence Day: B2B Summit for Inclusive Workplaces

The DisAbility Confidence Day is the leading business inclusion summit in the DACH region. For over 10 years, it has been raising awareness of the inclusion of people with disabilities at the highest levels of business and politics.

People on stage in a hall filled with people. Screens display live translations.

The DisAbility Confidence Day brings together companies, decision-makers, pioneers, and experts who view accessibility and inclusion not as a marginal issue, but as an integral part of sustainable business practices. Leading figures from the worlds of business, politics, and society share strategies, experiences, and best practices that provide guidance for putting inclusion into action.

The program combines various forms of knowledge transfer. Keynotes provide strategic insights and contextualize current developments. Panels bring together different perspectives and highlight the challenges, solutions, and experiences that drive companies in practice. Sessions delve deeper into topics and address them in a practical manner, partly through interaction with the audience and partly through focused presentations. Networking also creates space for personal conversations, mutual learning, and new collaborations.

This provides guidance for everyone who wants to effectively advance and strategically embed inclusion in their organizations.

DisAbility Confidence Day 2026 – Between Awareness and Action

Amid the tension between aspirations and implementation, the question arises as to how the inclusion of people with disabilities can truly be effective in the workplace. The DisAbility Confidence Day 2026 brings together decision-makers and experts from the business and political spheres, offering perspectives, food for thought, and concrete ideas to sustainably embed inclusion in the business world.

DisAbility Confidence Day Austria

08.10.2026
UniCredit Center Am Kaiserwasser, Vienna
(tbc)

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A person in an electric wheelchair on a stage in front of an audience. The screen displays a QR code, the text “HOW WE MAKE JOBS AND DAILY LIFE ACCESSIBLE,” “ALL INCLUSIVE,” and “juni-medavid.de”; in the lower left corner, an icon in the colors of the German flag is shown.

DisAbility Confidence Day Deutschland

22.10.2026
Munich
(tbc)

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A person with long brown hair wearing a black suit and a pink blouse on a stage. She is holding a microphone and using a wheelchair. In the background, the myAbility A can be seen on the stage. An icon of the Swiss flag is in the lower left corner.

DisAbility Confidence Day Switzerland

12.11.2026
Takeda Zurich Office, Zurich

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Topics and Target Audiences

The DisAbility Confidence Day is aimed at companies committed to inclusion. The focus is on practical ideas for accessibility, participation, and inclusive business practices.

Topics:	Target Audience:
Inclusive Recruiting	HR-Leads
Digital Accessibility	Strategic Human Resources Management
KI, Ethics and Inclusion	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Inclusive Leadership	Executives and decision-makers
ESG Reporting and Inclusion	CSR and ESG
Inclusive Storytelling	Recruiting and Employer Branding
Inclusive Corporate Culture	Accessibility and Inclusion Officers

Speakers at the DisAbility Confidence Day

These speakers are just a few examples of the high-profile figures from the worlds of business, politics, and society who have helped shape the DisAbility Confidence Day in recent years.

A person with a cell phone to their ear looks at the camera. They are wearing a cap, glasses, a beard, a pink shirt, and jeans. They are in a wheelchair. — Raúl Krauthausen
Inclusion Activist
Keynotespeaker

A person with medium-length, blonde, wavy hair and glasses looks into the camera. She is wearing a floral-print blouse. — Katrin Langensiepen
Member of the European Parliament

An older person in a dark suit and tie stands in a stately room in front of the Austrian and European flags. The person is wearing a lapel microphone and looking into the camera. — Alexander Van der Bellen
President of the Federal Government

A person with long blonde hair is smiling at the camera. She is wearing earrings and a black blazer. — [Translate to English:] Barbara Redlein
PwC

A person is standing on a sidewalk. They have short, blonde, curly hair and are wearing a short-sleeved brown suit and a white T-shirt. The person has no arms or legs. — Janis McDavid
Speaker, Author &
Para-Swimmer

A portrait of a person with short, dark hair and round glasses, wearing a dark blazer and a light-colored top against a light background. The person is looking directly at the camera. — [Translate to English:] Christine Antlanger-Winter
Country Director
Google

A person with short gray hair and rectangular glasses, wearing a blue suit, a white shirt, and a light blue tie. — [Translate to English:] Johannes Kopf
Vorstandvorsitzender
AMS Österreich

Portrait of a smiling person with long blonde hair, wearing a patterned blazer and a light-colored top against a gray background. The person is looking directly at the camera. — [Translate to English:] Bairbre Hickie
General Manager
Takeda

A person with short, brown, tousled hair stands smiling with their arms crossed in front of a building with a glass door. They are wearing a white shirt and a blue blazer. — Jürgen Dusel
Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Relating to Persons with Disabilities

Portrait of a person with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a light blue blazer and a white top, looking directly at the camera. Neutral light-colored background; professional appearance. — Karin Probst
Chief People Officer
McDonald's Austria

A portrait of a person wearing glasses, a dark suit, and a patterned tie against a dark background. The person is looking directly at the camera. — René Knapp
CEO
Uniqa

A person with short, dark hair and glasses is standing in front of a gray wall. They are wearing a gray suit with a vest and a light blue shirt. Their hands are in their pants pockets. — Cawa Younosi
CEO
Charta der Vielfalt

Highlights

A stage with several people speaking, including a person in a wheelchair, in front of a large audience in an auditorium. One person is standing at the edge of the stage, gesturing toward the audience.

A speaker in a wheelchair on stage, holding a mallet in one hand and notes in the other. A large gong stands next to her.

A person with a microphone is speaking to an audience; three other people are seated next to them on a stage or at a panel discussion. A banner with the word “IKEA” is visible on the right.

A large event hall with an audience seated in front of a stage featuring several screens and speakers. In the center, a person in a wheelchair is seated among the audience; to the right stands a banner reading “Your Accessible Career Program.”

Several people are standing at a counter or bar table, chatting. In the foreground is a tall vase filled with purple ornamental onion flowers.

Zwei Personen unterhalten sich auf einer Veranstaltung, eine davon sitzt im Rollstuhl. Die sitzende Person trägt ein orangefarbenes Outfit mit passender Mütze, die andere kniet daneben.

Several people are standing together at a reception, chatting and holding cups in their hands. In the foreground, there is a glass of pretzel sticks on a table.

Gruppenfoto von elf Personen, darunter ein Rollstuhlnutzer, vor einer Wand mit dem Text „myAbility“ und „Wir gestalten eine inklusive Wirtschaft mit Euch.“ Sichtbar sind außerdem mehrere Logos, darunter Bank Austria, UNIQA, pwc, IKEA und Verbund.

FAQ

Participants can expect practical insights, best practices from companies, and inspiration from leading thought leaders who are playing a key role in shaping the inclusion of people with disabilities in business and the workplace. Discussion forums provide an opportunity to share experiences, broaden perspectives and take away concrete approaches to apply in their own work.

The Disability Confidence Day is aimed at companies and organizations that want to actively promote inclusion, particularly those in the fields of HR, recruiting, diversity, leadership and sustainability.

The focus includes topics such as inclusive recruiting, digital accessibility, corporate culture, leadership, and current developments like AI.

The DisAbility Confidence Day takes place once a year in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In 2026, the event will be held in Vienna, Munich, and Zurich.

For details on registration, participation, and organizational matters, please visit the event pages for each country.

About the myAbility Business Forum

As the largest B2B network for an inclusive economy in the DACH region, the myAbility Business Forum shares knowledge and best practices from member companies and supports other organizations in making the workplace and the economy more accessible. For the past 10 years, the Business Forum has hosted the DisAbility Confidence Day, the leading inclusion summit for the business community in the DACH region. It is the myAbility Business Forum’s flagship annual event and brings together high-profile figures from business and politics every year, ranging from federal ministers and policymakers to C-level executives, company management and recognized experts.