Amazon Accessibility | A11yTokyo Meetup, Nov. 2025
Details
## [Super Important]
- **How to get to the venue (in Japanese)**
- Realtime caption will be available at the venue
- Japanese version of this event information
- Please register your info via this google form to enter the venue
- We might be able to do the live-streaming (TBA)
## Event Details
This event is, as always, admission free.
This time, the venue will be at KINTO Technologies' event space, located near the Nihon-bashi Mitsukoshi (department store).
Please subscribe if you are going to join us at the venue. We are still not sure if we could do the live streaming.
### How does Amazon approach accessibility for people with disabilities?
Learn about our customer obsession approach that results in cutting edge accessibility innovations in every day products and services, like Fire TV, tablets, Alexa and Echo devices, Kindle, Prime Video, online shopping and much more.
### Shadi Abou-Zahra (Amazon)
Principal Accessibility Standards and Policy Manager at Amazon.
He has over 25 years of experience in accessibility for people with disabilities, with particular focus on international technical standards and policies on digital accessibility.
Prior to joining Amazon, Shadi worked for the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) of the United Nations (UN), and Xerox Austria among others.
He holds Master degrees in computer science and in business and administration, and has lived experience of the impact of technology and innovation on inclusion.
We welcome questions from everyone.
## Captions
We are expecting a diverse range of audience from various different backgrounds and countries.
We provide real-time captions using the "UD Talk" app. It's possible to translate captions into multiple languages within the app.
Please bring your smartphone/laptop with you so that you can read captions on your web browser while MC is speaking Japanese.
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## Timetable
7:10pm Venue opens
7:35pm Venue entrance closes
7:30 - 7:45pm Introduction
7:45 - 8:30pm Presentation (Shadi)
9:00pm Event concludes
## Location
- How to get to the venue (in Japanese)
- This is an in-person event and there will be no live streaming.
- Venue: KINTO Technologies
- Address: 2-3-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Muromachi Furukawa Mitsui Building (COREDO Muromachi 2)
- 8-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nihon-bashi station B12 Exit
- 2-minutes walk from Tokyo Metro Mitsukoshi-mae station A6 Exit
## Venue Sponsor