Web Zurich February 2025

Web Zurich presents inspiring talks all about the web. Join us for the February 2025 meetup! We will have three talks as well as chit-chat and drinks.

18:30 ~ 19:00
Arrival time with drinks, chat and introduction

19:00 ~ 19:10
Robert Einars
Art, Poverty & AI
I will tell you a little story..
https://helmhaus.org/en/exhibitions/wirtschaft-mit-armut-kunst-ist-klasse
https://diearmut.ch/

19:10 ~ 19:30
Aleksej Dix
🚀 Live Accessibility Audit of rockstar.jobs : Why It Matters & How to Fix It
Accessibility isn’t optional—it’s essential. In this talk, we’ll showcase why accessibility matters by performing a live manual audit of the Rockstar.jobs website using AllyStudio, our structured accessibility auditing tool.
We’ll break down common barriers users face, demonstrate real-world issues, and discuss how teams can fix them efficiently. Whether you're a developer, designer, or product owner, you’ll gain actionable insights into how manual accessibility audits can catch what automated tools miss—and why that’s crucial for an inclusive web.
What you’ll learn:
✅ Live accessibility teardown of Rockstar.jobs
✅ Why automated testing isn’t enough
✅ How to identify and fix critical usability blockers
✅ How AllyStudio helps teams ship accessible products faster
Join us for a hands-on session that will change the way you think about digital accessibility. Let's make the web work for everyone! 🌍♿

19:30 ~ 20:00
Faris Aziz
From Fragile to Future-Proof: Solving Web Monetization Chaos with Payment Systems That Scale
When your platforms expands into markets beyond your own and has ever growing monetization needs, ‘just integrate Stripe’ is easier said than done, here’s how looking at payments as technical orchestration rather than just a feature solves growth bottlenecks.
At scale, businesses drown in fragmented payment gateways, regulatory minefields, and conflicting monetization strategies. With a plethora of payment APIs on the market, balancing cost, compliance, features, and conversion rates becomes a challenge, as there comes a point where the drawbacks of having one provider start to become a limiting factor. The catch? No playbook exists. This talk shares hard-won lessons from integrating several payment methods, gateways and tier one banks, surviving millions of dollars in transactions, and designing architectures that scale without sacrificing agility.

20:00 onward
More drinks & chat

We look forward to see you there!

Location
https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/bogen_d/
Viaduktstrasse 93, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Visit our website https://webzurich.ch/ for more information about the Web Zurich community.

This event is supported by Impact Hub Zürich, The global community of entrepreneurial people prototyping the future of business. At Impact Hub, you can connect, collaborate, co-work and create great content in an inspiring environment.