Vis-Ability 2027

Vis-Ability is a leadership conference bringing together blind and vision impaired leaders, people with lived experience of sight loss, and senior figures from business, government, healthcare, research, technology and the voluntary sector.

Across the day, you’ll hear from inspiring speakers, explore the issues shaping the future for blind and vision impaired people, and take part in conversations designed to challenge thinking and share practical ideas.

The programme will combine keynote speakers and panel discussions with opportunities to explore specific topics in greater depth. There will also be plenty of time to meet other delegates, share experiences and build new connections over lunch and at our networking reception.

Vis-Ability is designed to be interactive, thought-provoking and accessible — giving people the opportunity to Convene. Connect. Collaborate.

If you want to help create a more inclusive future for blind and vision impaired people, Vis-Ability 2027 is for you.

You might be a blind or vision impaired leader, an accessibility or inclusion professional, a policymaker, researcher, healthcare professional, technology or business leader, charity professional, employer or someone working in the wider sight loss sector.

You don’t need to work in the sight loss sector to attend. Vis-Ability brings together people from different industries and backgrounds because many of the challenges facing blind and vision impaired people - from accessing healthcare and technology to finding and thriving in employment - cannot be solved by one sector alone.

Whether you want to learn from people with lived experience, share your expertise, make new connections or explore opportunities to collaborate, Vis-Ability offers a space to listen, contribute and help shape what comes next.

Vis-Ability explores the issues shaping the future for blind and vision impaired people - from accessibility and inclusion to technology, employment, and eye health.

Each year, the programme responds to the opportunities and challenges that matter most. Recent discussions have explored how AI and emerging technology can be designed inclusively, how employers can remove barriers and unlock the talent of blind and vision impaired people, and how innovation and research can improve eye health and care.

Alongside the big-picture conversations, Vis-Ability creates space to explore practical questions: What needs to change? Who needs to be involved? And how can we turn good ideas into meaningful action?

The programme brings together different perspectives, including lived experience, research, policy, business, healthcare and technology, to challenge assumptions and explore solutions together.

Vis-Ability brings together people who don’t always have the opportunity to be in the same room.

You might meet blind and vision impaired leaders, accessibility and inclusion specialists, business and technology leaders, employers, policymakers, MPs and other public figures, researchers, clinicians and healthcare professionals, charity and sight loss leaders, innovators and people with lived experience.

Delegates come from a range of sectors, including financial services, technology, healthcare, research, government, business and the voluntary sector.

The diversity of the audience is one of Vis-Ability's strengths. Bringing different perspectives together can spark new ideas, challenge assumptions and create opportunities for collaboration that might not happen elsewhere.

Whether you're looking for a new professional connection, a potential partner, a different perspective or simply the chance to meet others working to create change, there are plenty of opportunities to connect.

Vis-Ability gives you the opportunity to hear directly from people with lived experience of sight loss, learn from leaders across different sectors, discover new ideas and build meaningful connections.

But the value of attending goes beyond what happens on stage.

By bringing together people from business, government, healthcare, research, technology, charities and the sight loss community, Vis-Ability creates opportunities to find common ground, exchange expertise and develop new partnerships and collaborations.

You’ll leave with new perspectives, useful connections and a better understanding of the opportunities and barriers facing blind and vision impaired people.

Most importantly, Vis-Ability is about moving from conversation to action, creating the relationships, ideas and momentum that can help shape a more accessible and inclusive future.