Date: September 8–9, 2025
Location: Warsaw
Contact: gda@swps.edu.pl
The Green Digital Accessibility (GDA) international conference is a leading international forum exploring the intersection of media accessibility and environmental sustainability. Launched in 2021 at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the conference has earned recognition as a hub for innovative ideas and solutions in the field.
The media sector, like other industries, has an ethical obligation to provide accessible information, even though the necessary technologies have environmental impact. This necessitates a difficult but crucial discussion on balancing environmental responsibility with the fundamental right to information, raising critical questions for researchers, media professionals and policymakers on how to develop and implement sustainable accessibility solutions that uphold human rights without compromising environmental goals.
The conference provides a platform for exchanging ideas, research findings, and experiences on topics such as the environmental costs of accessibility technologies, sustainable UX and HCI, methodological approaches to assessing the environmental impact of digital media, models of environmentally responsive media education, and social issues related to equal and climate-sustainable access to culture.
The 4th edition of the GDA conference will be hosted by SWPS University in Warsaw. This year, it will focus on the challenges of building a sustainable and inclusive digital future. The event is open to anyone interested, at any career stage.