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Estonia is faced with the aging of population, which will influence greately our future society. This rises the questions, what would designers, architects and ICT professionals have take into consideration today to solve these challenges for the future and also, how accessible are our current e-services to users with disabilities? Where to go from here?

On May 15, 2015, the Estonian chapter of ACM SIGCHI - EstCHI is holding a for the first time in Tallinn, Estonia, hosted by and managed together with , both members of . 

The purpose of the events for the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is to get people talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with different abilities. We have invited experienced researchers, policy makers, designers, ICT professionals and people with limited abilities to meet and talk about general and local issues with accessibility and Design for All.

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Keywords of the content:

• Accessibility
• Design for All
• Universal Design principles
• Design for disabled
• Design for aged

Global Accessibility Awareness Days were started as an initiative in the US three years ago and in 2014 more than 30 institutions around the world hosted their own local GAAD events.