On 3rd February a twitter question was asked by @webconscious:

Know of any Internet related accessibility events/exhibitions in UK 2011? (see original tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/webconscious/status/33204117027426304)

This tweet was subsequently circulated to a few #a11y people including @peskypeople who in turn asked me if I knew of any other events besides a11yLDN. At the time I was about to start my BSL class I was rather distracted and I couldn’t think of any. However, I returned to the conversation the next day were it appeared to conclude that there were only one UK based accessibility event occurring this year (as illustrated by a tweet by @peskypeople http://twitter.com/#!/peskypeople/status/33579158160277504). Feeling rather concerned by this I carried out some research, and so far I’ve found the following seminars, events and conferences*:

• 8 February [London] Investigating the usability of web interfaces for people with learning disabilities – http://www.city.ac.uk/whatson/2011/2-feb/080211_peterwilliams.html
• 14 February [London] Accessibility, best practise and harsh realities – http://lwsassist-estw.eventbrite.com/
• 17 February [London] UK UPA I Heart UX lightening talks – http://ukupaeventfebruary2011-estw.eventbrite.com/ (likely to have #a11y attendees)
• 28 February [Bath] BS 8878 and the Holistic Approaches to Web Accessibility – http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/cetis-accessibility-sig-2011-02/
• 28 February [London] BSI/JISC CETIS Accessibility Standards Workshop – http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/events/register.php?id=266
• 25 March [London] Seminar: Automatic speech recognition and assistive technology – developing spoken interfaces for users with severe speech impairment – City University London Centre for HCI Seminar Series (likely restricted to City University London staff, researchers and students)
• 19 April [London] City University London HCID Open Day – http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/cityinteractionlab/events/ (likely to have #a11y attendees and or presentations)
• 20 April [London] Digital accessibility – http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1128963761
• 12 May [Billingsgate] National Digital Inclusion (NDI11) – http://www.dc10plus.net/news-and-events/events/Event19102 (likely to have #a11y attendees and or presentations)
• 17 May [London] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
• 18 May [Bristol] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
• 24 May [Birmingham] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
• 24 May [Dundee] Engaging industry and the public sector in accessible, inclusive design – do we need to shout louder or smarter? (UPA Scotland) – http://www.scottishupa.org.uk/events.php/engaging-industry-and-the-public-sector-in-accessible-inclusive-design–do-we-need-to-shout-louder-or-smarter
• 25 May [Newcastle] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
• 25 May [London] Evolving Standards in Accessibility – http://www.bcs.org/category/15015
• 1 June [Bath] BathCamp #23 Accessibility Night – http://lanyrd.com/2011/bathcamp-june/
• 16 June [London] RNIB Techshare conference is an embedded strand of the Vision UK 2011 conference – http://www.vision2020uk.org.uk/UKVisionstrategy/ 
• 17-18 June [London] Interactivism – http://wearefuturegov.com/2011/05/12/interactivism-is-coming/
• 21-22 June [Birmingham] Accessibility Hackdays (a11y HackSpace) – http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/devcsi/accessibility_hackdays/
• 28 June [London] 7th annual conference and exhibition on access to technology by people with disabilities (eAccess11) – http://www.headstar.com/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=195 (full conference schedule to appear shortly)
• 7-8 July [Manchester] Disability and the Majority World – http://disabilityworld.wordpress.com/ (more of a disability focus, but may cover web accessibility)
• 14 July [London] Building Perfect Council Websites – http://www.headstar-events.com/council11/index.php (has some a11y presentations)
• 26 July [Reading] Instituional Web Management Workshop 2011: Responding to Change, Parallel Session: Accessibility, Inclusiveness and the Mobile Web – http://iwmw2011.eventstreamsapp.com/programme//
• 22-26 August [London] DrupalCon specifically a presentation by M.Gifford “Drupal Accessibility, Why Community Matters and How To Get Involved” – http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/drupal-accessibility-why-community-matters-how-get-involved
• 15 September [London] UPA September event: Call to Action: Designing inclusive user experiences – http://ukupacalltoaction.eventbrite.com/
• 21 September [London] Web Accessibility London (a11yLDN) unconference – http://a11yldn.org.uk/
• 24 October [Dundee] 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility – http://www.sigaccess.org/assets11/

*please contact organisers for availability and fees

As of today the list is rather small, so I plan to update this post throughout 2011 with UK accessibility seminars, events and conferences as I come across them. However if any of my readers know of any other seminars, events or conferences please leave details in the comment section below.