Talks by Tim Damen
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Tim Damen is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of Focusring, a digital accessibility consultancy, from Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. He is passionate about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DX, web standards, accessibility, and developing robust web apps. Tim has over a decade of experience in the field and speaks at conferences and meetups around the world. He also hosts a podcast about digital accessibility called focustrap.
On this website you will find all of Tim Damen's talks with slides, videos, and other resources.
More about TimFeatured Presentations
Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels
For decades we've argued that accessibility is the right thing to do. The argument just got easier, because your next customer probably isn't human. AI agents now browse, compare, and interact on behalf of users, and they consume your site through the exact same accessibility tree screen readers do. This talk covers how agents use the web, why their failures map to WCAG violations, and what web development teams should do today to improve the agent experience (AX).
Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live
Stuck in a Focustrap: Keyboard Accessibility & Focus
Recent Presentations
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Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels
UtahJSPublished: -
Utilising the JavaScript Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) for Automated Frontend Lifecycle Management
Commit Your CodePublished: -
Build Together, Accessed by All: Open Source Web Accessibility
DevDays EuropePublished: -
Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live
WebKonfPublished: -
Build Together, Accessed by All: Open Source Web Accessibility
WebKonfPublished: -
Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live
JSNation USPublished: -
Stuck in a Focustrap: Keyboard Accessibility & Focus
ØredevPublished: -
Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live
FrontmaniaPublished: -
Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live
UtahJSPublished: -
The Importance of Soft Skills as a Developer in the age of Al-driven Development
ANWB Frontend SummitPublished:
Videos
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Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels
FrontmaniaPublished: -
Utilising the JavaScript Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) for Automated Frontend Lifecycle Management
Hello StavangerPublished: -
Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels
Porto Tech Hub ConferencePublished: -
Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels
Agentic Engineering DaysPublished:
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Megaplex Theatres at Jordan Commons, Sandy, Utah, USA
- Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels UtahJS · Sep 18, 2026
- Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live UtahJS · Sep 12, 2025
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Capital One Campus, Plano, USA
- Utilising the JavaScript Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) for Automated Frontend Lifecycle Management Commit Your Code · Sep 4, 2026
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The Liberty Science Center, New York, USA
- Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live JSNation US · Nov 20, 2025
- Scaling Accessibility JSNation US · Nov 21, 2024
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Alfândega do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels Porto Tech Hub Conference · Nov 10, 2026 · upcoming
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Head Office ANWB, Den Haag, Netherlands
- The Importance of Soft Skills as a Developer in the age of Al-driven Development ANWB Frontend Summit · Jun 19, 2025
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Head Office ABN AMRO, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Stuck in a Focustrap: Keyboard Accessibility & Focus DevCon · Apr 1, 2025
- Automated a11y testing DevCon · Jan 22, 2024
- Making forms accessible ABN AMRO x PP Meetup · Oct 26, 2023
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Pathé Amsterdam Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Stuck in a Focustrap: Keyboard Accessibility & Focus WebDevCon · Mar 21, 2025
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Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels Frontmania · Oct 7, 2026 · upcoming
- Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live Frontmania · Oct 8, 2025
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Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
- Utilising the JavaScript Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) for Automated Frontend Lifecycle Management Hello Stavanger · Oct 21, 2026 · upcoming
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Zürich Marriott Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland
- Your Biggest New Customer Can't See Pixels Agentic Engineering Days · Nov 20, 2026 · upcoming
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Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
- Accessibility feedback loop: Continuous a11y improvement in your development life cycle NDC Oslo · May 23, 2025
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MalmöMässan, Malmö, Sweden
- Stuck in a Focustrap: Keyboard Accessibility & Focus Øredev · Nov 5, 2025
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Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary
- Diving into the Toplayer: Where Dialogs, Popovers, and Modals Live WebKonf · Apr 18, 2026
- Build Together, Accessed by All: Open Source Web Accessibility WebKonf · Apr 18, 2026
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Simbiocity Nova, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Build Together, Accessed by All: Open Source Web Accessibility DevDays Europe · May 20, 2026
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VisAbility Conference Hall, Victoria Park WA, Australia
- Continuous a11y improvements Perth Web A11y Camp · Feb 18, 2025
Events I've been a part of
