Headshot of Wilco Fiers
axe-con speaker in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Pronouns: He/Him

Wilco is a developer on and the product owner of axe-core and axe DevTools. He is the project manager for WCAG 3.0 and the facilitator of the W3C’s ACT Task Force. Based in The Netherlands, Wilco is leading Deque’s contribution in the EU-funded WAI-Tools project.

Read more about Wilco’s talk here: “Future of accessibility guidelines

Watch  Wilco’s 2023 talk here: “WCAG 2.2 and 3.0 Update“.
Sessions
Date and Time
Axe innovations: AI in next-gen accessibility tools
Wilco Fiers, Noé Barrell, #Development,
02/27/2025 at 9:00am US/Eastern
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Accessibility beyond WCAG: EAA & EN 301 549
Wilco Fiers, Shadi Abou-Zahra, #Wildcard,
02/26/2025 at 10:00am US/Eastern
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On Demand
Future of accessibility guidelines
Wilco Fiers, Glenda Sims, #Wildcard,
On Demand
WCAG 2.2 and 3.0 Update
Wilco Fiers, Melanie Philipp, #Wildcard,
On Demand
W3C Rules for Accessibility
Wilco Fiers, #Wildcard,
Axe-linter: Test in Your Editor
Wilco Fiers, Michael Siek, #Development,
What’s New in axe-core 2021
Steven Lambert, Wilco Fiers, #Development,