What is Happening

About the Conclave

The Adapted Sports India Conclave 2026 brings parents of children with disabilities, athletes, coaches, administrators, designers and allies together in Hyderabad. Intentionally designed to not be a conference and deliberately intended to promote critical thinking skills, this event is the best space for young Indians to come together and learn about a side of India that is rarely discussed and understood by us.

Inaugural theme

Why Architecture · Accessibility?

The first edition sets the tone. If we built without inclusion, we are promoting exclusion!

Why is a disability sport conclave opening with architecture and accessibility? Because participation does not begin with a fixture, a coach or a medal. It begins much earlier — with whether a person can enter the building, reach the field of play, use the changing room, find their seat and move through the venue with dignity and independence.

The built environment is the layer beneath every other aspect of disability sport. It determines whether someone can get to the starting line at all.

From theme to Program

Keynote
Infrastructure & Universal Design
Architects’ Panel & Parents' Panel
Building to Include: Beyond Ramps and Braille Boards | Parents Behind Winning Athletes and Champion Achievers
Athletes with Disabilities Talks
Barriers to Participate in Sports

Raising a Community of Indians

The Conclave is a learning space for students to develop the critical thinking, empathy and problem-solving skills needed to shape a more inclusive future. Architecture and design professionals have historically been largely absent from disability sport conversations; this is an invitation to listen to athletes and lived experience and help shape better spaces. The opportunity extends beyond architecture. Future coaches, physiotherapists, special educators, psychologists, designers, lawyers and other professionals can engage directly with real people, real barriers and real-world challenges. There is perhaps no better classroom for developing perspective, collaboration and purposeful problem-solving than learning directly from a community and its lived experience.

Why A Conclave and Not a Conference?

Learning About the Problem First
Witnessing real world examples of how disability sport movement is developing in India
Participation Creates an Impression
Interacting with people who are directly leading the movement in India will be a valuable experience for students to learn from the experts directly
Scope to Ideate and Innovate
An opportunity for students to question conventional thinking, explore real-world challenges, and develop innovative ideas that can translate into meaningful, inclusive solutions that will advance our mission

Beyond the Podium - We want to raise an army of young Indians who will join us to create solutions for Disability Sport in India

From theme to Program

Keynote

Architects’ Panel & Parents' Panel

Athletes with Disabilities Talks

Why A Conclave and Not a Conference?

Learning About the Problem First

Participation Creates an Impression

Scope to Ideate and Innovate