The ixth EMPOWER conference was organized at the IIT Madras Research Park , Chennai from October 5 to 7, 2023. The first two editions of EMPOWER were organized in 2018 and 2019 at IIT-Delhi, Sonepat campus and the third EMPOWER 2020 and fourth EMPOWER 2021 were online conferences, organized by IIIT-Bangalore.

The EMPOWER conference is an annual technical event, organized with the objective of bringing together all stakeholders in the assistive technology sector, which includes researchers, user organizations, industries as well as policy makers. The Program Committee consists of members from the premier academic institutions, NGOs and technology incubators. The participants are engaged with the issues involved in creation, production and dissemination of assistive technology solutions. Using a mix of keynote talks, invited papers, posters, user forums, panel discussion and a product exhibition, EMPOWER provides opportunities for discussions around current solutions, and also seed ideas for research.