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Accepted Sessions for AHG 2020

(Note: this list contains both main and pre-conference sessions. This is a preliminary list. Check back for updates.)

Proposal No: 33457 Fidelity’s Accessibility Journey and Lessons Learned

Jeff Wissel, Office of Customer Accessibility Director, Fidelity Investments

Scheduled for 12:15pm on in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33463 How to Express the Accessibility Opportunity to your Executives (full-talk)

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Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33409 How 2020 Changed The Future of Accessibility For Good

Scott Ready, , Verbit

Scheduled for 2:30pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33030 ClockWork- Supporting Student Success

George Melendy, ClockWork Student Sucess Consultant, ClockWork Enterprisec

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33028 Note Taking Express for Online Classes

Liam Kelly, Operations Manager, Note Taking Express

Scheduled for 1:45pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33026 Pope Tech: WAVE for your whole .edu

Mark Pope, Partner, Pope Tech

Scheduled for 1:00pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33024 AccessibilityOz Presentation (place-holder)

Gian Wild, Founder and CEO, AccessibilityOz

Scheduled for 2:30pm on in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33018 Fidelity’s Accessibility Journey and Lessons Learned

Jeff Wissel, Office of Customer Accessibility Director, Fidelity Investments

Scheduled for 12:15pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33012 Connect Virtual Labs: Designed for all Learners

Laura Ciporen, Sr. Digital Product Developer (Accessibility / Inclusive Content-Design), McGraw Hill

Scheduled for 2:30pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32995 Quick Start to Accessible Video

Jaclyn Leduc, Content Marketing Specialist, 3Play Media

Scheduled for 11:30am on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32993 Promoting a campus-wide Universal Design framework

Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington

Scheduled for 1:45pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32991 PDF Accessibility Solutions

Andy Baum, Document Accessibility Consultant, CommonLook

Scheduled for 1:00pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32989 Make Your Digital Web Accessibility Simple

Ken Nakata, Principal, Converge Accessibility

Scheduled for 10:45am on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32987 It’s time to improve note taking accommodations: Introducing Glean, the simpler and smarter solution

Megan Barrett, Client Services Executive, Sonocent

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32985 Automating Accessibility: AI for PDF Remediation and Alt Text Generation

Rajiv Narayana, Chief Learning Officer, Continual Engine

Scheduled for 10:45am on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32983 DocMD: Get a Document Accessibility Check-up

Dave Hook, Director of Product Solutions, OPEN ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Scheduled for 11:30am on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32981 Impacting Equity, Access, and Inclusion With Ally

Christopher Aldin, Product Manager, Blackboard

Scheduled for 12:15pm on 2020-11-16 in Exhibitor Room 1

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32973 Life Changing Assistive Technology: Opening Doors to Success! (Formally: Single Switch Scanning: Strategies, Outcomes and Keys to Success)

DARREN GABBERT, Sr. Business Operations Associate, University of Missouri

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32739 Explore the resources of the UDUC project (demonstration)

Howard Kramer, , AHEAD

Scheduled for 11:30am on in Exhibitor Room 2

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32933 How to Express the Accessibility Opportunity to your Executives

Hale Pulsifer, VP Customer Accessibility, Fidelity Investments

Scheduled for 11:15am on in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32889 How to Encourage Faculty to Teach about Accessibility in Their Courses

Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32763 Quick Talks: Foundations of Online Teaching; Staying Accessible in an Online World and Classroom

Multiple Speakers, ,

Jim Stachowiak, Director of Assistive Technology, Northwestern University

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32759 Quick Talks: Ethical Web Principles and UD and Accessibility in the Criminal Justice Curriculum

Multiple Speakers, ,

Michael Davis, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32757 Quick Talks: Leveraging OER across the curriculum and for digital accessibility

Multiple Speakers, ,

Robert Uhren, Access Advocate, William Rainey Harper College

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32755 Quick Talks: Cross-campus and Institutional Collaboration and Policy Development

Multiple Speakers, ,

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32753 Quick Talks: Online learning: accessibility and inclusive pedagogy

Multiple Speakers, ,

Elisa Edelberg, Content Marketing Manager, 3PlayMedia

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32737 Quick Talks: Online libraries, catalogs, repositories of accessible materials

Multiple Speakers, ,

Charles LaPierre, Technical Lead, DIAGRAM and Born Accessible, Benetech

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32735 Quick Talks: EPUB: Campus transition to EPUB; differences between EPUB & PDF; buying Born Accessible, etc.

Multiple Speakers, ,

George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32720 Quick Talks: Web Accessibility in Higher Education: An Analysis; 1st Steps Toward Accessibility and Reducing Legal Risk

Multiple Speakers, ,

Jeff Singleton, Principal, Converge Accessibility

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32714 Quick Talks: Three 15-minute talks on captioning on campus, research and case studies

Multiple Speakers, ,

Jinhee Choo, Senior eLearning Specialist and ADA Compliance Specialist, University of Illinois

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32707 Quick Talks: AI and Machine Language for Complex Interfaces and Automated PDF Accessibility

Multiple Speakers, ,

Damien Brockmann, , NA

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32701 Quick Talks: Testing and Remediating PDFs

Multiple Speakers, ,

Pat Needles, Executive Director of Sales, Equidox by Onix

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32640 MythBusters: Debunking the Myths Surrounding Industry Practices in Marketing

Jasmine Banks, Product Manager, Blackboard Ally

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32627 Universal Design for Assessment — Tying it Altogether

kevin stiffler, Instructional Designer, Red Rocks Community College

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32625 Transforming the Alternative Format Process

Kristen Dabney, Assistive Technology Administrator, Harvard Extension School

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual C

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32597 Lab: Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs

Bevi Chagnon, Designer, Senior Accessibility Trainer, PubCom.com

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-9 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32595 Lab: Techniques and strategies to check, remediate, and validate PDFs for compliance with the PDF/UA-1 accessibility standard (double session)

Bevi Chagnon, Designer, Senior Accessibility Trainer, PubCom.com

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32580 Single Switch Scanning: Strategies, Outcomes and Keys to Success

DARREN GABBERT, Sr. Business Operations Associate , University of Missouri

Scheduled for 3:00pm on in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32578 Leveraging OER for Digital Accessibility

Robert Uhren, Access Advocate, William Rainey Harper College

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32571 Accessible Echo: Creating Multiple Means of Access to Graphic Novels in College Courses

Rachel Martiniak, Instructional Designer, University of Illinois

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual B

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32565 Lab: Knowbility’s Accessibility Master Class

Becky Gibson, Lead Accessibility Specialist, UKG

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-9 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32568 Web Accessibility in Higher Education over Time: An Analysis of over 4,000 Institutions

Jay Pope, Product Manager, Pope Tech

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32531 The Florida State EIT Consortium. A collaborative approach to electronic accessibility, advocacy, and support.

Steven Kolberg, Coordinator, Accessibility and LMS Administration, Florida SouthWestern State College

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32566 Creating a Committee for Institutional Accessibility Policy Creation

Jennifer Pedersen, Course and Program Manager for eCampus, University of Alaska Fairbanks

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32569 Barriers to Access and Opportunities for Transformation: Inclusive Pedagogy in the Transition to Remote Learning

John Scott, Ally Product Manager, Blackboard

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32563 Lab: Optimizing Excel Workbooks for Accessibility (double session)

George Joeckel, Online Training Program Manager, Utah State University / WebAIM

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-18 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32558 Automating PDF Remediation for Section 508 Compliance

Pat Needles, Executive Director of Sales, Equidox by Onix

Ryan Pugh, Director of Accessibility,

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32561 Mindful Online Course Design: A Universal Design Approach to Support Students with Cognitive and Emotional Challenges

CAREY HAMBURG, Senior Instructional Designer, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual B

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32559 Using machine learning to enable voice & gesture interactions in educational web applications

Kelly Lancaster, , NA

This session has not been scheduled

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32554 How to empower students to be self- sufficient when converting educational material for online education

Tanja Stevns, Special Ed. teacher, Sensus ApS

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32552 Getting more Braille onto University Campuses

Jim Sullivan, Director Social Enterprise, American Printing House for the Blind

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32549 Project Management for Digital Accessibility

Emily Lewis, Accessibility Consultant, Knowbility

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual D

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32547 Authoring Accessible Content (double session)

Emily Lewis, Accessibility Consultant, Knowbility

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual D

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32545 Lab: Developing for Accessibility with Semantic HTML

Emily Lewis, Accessibility Consultant, Knowbility

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-10 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32541 Affordable Software and Portable Devices for Individuals that are Blind or Low Vision

Michael Wood, Strategic Accounts Manager - Education, Vispero

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32537 Practical First Steps Toward Web Accessibility and Reducing Legal Risk

Jeff Singleton, Principal, Converge Accessibility

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32538 Defining Website Accessibility Requirements Throughout the Web Development Lifecycle

Ken Nakata, Principal, Converge Accessibility

Scheduled for 3:00pm on in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32535 Website Liability Legal Update

Ken Nakata, Principal, Converge Accessibility

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32508 Inclusive Presentations – Reaching your Entire Audience

Becky Gibson, Lead Accessibility Specialist, UKG

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32522 Accuracy Matters: A Case Study on AI Captioning Software Accuracy Rates

Rebecca Graham, Sr. Copyeditor & Accessibility Assistant, University of Illinois

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32518 Common Accessibility Errors

Becky Gibson, Lead Accessibility Specialist, UKG

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32515 Automation in Accessibility: Pragmatic AI for PDF Remediation and Alternate Format Generation

Rajiv Narayana, CEO, ansrsource

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32143 Web Accessibility Jeopardy

Crystal Tenan, IT Accessibility Coordinator, NC State University

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32499 Digital Accessibility in OER Across the Curriculum

Amy Wolfe, Accessibility Librarian and OER Developer, CUNY

Scheduled for 1:30pm on in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32496 Accessibility in the Voice First Era

Mark Greenfield, Web Accessibility Officer, University at Buffalo

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32479 Inclusive Education: a Collaborative Approach

michael canale, Assistant Director , UMBC

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32477 Foundations of Online Teaching: Collaborating to Prepare Instructors to Provide Accessible, Inclusive Remote Learning

Jim Stachowiak, Accessible Technology Strategy and Operations Lead, Northwestern University

Scheduled for 1:30pm on in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32473 Access versus Accessibility: “What are the Choices?”

Karen McCall, Senior Advisor, Accessible Document Design, Karlen Communications

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32468 Accessibility for Higher Education: Recent Legal and Compliance Trends And How To Respond (double session)

Kathleen Wahlbin, VP Enterprise Accessibility & General Manager, The Paciello Group

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32453 CSS and HTML implementations of WCAG

Scott Chandler, AIM Business Analyst, Virginia Tech

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual B

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32452 Using Personas for Accessible Design

Kathryn Weber-Hottleman, IT Accessibility Coordinator, University of Connecticut

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual C

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32425 Struggles and Successes: Trying, Failing and Winning in the Accessibility Field

Peter Shikli, CEO, Access2online Inc.

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32431 Lab: Create Accessible Documents in Word & PowerPoint

George Joeckel, Online Training Program Manager, Utah State University / WebAIM

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-10 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32418 “Grasping” Math Concepts – Creating Options for Students

Catherine M. Stager, Accessibility and Assistive Technology Specialist, FRCC BCC

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-18 in Virtual C

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32416 Accessibility Testing Workshop

Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

Scheduled for 6:00pm on 2020-11-10 in Virtual A

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32414 Mobile Site Accessibility Testing

Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32408 Social media and accessibility – 2020 update (CANCELLED)

Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32406 How to read a VPAT and ACR

Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32398 The LAST People on Earth: Accessibility for The Forgotten Folks (cancelled)

Angela Hooker, , Microsoft

Scheduled for 11:15am on in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32391 Pivot to online accessibility and accommodation

Dan Saylor, , University of Phoenix

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32392 Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time

Lisa Wadors Verne, Director of Educational Research and Development, Benetech

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32387 AT Support for ARIA: The Sequel

Joe Humbert, Senior Accessibility Engineer, The Paciello Group

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32385 Lab: Introduction to Native Mobile Accessibility Testing (double session)

Joe Humbert, Senior Accessibility Engineer, The Paciello Group

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual A

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32355 Lab: Introduction to Mobile Assistive Technology and Accessibility Testing

Joe Humbert, Senior Accessibility Engineer, The Paciello Group

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-9 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32304 Understanding the Accessibility Differences in EPUB and PDF Reading Experiences

Rachel Comerford, Senior Director of Accessibility Outreach and Communication, Macmillan Learning

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32378 Staying Accessible in an Online World and Classroom

Kyle Phillips, General Manager - Americas, Ai-Media

Scheduled for 1:30pm on in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32365 Become an AccessText Network (ATN) Power User & Pearson will Join Us to Answer Your Questions

Dawn Evans, AccessText Network Coordinator, AccessText Network

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32371 Creating accessible OER and other materials by leveraging advanced features of Word and WordToEPUB

Richard Orme, Mr, DAISY Consortium

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-18 in Virtual C

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32303 Lab: Getting to grips with creating and editing EPUB

Richard Orme, Mr, DAISY Consortium

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-9 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32366 Writing and reading accessible math in Word, HTML and EPUB

Richard Orme, Mr, DAISY Consortium

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32362 Lansing Community College Accessibility Initiative – Best Practices in Getting it Right the First Time

Andrew George, Access Consultant, Lansing Community College

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-18 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32358 Universal Design of Lecture Capture using Illinois ClassTranscribe

Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-19 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32331 Math and STEM in EPUB, What to Expect and Demand

George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32290 WAI Curricula on Web Accessibility

Daniel Montalvo, Accessibility Education and Training Specialist, W3C

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual A

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32343 Improving student adoption of note taking technology

Paddy Heaton, Event & Community Lead,, Glean (Formerly Sonocent)

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32344 Lab: Document Accessibility Boot Camp: Leveraging Microsoft’s Built-in Tools to Create Accessible DOC, PDF, and EPUB Files (double session)

Valerie Morrison, E-Text Manager, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32338 Discovering and Buying Born Accessible EPUB

George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32345 Transitioning your campus to EPUB 3

George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32339 How to Incorporate Accessibility Into Your Procurement Process

Kara Zirkle, Manager of Training and Compliance, eSSENTIAL Accessibility

Scheduled for 3:00pm on in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32340 T-Base Accessible Textbook Catalog: Benefits

Jeff Jullion, Senior Account Manager, T-Base Communications USA, Inc.

Evan Yamanishi, Accessibility Lead, Director of the Norton Lab, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32336 What’s new in W3C ARIA 1.2 and the ARIA Authoring Practices

Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual A

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32330 Lab: Understanding ARIA Authoring Practices and Screen Readers

Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-10 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32328 Strategies for using the Accessibility Checker in Word (double session)

Karen McCall, Senior Advisor, Accessible Document Design, Karlen Communications

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual D

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32326 Lab: Word to PowerPoint to Word: Create More Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (double session)

Karen McCall, Senior Advisor, Accessible Document Design, Karlen Communications

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual A

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32324 Supporting Faculty with UDL Best Practices

Patty Eaton, Director of Student Accessibility Services, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32321 IT Accessibility Challenge 2020: Launching a major accessibility campaign during a global pandemic

Terrill Thompson, Manager, IT Accessibility Team, University of Washington

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32317 Current and Next Generation Digital Study Tools

Rick Johnson, Vice President of Product Strategy, VitalSource Technologies

Stacy Ray, Bookshelf Installed Apps Product Manager, VitalSource Technologies

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32316 How the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Resolves Web Accessibility Investigations

Mary Lou Mobley, National Disability Expert, U.S. Dept. of Education

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32314 Lab: Accessible HTML – Why It’s a Good Format for your Students and How to Create It! (double session)

Joseph Polizzotto, Accessibility Technologist, Wake Technical Community College

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32311 Reading Systems Faceoff – How to access EPUB reading systems and how you can know which are the best

Joseph Polizzotto, Accessibility Technologist, Wake Technical Community College

Scheduled for 12:30pm on 2020-11-13 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32301 Using empathy to achieve accessibility

Taylor Snook, Digital Accessibility Consultant, Perkins School for the Blind

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32299 Accessibility in the time of COVID-19: lessons learned from the shift to distance learning

Taylor Snook, Digital Accessibility Consultant, Perkins School for the Blind

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32297 Flip or Flop – Flipped Classroom Teaching on Accessibility

Gottfried Zimmermann, Professor, Stuttgart Media University

Scheduled for 12:30pm on 2020-11-13 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32288 Lab: From Passive to Active: Teaching NVDA to Create Digital Access (double session)

Jordan Colbert, Assistive Technology Specialist/ATP, Disability Specialist, University of Southern California

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-18 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32295 Trending Tech Tools – 2020 edition: What’s New, What’s Improved & What’s on the Horizon for AT & Accessibility Tools

Rachel Kruzel, Higher Education Specialist, Texthelp

Scheduled for 12:30pm on 2020-11-13 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32281 Creating and Supporting Digital and Accessible Math Instruction in an Online Learning Environment

Rachel Kruzel, Higher Education Specialist, Texthelp

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32292 Imageshare: A new Online Accessible Multimodal Resource Library and Registry for Teachers and DSS Offices

Charles LaPierre, Principal, Accessibility and Content Quality Architect, Benetech

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32286 OCR’s Year In Review (double session)

Mary Lou Mobley, National Disability Expert, U.S. Dept. of Education

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32282 History and Advances in Accessible Indoor Wayfinding Technology

Mike May, , GoodMaps, Inc.

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-13 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32279 Federating Repositories of Accessible Materials for Higher Education (FRAME): A new collaborative framework

Bill Kasdorf, Principal, Kasdorf & Associates, LLC

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32277 Microsoft Software Tooling and Process to Ensure Development of Accessible Software and Websites

Jia Ma, , Microsoft

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32274 Put it on my TAB – Web Accessibility Testing and the Power of the TAB Key

glen walker, director of accessibility, applause.com

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32270 Revising Alt Text (and video description) Best Practices for a Better Learning Experience

Laura Ciporen, Digital Content Accessibility Manager, McGraw Hill Education

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-18 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32268 Don’t just get by, get buy-in: how to facilitate cross-campus collaboration for a successful accessibility strategy

Taylor Snook, Digital Accessibility Consultant, Perkins School for the Blind

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32260 Burnout Proof Your Higher Education

Michael Levitt, Chief Burnout Officer, Breakfast Leadership, Inc

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-17 in Virtual D

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32240 Equity in the Classroom: Ensuring Open Educational Resources (OER) Are Accessible to Everyone

Erin Lucas, Head of Digital Accessibility, RedShelf

Scheduled for 11:15am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32237 Fruit of the Accessibility Tree: The Journey from Browser to User, PDF of slides for the presentation

Derek Jackson, Digital Accessibility Developer, Harvard University

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-19 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32232 UDL Everywhere Always

Christa Miller, Associate Director of Services for Students with Disabilities, Virginia Tech

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual B

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32229 Audio Description As An Aesthetic Innovation

Joel Snyder, PhD, President - Founder/Sr. Consultant, Audio Description Associates, LLC - Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind

Scheduled for 4:00pm on 2020-11-12 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32219 Caption me this: Ways to Promote Captioning Across Your Campus

Jen Bethmann, Web Accessibility Coordinator, Illinois State University

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32202 Universal Design and Accessibility in the Criminal Justice Curriculum

Michael Davis, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32200 Intersectionalities in ethical web principles

Amy Drayer, , University of Minnesota Libraries

This session has not been scheduled

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32192 Lab: Alternate Format Intensive: Alternate Format Production From Student Request to Delivery of Materials

Susan Kelmer, Alternate Format Production Program Manager, University of Colorado Boulder

Scheduled for 10:30am on 2020-11-10 in Virtual A

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32189 Tips for Accessible Online Learning

Jena Wallace, Content Marketing Specialist, 3Play Media

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32187 New Research: Captions & Interactive Transcripts Improve Student Test Scores

Jena Wallace, Content Marketing Specialist, 3Play Media

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32185 Intro to Audio Description

Jaclyn Leduc, Content Marketing Specialist, 3Play Media

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual C

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32178 Policy Possibilities: Developing UNC’s Digital Accessibility Policy

Sarah Arnold, Digital Accessibility Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Scheduled for 3:00pm on 2020-11-18 in Virtual C

Virtual session (i.e., remote speaker)

Proposal No: 32168 Technology for Notetaking Accommodations

Will Pines, Accessible Technology Specialist, University of California, Riverside

Scheduled for 10:00am on 2020-11-12 in Virtual A

Onsite session

(Pre-Conference Workshop)

Proposal No: 32160 How to do high quality PDF Document Remediation with CommonLook PDF

Paul Rayius, Director of Training, CommonLook

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 32157 Testing PDFs for Accessibility and Standards Conformance

Paul Rayius, Director of Training, CommonLook

This session has not been scheduled

Onsite session

Proposal No: 33755 Quick Talks: Building an Accessible Culture in Higher Ed & in Business

Multiple Speakers, ,

Sarah Ferguson, Program Director for Digital Accessibility, Brandeis University

Scheduled for 1:30pm on 2020-11-17 in Virtual C

Onsite session