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Monday Pre-con

Monday, November 14

Room10:30am MST1:00pm MST2:30pm MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

Accessible Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs

Bevi Chagnon

Lunch (on your own)

Accessible Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Denver 4-6
Lab

Alternate Format Toolbox: Everything You Need to Know to Produce Alternate Format

Susan Kelmer

Lunch (on your own)

Alternate Format Toolbox: Everything You Need to Know to Produce Alternate Format (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Matchless

Mobile Testing Workshop

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Mobile Testing Workshop (continued)

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 1

1-Day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2022 update)

Karl Groves

Lunch (on your own)

1-Day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2022 update) (continued)

Karl Groves

Penrose 2Virtual pre-conference

Creating Dazzling Yet Accessible PowerPoint Presentations!

Karen McCall

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual pre-conference

Creating Dazzling Yet Accessible PowerPoint Presentations! (continued)

Karen McCall

10:30am MST

1:00pm MST

  • No session

2:30pm MST

Tuesday Pre-con

Tuesday, November 15

Room9:00am MST12:00pm MST1:30pm MST7:00pm MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

The PDF Workshop — Checking files for PDF/UA and WCAG Compliance

Bevi Chagnon

Lunch (on your own)

The PDF Workshop — Checking files for PDF/UA and WCAG Compliance (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Keynote
Denver 4-6
Lab

Alternate Format Toolbox: Everything You Need to Know to Produce Alternate Format (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Lunch (on your own)

Alternate Format Toolbox: Everything You Need to Know to Produce Alternate Format (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Keynote
Matchless
No session
Lunch (on your own)

Accessible University 20th Anniversary: Teaching web and document accessibility with the AU Demo Site

Terrill Thompson

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Penrose 1

Does it STEM?

Brian Richwine

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Does it STEM? (continued)

Brian Richwine

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Penrose 2Virtual pre-conference

Accessibility Testing Workshop

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual pre-conference

Accessibility Testing Workshop (continued)

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Independence

Testing PDF Documents with NVDA for Usability & Accessibility

Dax Castro

Lunch (on your own)

Testing PDF Documents with NVDA for Usability & Accessibility (continued)

Dax Castro

Keynote
Colorado G-H
No session
Lunch (on your own)

PreTeXt for Accessible STEM Materials

Robert Beezer

Keynote
Colorado I-J

Advanced Audio Description: An Analysis of Paradise

Joel Snyder, PhD

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Advanced Audio Description: An Analysis of Paradise (continued)

Joel Snyder, PhD

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Mattie Silks

Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word and PowerPoint

George Joeckel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word and PowerPoint (continued)

George Joeckel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote

9:00am MST

12:00pm MST

  • No session

1:30pm MST

7:00pm MST

  • No session

Wednesday 2022

Wednesday, November 16

Room8:00am MST9:15am MST10:15am MST11:30am MST12:30pm MST2:15pm MST3:30pm MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

WAI-ARIA Fundamentals

Christina Adams, CPWA

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

WAI-ARIA Fundamentals (continued)

Christina Adams, CPWA

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break

Got ePub? Test, Fix & Learn with ePub.Tools

Christine Foushi

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

CSS Pitfalls for Screen Readers

John Northup

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

The Wizarding World of Text to Speech and the Ease of Reading Documents

Paul Stisser

Denver 4-6
Lab

Shifting Students from Peer Notetaking to Technology Based Solutions

Gwynette Hall

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Demystifying Accessible PDF Creation from Microsoft Word

Chad Chelius

Exhibitor Hall Break

Demystifying Accessible PDF Creation from Microsoft Word (continued)

Chad Chelius

Lunch on your own

Getting started with EPUB

Richard Orme

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Getting started with EPUB (continued)

Richard Orme

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Matchless

I’m Drowning in Resumes! Finding and Hooking the right A11y fish

Naveesha Maharaj

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Math & STEM Made Accessible in an eLearning World

Louis Shanafelt

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break

Retire the PDF (revision of 38030)

Darrin Evans

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Social media and accessibility

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Social media and accessibility (continued)

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 1Virtual A

Assistive Technology: Gateway to Accessibility for All

Chris Parthemos

Virtual A

PDF Accessibility – When is Good, Good Enough?

Christa Miller

Exhibitor Hall Break
Virtual A

From the ground up: Accessibility journeys of two universities

Kate DeForest

Lunch on your own
Virtual A

OCR’s Year In Review

Mary Lou Mobley

Virtual A

OCR’s Year In Review (continued)

Mary Lou Mobley

Penrose 2Virtual B

Legal Compliance in the Digital World

Brenda Nowicki 3Play Media

Virtual B

How to Integrate Accessibility in the Procurement Cycle

Andrew Drummond

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break
Virtual B

Leading from the Center: Digital Accessibility Efforts through the Library

Rebecca Albrecht Oling

Lunch on your own
Virtual B

The Princeton Approach: Designing and Sustaining an Effective Digital Accessibility Program

Mary Albert

Virtual B

Simplifying Web Accessibility at Any Scale

Jay Pope Pope Tech

Independenceremote speaker Virtual C

Creating Our Orbit for Campus-Wide Support and Communication

Rachel Elliott

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

remote speaker Virtual C

Micro-credentials: Educational Opportunity or Just Another Barrier to Education?

Karen McCall

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break
remote speaker Virtual C

Are we there yet? The developing state of mobile access equity.

Salimah LaForce

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own
remote speaker Virtual C

Authoring Stylish and Accessible Courses in Canvas

Sonya Woods

remote speaker Virtual C

How Faculty, IT Staff and others Contribute to Making Courses Accessible to All Students

Sheryl Burgstahler

Mattie Silks

Anthology Ally: Coaching Towards Accessibility

Michael Mace

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Leveraging the Trusted Tester for Web Certification to improve Mason’s web accessibility response

Korey Singleton

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break

Fighting Fires or Changing Culture: Prioritizing Accessibility in Peer Developed Courses- Changing How Faculty Approach Course Design.

Lindsay Foster Tarrant County College

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Building an Accessibility and Equity Mindset: Changing Campus Culture Through a Shared Purpose

Judi Cook

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Graduate Records Exam (GRE) Inclusive Computer Adaptive Assessment for Blind Test Takers

Cary Supalo

Colorado G-H

Publishing and EPUB 101: The Fundamentals Everybody in Higher Education Should Know

George Kerscher

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Three Years to Better Accessibility

Lucy Greco

Exhibitor Hall Break

Audio Description: An Aid to Literacy

Joel Snyder, PhD

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Use the Force (i.e., Forced Colors Mode)

Carly Gerard

Texthelp: Tools to Support and Simplify Your Entire Alt Format Process

Rachel Kruzel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado I-J

Improving Student Learning Gains with Accessibility Features and AI Technology

Rick Johnson VitalSource

Survey of Screen-Readers inLinux Operating Systems

Zach Lattin

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break

Digital Accessibility: Six Core Skills

Michele Michele Betancourt

Lunch on your own

Writing educational alt text to support the why of learning

Laura Ciporen

Writing educational alt text to support the why of learning (continued)

Laura Ciporen

Colorado F

Progress vs Perfection: Document Remediation at Scale

Walter Walker

1% Shifts to Increase Digital Accessibility

Kate DeForest

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor Hall Break

Questions to Gain the Right Insights for Accessible Procurement (& How to Pair them with IT Security Risk Assessments)

Kyle Shachmut

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Welcome to EMMA: Educational Materials Made Accessible–and Shareable!

Bill Kasdorf

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

PDFs: Into the Metaverse (panel discussion on PDF accessibility)

Chad Chelius

8:00am MST

9:15am MST

10:15am MST

  • No session

11:30am MST

12:30pm MST

  • No session

2:15pm MST

3:30pm MST

Thursday 2022

Thursday, November 17

Room8:00am MST9:15am MST10:15am MST11:30am MST12:30pm MST2:15pm MST3:15pm MST4:00pm MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

Optimizing Accessibility in Excel 365 Workbooks

George Joeckel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Optimizing Accessibility in Excel 365 Workbooks (continued)

George Joeckel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break

Is Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) an accommodation option, yet?

Sheryl Ballenger

Lunch on your own

Document Accessibility Compliance for Higher-Ed

Glenn Gross

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Denver 4-6
Lab

Going Further with EPUB

Richard Orme

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Going Further with EPUB (continued)

Richard Orme

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break

Implementing Accessibility in Course Content: Alternative Approaches to Getting Faculty on Board.

Joachim Agamba

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Towards a Certificate on Accessible Teaching – Considerations and insights into the draft syllabus

Gottfried Zimmermann

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Matchless

Implementation Science: Strategies & Process to Support Assistive Technology Implementation or Accessibility Initiatives

Rachel Kruzel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

A Best Practices Model for Providing AT Services and Supports in Higher Education

Allison Swanson

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break

Rethink Alt Text — The First Step: A community discussion to improve how we communicate complex graphical ideas and data

Bevi Chagnon

Lunch on your own

MathCAT and the future of MathML

Neil Soiffer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Penrose 1Virtual A

What grade did your screen-reader get in Arithmetic?

Brian Richwine

Virtual A

From doing to consulting: How Indiana University transformed the alternative media process

Michael Mace

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Virtual A

The Indirect Pursuit of Accessibility: a Strategy for Organizational Change

Rob Carr

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own
Virtual A

Easy Steps for Accessible Lecture, Discussion/Conference, and Presentation Videos

Kristin Juhrs Kaylor

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Penrose 2Virtual B

Gaining Ground with HECVAT 3.02 for IT Purchasing: Evaluating third-party application accessibility risk

Laura Fathauer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Virtual B

Inclusive But Not Accessible? Integrating Accessibility and Emerging DEI Initiatives in Education

Eric Stano

Exhibit Hall Break
Virtual B

The Accessible Math Roadmap

Darrin Evans

Lunch on your own
Virtual B

Trending Tech Tools – 2022 Edition: What’s New, What’s Improved & What’s on the Horizon for AT & Accessibility Tools

Rachel Kruzel

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Independenceremote speaker Virtual C

WAI Curricula: Build, Compare, and Select courses on Web Accessibility

Daniel Montalvo

Virtual C

The WAI to Web Accessibility: A Tour of New Resources from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Shawn Henry

Exhibit Hall Break
Virtual C

The Race Behind the Learning: Making Math Accessible

Angela Branson

Lunch on your own
remote speaker Virtual C

Aligning Requirements for WCAG Success Criteria with Organizational Roles to Deliver Accessible Content

Jeff Singleton

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Mattie Silks

Addressing Evolving Student Needs with Universal Design for Learning: A Practicum Approach

Jim Stachowiak

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Alternative Text Showdown

Christine Foushi

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break

Mathematics in Born Accessible Publications – Latest developments in Accessible Math around the Industry

Charles LaPierre

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Developing a campus-wide online accessibility infrastructure: a tale of two institutions

Tania Heap

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Colorado G-H

Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and How Assistive Listening Systems Can Help

Wynne Whyman

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Engaging Teams Across Campus: Lessons learned from working with higher education institutions

Jay Pope

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break

Development of the Student Perceptions of Accessibility (SPA) scale and applications for student success

Nicholas Matthews

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch on your own

Updates to the Mobile Accessibility Testing Guidelines

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Colorado I-J

Building an accessible campus experience: Tools to remove obstacles and reduce friction

Laura Miller

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Speaking at AHG

Christa Miller

Exhibit Hall Break

Accessibility Planning: Get AHEAD This Spring

Lindsay Tulloss AST, a Verbit Company

Lunch on your own

How the right note taking support tool can boost student success & retention

Paddy Heaton

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables
Colorado F
No session

When perfect is the enemy of good – Suggestions for a pragmatic approach to accessibility

Lars Ballieu Christensen

Exhibit Hall Break

How the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Resolves Digital Accessibility Investigations

Mary Lou Mobley

Lunch on your own

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Boost Student Success and Increase Accessibility

Kurt Apen Otter.ai

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit Hall Break
Round Tables

8:00am MST

9:15am MST

10:15am MST

  • No session

11:30am MST

12:30pm MST

  • No session

2:15pm MST

3:15pm MST

  • No session

4:00pm MST

  • No session

Friday 2022

Friday, November 18

Room8:00am MST9:15am MST10:30am MST11:45am MST
Denver 1-3
Lab
Virtual Round-Tables

Creating more robust Infographics – Beyond Alt-text

Dax Castro

Creating more robust Infographics – Beyond Alt-text (continued)

Dax Castro

No session
Denver 4-6
Lab
Virtual Round-Tables

Introduction to Accessibility Testing: Websites and Web Applications

Andrew Drummond

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Introduction to Accessibility Testing: Websites and Web Applications (continued)

Andrew Drummond

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

No session
Matchless
Virtual Round-Tables

Global Certified Accessible – Changing the World One Publisher at a Time

Charles LaPierre

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Replacement Session

Build Your Accessible Procurement Process

Leon McNaught

W3C Publishing: New Standards and Recommendations on the Horizon – EPUB 3.3, Accessibility, and Reading Systems

Charles LaPierre

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 1
Virtual Round-Tables
Virtual A

The Road to Accessibility is Paved with Best Practices: Avoiding Best Intentions Pitfalls in Accessibility

Crista Earl Tech for All

Virtual A

AccessText Network is here to help! E-Text Accommodations 101.

Dawn Evans

Virtual A

I Am Not The Copyright Police – the answers to all of your alternate format copyright questions

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 2
Virtual Round-Tables
Virtual B

Advanced Techniques to Make the VPAT More Effective

Rob Carr

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Virtual B

Predictors of Web Accessibility in Higher Education: Ten Years After

Dan Comden

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Virtual B

Solving Accessibility Issues with An Accessibility Remediation Team

Bert McClain

Independence
Virtual Round-Tables
Cancelled remote speaker Virtual C

eText@Illinois – truly universally accessible textbooks and training

Yury Borukhovich

remote speaker Virtual C

Website Liability Legal Update

Ken Nakata

remote speaker Virtual C

Intro to Audio Description

Rebecca Klein

Mattie Silks
Virtual Round-Tables

Lessons Learned During a System-wide Collaboration in Developing, Designing and Launching an Accessibility Course

Lydia Harkey

Understanding the needs of students with disabilities based on Universal Design of Learning and some implementations

Hongye Liu

Good to Great: Evolution of the Nelnet Accessibility Program

Marc Thorson

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado G-H
Virtual Round-Tables

The Marrakesh Treaty and Creating a Marketplace for Accessible Books

Auston Stamm

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Making sure videos are accessible (formally Video player accessibility)

Gian Wild

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Inclusive Practice: Integrate Technology in Higher Education Communication

Lori Mickle

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado I-J
Virtual Round-Tables
No session

PREP: An AI-Enabled Document Remediation Solution Designed to Make STEM and Complex Content Accessibility More Intuitive

Vijayshree Vethantham

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Cancelled

Reducing Outsourcing by Utilizing Existing Campus Resources

Jennifer McDowell

Colorado F
Virtual Round-Tables
No session
No session
No session

8:00am MST

  • No session

9:15am MST

10:30am MST

11:45am MST