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Recorded General Conference Sessions for AHG 2020

33755 Quick Talks: Building an Accessible Culture in Higher Ed & in Business

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  • Sarah Ferguson, Program Director for Digital Accessibility, Brandeis University

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32168 Technology for Notetaking Accommodations

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32178 Policy Possibilities: Developing UNC’s Digital Accessibility Policy

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32185 Intro to Audio Description

  • Jaclyn Leduc, Content Marketing Specialist, 3Play Media

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32232 UDL Everywhere Always

  • Christa Miller, Director of Inclusive Media Design, Virginia Tech

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32240 Equity in the Classroom: Ensuring Open Educational Resources (OER) Are Accessible to Everyone

  • Erin Lucas, Sr Director of Digital Accessibility, RedShelf

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32260 Burnout Proof Your Higher Education

  • Michael Levitt, Chief Burnout Officer, Breakfast Leadership, Inc

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32270 Revising Alt Text (and video description) Best Practices for a Better Learning Experience

  • Laura Ciporen, Sr. Digital Product Developer-Accessibility and Inclusive Content Design, McGraw-Hill Education

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32274 Put it on my TAB – Web Accessibility Testing and the Power of the TAB Key

  • glen walker, director of accessibility, applause.com

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32277 Microsoft Software Tooling and Process to Ensure Development of Accessible Software and Websites

  • Jia Ma, , Microsoft

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32282 History and Advances in Accessible Indoor Wayfinding Technology

  • Mike May, , GoodMaps, Inc.

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32281 Creating and Supporting Digital and Accessible Math Instruction in an Online Learning Environment

  • Rachel Kruzel, Territory Sales Director, Texthelp

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32295 Trending Tech Tools – 2020 edition: What’s New, What’s Improved & What’s on the Horizon for AT & Accessibility Tools

  • Rachel Kruzel, Territory Sales Director, Texthelp

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Bring-your-own Device Workshop | Length: 2-hr


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    32297 Flip or Flop – Flipped Classroom Teaching on Accessibility

  • Gottfried Zimmermann, Professor, Stuttgart Media University

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Lab | Length: 2-hr


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32321 IT Accessibility Challenge 2020: Launching a major accessibility campaign during a global pandemic

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32324 Supporting Faculty with UDL Best Practices

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32326 Lab: Word to PowerPoint to Word: Create More Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (double session)

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

    • Type of session: Bring-your-own Device Workshop | Length: 2-hr


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    32328 Strategies for using the Accessibility Checker in Word (double session)

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

    • Type of session: Bring-your-own Device Workshop | Length: 2-hr


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    32336 What’s new in W3C ARIA 1.2 and the ARIA Authoring Practices

  • Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 2-hr


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    32343 Improving student adoption of note taking technology

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32290 WAI Curricula on Web Accessibility

  • Daniel Montalvo, Accessibility Education and Training Specialist, W3C

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32331 Math and STEM in EPUB, What to Expect and Demand

  • George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32358 Universal Design of Lecture Capture using Illinois ClassTranscribe

  • Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32362 Lansing Community College Accessibility Initiative – Best Practices in Getting it Right the First Time

  • Andrew George, Access Consultant, Lansing Community College

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32366 Writing and reading accessible math in Word, HTML and EPUB

  • Richard Orme, Mr, DAISY Consortium

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32371 Creating accessible OER and other materials by leveraging advanced features of Word and WordToEPUB

  • Richard Orme, Mr, DAISY Consortium

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32365 Become an AccessText Network (ATN) Power User & Pearson will Join Us to Answer Your Questions

  • Dawn Evans, AccessText Network Coordinator, Center for Inclusive Design & Innovation

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32385 Lab: Introduction to Native Mobile Accessibility Testing (double session)

  • Joe Humbert, Senior Accessibility Engineer, The Paciello Group

    • Type of session: Bring-your-own Device Workshop | Length: 2-hr


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    32387 AT Support for ARIA: The Sequel

  • Joe Humbert, Senior Accessibility Engineer, The Paciello Group

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32392 Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32391 Pivot to online accessibility and accommodation

  • Dan Saylor, , University of Phoenix

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32406 How to read a VPAT and ACR

  • Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32418 “Grasping” Math Concepts – Creating Options for Students

  • Catherine M. Stager, Assistive Technology Specialist, FRCC BCC

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32452 Using Personas for Accessible Design

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32453 CSS and HTML implementations of WCAG

  • Scott Chandler, AIM Business Analyst, Virginia Tech

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 2-hr


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    32473 Access versus Accessibility: “What are the Choices?”

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32479 Inclusive Education: a Collaborative Approach

  • michael canale, Assistant Director , UMBC

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32496 Accessibility in the Voice First Era

  • Mark Greenfield, Web Accessibility Officer, University at Buffalo

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32518 Common Accessibility Errors

  • Becky Gibson, Sr. Accessibility Strategist, Knowbility

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32508 Inclusive Presentations – Reaching your Entire Audience

  • Becky Gibson, Sr. Accessibility Strategist, Knowbility

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32535 Website Liability Legal Update

  • Ken Nakata, Principal, Converge Accessibility

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32541 Affordable Software and Portable Devices for Individuals that are Blind or Low Vision

  • Michael Wood, Strategic Accounts Manager - Education, Vispero

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32547 Authoring Accessible Content (double session)

  • Emily Lewis, Accessibility Consultant, Knowbility

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 2-hr


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    32549 Project Management for Digital Accessibility

  • Emily Lewis, Accessibility Consultant, Knowbility

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32552 Getting more Braille onto University Campuses

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32554 How to empower students to be self- sufficient when converting educational material for online education

  • Tanja Stevns, Special Ed. teacher, Sensus ApS

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32563 Lab: Optimizing Excel Workbooks for Accessibility (double session)

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

    • Type of session: Lab | Length: 2-hr


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    32571 Accessible Echo: Creating Multiple Means of Access to Graphic Novels in College Courses

  • Rachel Martiniak, Instructional Designer, University of Illinois

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32595 Lab: Techniques and strategies to check, remediate, and validate PDFs for compliance with the PDF/UA-1 accessibility standard (double session)

  • Bevi Chagnon, President and Founding Partner, PubCom—Publishing Communications

    • Type of session: Bring-your-own Device Workshop | Length: 2-hr


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    32625 Transforming the Alternative Format Process

  • Kristen Dabney, Assistive Technology Administrator, Harvard Extension School

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32627 Universal Design for Assessment — Tying it Altogether

  • kevin stiffler, Instructional Designer, Red Rocks Community College

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32640 MythBusters: Debunking the Myths Surrounding Industry Practices in Marketing

  • Jasmine Banks, Product Manager, Blackboard Ally

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32701 Quick Talks: Testing and Remediating PDFs

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  • Pat Needles, Executive Director of Sales, Equidox by Onix

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32707 Quick Talks: AI and Machine Language for Complex Interfaces and Automated PDF Accessibility

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  • Damien Brockmann, , NA

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32714 Quick Talks: Three 15-minute talks on captioning on campus, research and case studies

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32720 Quick Talks: Web Accessibility in Higher Education: An Analysis; 1st Steps Toward Accessibility and Reducing Legal Risk

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  • Jeff Singleton, Principal, Converge Accessibility

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32735 Quick Talks: EPUB: Campus transition to EPUB; differences between EPUB & PDF; buying Born Accessible, etc.

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  • George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32737 Quick Talks: Online libraries, catalogs, repositories of accessible materials

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32753 Quick Talks: Online learning: accessibility and inclusive pedagogy

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  • Elisa Edelberg, Content Marketing Manager, 3PlayMedia

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32755 Quick Talks: Cross-campus and Institutional Collaboration and Policy Development

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    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32757 Quick Talks: Leveraging OER across the curriculum and for digital accessibility

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  • Robert Uhren, Access Advocate, William Rainey Harper College

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32759 Quick Talks: Ethical Web Principles and UD and Accessibility in the Criminal Justice Curriculum

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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    32763 Quick Talks: Foundations of Online Teaching; Staying Accessible in an Online World and Classroom

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  • Jim Stachowiak, Director of Assistive Technology, Northwestern University

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 1-hr


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    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

    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    32981 Impacting Equity, Access, and Inclusion With Ally

  • Christopher Aldin, Product Manager, Blackboard

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32983 DocMD: Get a Document Accessibility Check-up

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

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32985 Automating Accessibility: AI for PDF Remediation and Alt Text Generation

  • Rajiv Narayana, Chief Learning Officer, Continual Engine

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32987 It’s time to improve note taking accommodations: Introducing Glean, the simpler and smarter solution

  • Megan Barrett, Client Services Executive, Sonocent

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32989 Make Your Digital Web Accessibility Simple

  • Ken Nakata, Principal, Converge Accessibility

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32991 PDF Accessibility Solutions

  • Andy Baum, Document Accessibility Consultant, CommonLook

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32993 Promoting a campus-wide Universal Design framework

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

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    32995 Quick Start to Accessible Video

  • Jaclyn Leduc, Content Marketing Specialist, 3Play Media

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33012 Connect Virtual Labs: Designed for all Learners

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

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33018 Fidelity’s Accessibility Journey and Lessons Learned

  • Jeff Wissel, Office of Customer Accessibility Director, Fidelity Investments

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33026 Pope Tech: WAVE for your whole .edu

  • Mark Pope, Partner, Pope Tech

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33028 Note Taking Express for Online Classes

  • Liam Kelly, Operations Manager, Note Taking Express

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33030 ClockWork- Supporting Student Success

  • George Melendy, ClockWork Student Sucess Consultant, ClockWork Enterprisec

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33409 How 2020 Changed The Future of Accessibility For Good

  • Scott Ready, , Verbit

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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    33463 How to Express the Accessibility Opportunity to your Executives (full-talk)

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    • Type of session: Lecture | Length: 45 minutes


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    33457 Fidelity’s Accessibility Journey and Lessons Learned

  • Jeff Wissel, Office of Customer Accessibility Director, Fidelity Investments

    • Type of session: Exhibitor Session | Length: 30 minutes


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