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Schedule 2023

Monday Pre-con 2023

Monday, November 6

Room	10:30am MST	1:00pm MST	2:30pm MST
Denver 1-3 Lab	Creating Accessible forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Karen McCall	Lunch (on your own)	Creating Accessible forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (continued) Karen McCall
Denver 4-6 Lab	Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities Susan Kelmer	Lunch (on your own)	Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities (continued) Susan Kelmer
Matchless	Why is Web Accessibility Still a Problem? – A Group Therapy Session for Web Accessibility Program Managers Jill Wolters	Lunch (on your own)	How to Create Accessible Experiences That Inspire Marcelo Paiva
Penrose 1	From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs Dax Castro	Lunch (on your own)	From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs (continued) Dax Castro
Penrose 2	Innovating Toward Universal Design: Robust Accessible Media and Campus Accessibility Workflows Kaela Parks	Lunch (on your own)	Innovating Toward Universal Design: Robust Accessible Media and Campus Accessibility Workflows (continued) Kaela Parks
Mattie Silks	Virtual pre-conference Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps Gian Wild	Lunch (on your own)	Virtual pre-conference Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps (continued) Gian Wild

10:30am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Creating Accessible forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
Karen McCall
Denver 4-6

Lab
Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities
Susan Kelmer
Matchless
Why is Web Accessibility Still a Problem? – A Group Therapy Session for Web Accessibility Program Managers
Jill Wolters
Penrose 1
From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs
Dax Castro
Penrose 2
Innovating Toward Universal Design: Robust Accessible Media and Campus Accessibility Workflows
Kaela Parks
Virtual pre-conference
Mattie Silks
Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps
Gian Wild
No session

1:00pm MST

No session

2:30pm MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Creating Accessible forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (continued)
Karen McCall
Denver 4-6

Lab
Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities (continued)
Susan Kelmer
Matchless
How to Create Accessible Experiences That Inspire
Marcelo Paiva
Penrose 1
From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs (continued)
Dax Castro
Penrose 2
Innovating Toward Universal Design: Robust Accessible Media and Campus Accessibility Workflows (continued)
Kaela Parks
Virtual pre-conference
Mattie Silks
Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps (continued)
Gian Wild
No session

Tuesday Pre-con 2023

Tuesday, November 7

Room	9:00am MST	12:00pm MST	1:30pm MST	7:00pm 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	Keynote
Denver 4-6 Lab	Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities (continued) Susan Kelmer	Lunch (on your own)	Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities (continued) Susan Kelmer	Keynote
Matchless	Going Beyond: Leveraging Partnerships to Expand your Institution’s Accessible Media Efforts Korey Singleton	Lunch (on your own)	Assistive Technology – Implementation and Decision Making: The “How?” Rachel Kruzel	Keynote
Penrose 1	From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs (continued) Dax Castro	Lunch (on your own)	From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs (continued) Dax Castro	Keynote
Penrose 2	Accessibility Testing Workshop (2023) Karl Groves	Lunch (on your own)	Accessibility Testing Workshop (2023) (continued) Karl Groves	Keynote
Mattie Silks	Virtual pre-conference Managing the build of an accessible web site Gian Wild	Lunch (on your own)	Virtual pre-conference Managing the build of an accessible web site (continued) Gian Wild	Keynote
Colorado G-H	Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel George Joeckel	Lunch (on your own)	Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (continued) George Joeckel	Keynote
Colorado I-J	Implementing Effective Campus Accessibility Initiatives Rachel Kruzel	Lunch (on your own)	Accessibility in Procurement Deep(-er) Dive Rob Carr	Keynote

9:00am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Accessible Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs
Bevi Chagnon
Denver 4-6

Lab
Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities (continued)
Susan Kelmer
Matchless
Going Beyond: Leveraging Partnerships to Expand your Institution’s Accessible Media Efforts
Korey Singleton
Penrose 1
From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs (continued)
Dax Castro
Penrose 2
Accessibility Testing Workshop (2023)
Karl Groves
Virtual pre-conference
Mattie Silks
Managing the build of an accessible web site
Gian Wild
Colorado G-H
Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
George Joeckel
Colorado I-J
Implementing Effective Campus Accessibility Initiatives
Rachel Kruzel
No session

12:00pm MST

No session

1:30pm MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Accessible Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs (continued)
Bevi Chagnon
Denver 4-6

Lab
Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive – How To Create Alternate Format for Students with Print Disabilities (continued)
Susan Kelmer
Matchless
Assistive Technology – Implementation and Decision Making: The “How?”
Rachel Kruzel
Penrose 1
From Problem to Solution: Remediation Strategies for Accessible PDFs (continued)
Dax Castro
Penrose 2
Accessibility Testing Workshop (2023) (continued)
Karl Groves
Virtual pre-conference
Mattie Silks
Managing the build of an accessible web site (continued)
Gian Wild
Colorado G-H
Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (continued)
George Joeckel
Colorado I-J
Accessibility in Procurement Deep(-er) Dive
Rob Carr
No session

7:00pm MST

No session

Wednesday 2023

Wednesday, November 8

Room	8:00am MST	9:15am MST	10:15am MST	11:30am MST	12:30pm MST	2:15pm MST	3:30pm MST
Denver 1-3 Lab	Accessible Color Considerations for Charts, Graphs, and Infographics Dax Castro	Accessible Color Considerations for Charts, Graphs, and Infographics (continued) Dax Castro	Exhibitor Hall Break	Accessible Course Design Strategies For Rise and Storyline Auston Stamm	Lunch on your own	Creating Accessible PowerPoint Templates Karen McCall	Creating Accessible PowerPoint Templates (continued) Karen McCall
Denver 4-6 Lab	Accessible Word Templates Bevi Chagnon	Accessible Word Templates (continued) Bevi Chagnon	Exhibitor Hall Break	No session	Lunch on your own	Creating Accessible PDF Files from Microsoft Word Chad Chelius	Creating Accessible PDF Files from Microsoft Word (continued) Chad Chelius
Matchless	7 Ways to Make Content Digitally Accessible Kamran Khan	Creating a Grassroots Statewide Coalition for Disability: Lessons Learned from Virginia Barbara Zunder	Exhibitor Hall Break	Coordinating Captioning Efforts on Campus – Three Perspectives Annissa Stout	Lunch on your own	Expected and Surprising Challenges with PDF/UA Remediation at Enterprise Volumes William Kilian	Launching Ally’s WYSIWYG Instructor Feedback tool at UC Berkeley Joseph Feria-Galicia
Penrose 1 streaming 1	Virtual A Maximize the Impact: Strategies to Increase Knowledge & Use of Available Assistive Technology Tools Across Campus Scott Bryden	What’d you say? Harnessing Speech Access for Accessible Digital Mathematics: Importance, Potential, and Challenges Brian Richwine	Exhibitor Hall Break	STEM Accessibility: Beyond Simply Making Things Accessible David Schwarte	Lunch on your own	Mission: Accessible – Challenging Instructors to Create Accessible Canvas Content Jim Stachowiak	UDL, Digital Accessibility, & Pedagogy – Towards Harmonious Practice Jennifer Curry Jahnke
Penrose 2 streaming 2	Virtual B Accessibility Testing: Don’t Just Rely on What Automated Tests Tell You Mike Williamson	Creating a Digital Accessibility Hub Kate DeForest	Exhibitor Hall Break	Collaboration Benefits Student Success: Bringing text-to-speech software to the broader student body Jennifer McDowell	Lunch on your own	Advancing Accessibility in Procurement with the HECVAT Kyle Shachmut	Promoting and enhancing Audio Description practice within Higher Education Ann Fredricksen
Mattie Silks streaming 3	Virtual C The VHEAP Captioning Initiative Lori Kressin	Accessibility of 3D Content on the Web Hilarie Sit	Exhibitor Hall Break	Accessibility and the 3 Bears of AI Glenda Sims Deque Systems	Lunch on your own	A new level of digital equity now possible for AT users – and easier AT deployment for IT departments Gregg Vanderheiden	Making Inclusive Digital Campus Maps Brandon Biggs
Independence	How to Impact Student Outcomes by Building Self-Efficacy in Online Learning Paula McMahon	Anthology Ally User Group – all welcome! Claire Gardener	Exhibitor Hall Break	Breaking Barriers: Creating Accessible Online Assessments Kristin Juhrs Kaylor	Lunch on your own	Web Accessibility Framework: a Foundation for Success Jay Pope Pope Tech	Bridging the Accessibility Gap: AI-Driven Innovations in Higher Education John Maxwell Otter.ai
Colorado G-H	Promoting a Culture of Accessibility One Person at a Time Stephanie Richardson	What we talk about when we talk about accessibility testing Derek Jackson	Exhibitor Hall Break	Enhancing Accessibility in Online Learning with Audio Description Erik Ducker 3Play Media	Lunch on your own	Systems Change in Higher Ed Digital Accessibility Cynthia Curry	Advancing our Holistic Accessibility Plan at Penn State Binky Lush
Colorado I-J	Designing with Readability in Mind (revision of 38062) Kate DeForest	The state of digital accessibility in higher ed 2023: takeaways, analysis & insight from a broad institutional survey Kyle Shachmut	Exhibitor Hall Break	Open Education Resources – Notoriously inaccessible, but we can change that! Sandi Gauder	Lunch on your own	The Power of Flexibility and Choice: Examining Alternative Format Usage Before, During and After COVID-19 Christopher Aldin	Creating an online course accessibility database at a large institution (revision of 38003) Tania Heap
Colorado F	Empowering Indoor Mobility: Can a new Low-cost, Wearable Navigation Aid Empower Individuals with Vision Impairments? Guru Nanma Purushotam	No session	Exhibitor Hall Break	No session	Lunch on your own	OCR’s Year In Review (2023) Mary Lou Mobley	OCR’s Year In Review (2023) (continued) Mary Lou Mobley
Virtual D Virtual-only	No session	Virtual D Document Accessibility Rollout Kim Jacoby	Exhibitor Hall Break	A University-wide strategy for Document Accessibility Shilpi Kapoor	Lunch on your own	Updates to the Mobile Accessibility Testing Guidelines Gian Wild	History of web accessibility Gian Wild

8:00am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Accessible Color Considerations for Charts, Graphs, and Infographics
Dax Castro
Denver 4-6

Lab
Accessible Word Templates
Bevi Chagnon
Matchless
7 Ways to Make Content Digitally Accessible
Kamran Khan
Virtual A
Penrose 1

streaming 1
Maximize the Impact: Strategies to Increase Knowledge & Use of Available Assistive Technology Tools Across Campus
Scott Bryden
Virtual B
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Accessibility Testing: Don’t Just Rely on What Automated Tests Tell You
Mike Williamson
Virtual C
Mattie Silks

streaming 3
The VHEAP Captioning Initiative
Lori Kressin
Independence
How to Impact Student Outcomes by Building Self-Efficacy in Online Learning
Paula McMahon
Colorado G-H
Promoting a Culture of Accessibility One Person at a Time
Stephanie Richardson
Colorado I-J
Designing with Readability in Mind (revision of 38062)
Kate DeForest
Colorado F
Empowering Indoor Mobility: Can a new Low-cost, Wearable Navigation Aid Empower Individuals with Vision Impairments?
Guru Nanma Purushotam
Virtual D

Virtual-onlyNo session
No session

9:15am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Accessible Color Considerations for Charts, Graphs, and Infographics (continued)
Dax Castro
Denver 4-6

Lab
Accessible Word Templates (continued)
Bevi Chagnon
Matchless
Creating a Grassroots Statewide Coalition for Disability: Lessons Learned from Virginia
Barbara Zunder
Penrose 1

streaming 1
What’d you say? Harnessing Speech Access for Accessible Digital Mathematics: Importance, Potential, and Challenges
Brian Richwine
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Creating a Digital Accessibility Hub
Kate DeForest
Mattie Silks

streaming 3
Accessibility of 3D Content on the Web
Hilarie Sit
Independence
Anthology Ally User Group – all welcome!
Claire Gardener
Colorado G-H
What we talk about when we talk about accessibility testing
Derek Jackson
Colorado I-J
The state of digital accessibility in higher ed 2023: takeaways, analysis & insight from a broad institutional survey
Kyle Shachmut
Colorado F
No session
Virtual D
Virtual D

Virtual-only
Document Accessibility Rollout
Kim Jacoby
No session

10:15am MST

No session

11:30am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Accessible Course Design Strategies For Rise and Storyline
Auston Stamm
Denver 4-6

LabNo session
Matchless
Coordinating Captioning Efforts on Campus – Three Perspectives
Annissa Stout
Penrose 1

streaming 1
STEM Accessibility: Beyond Simply Making Things Accessible
David Schwarte
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Collaboration Benefits Student Success: Bringing text-to-speech software to the broader student body
Jennifer McDowell
Mattie Silks

streaming 3
Accessibility and the 3 Bears of AI
Glenda Sims Deque Systems
Independence
Breaking Barriers: Creating Accessible Online Assessments
Kristin Juhrs Kaylor
Colorado G-H
Enhancing Accessibility in Online Learning with Audio Description
Erik Ducker 3Play Media
Colorado I-J
Open Education Resources – Notoriously inaccessible, but we can change that!
Sandi Gauder
Colorado F
No session
Virtual D

Virtual-only
A University-wide strategy for Document Accessibility
Shilpi Kapoor
No session

12:30pm MST

No session

2:15pm MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Templates
Karen McCall
Denver 4-6

Lab
Creating Accessible PDF Files from Microsoft Word
Chad Chelius
Matchless
Expected and Surprising Challenges with PDF/UA Remediation at Enterprise Volumes
William Kilian
Penrose 1

streaming 1
Mission: Accessible – Challenging Instructors to Create Accessible Canvas Content
Jim Stachowiak
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Advancing Accessibility in Procurement with the HECVAT
Kyle Shachmut
Mattie Silks

streaming 3
A new level of digital equity now possible for AT users – and easier AT deployment for IT departments
Gregg Vanderheiden
Independence
Web Accessibility Framework: a Foundation for Success
Jay Pope Pope Tech
Colorado G-H
Systems Change in Higher Ed Digital Accessibility
Cynthia Curry
Colorado I-J
The Power of Flexibility and Choice: Examining Alternative Format Usage Before, During and After COVID-19
Christopher Aldin
Colorado F
OCR’s Year In Review (2023)
Mary Lou Mobley
Virtual D

Virtual-only
Updates to the Mobile Accessibility Testing Guidelines
Gian Wild
No session

3:30pm MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Templates (continued)
Karen McCall
Denver 4-6

Lab
Creating Accessible PDF Files from Microsoft Word (continued)
Chad Chelius
Matchless
Launching Ally’s WYSIWYG Instructor Feedback tool at UC Berkeley
Joseph Feria-Galicia
Penrose 1

streaming 1
UDL, Digital Accessibility, & Pedagogy – Towards Harmonious Practice
Jennifer Curry Jahnke
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Promoting and enhancing Audio Description practice within Higher Education
Ann Fredricksen
Mattie Silks

streaming 3
Making Inclusive Digital Campus Maps
Brandon Biggs
Independence
Bridging the Accessibility Gap: AI-Driven Innovations in Higher Education
John Maxwell Otter.ai
Colorado G-H
Advancing our Holistic Accessibility Plan at Penn State
Binky Lush
Colorado I-J
Creating an online course accessibility database at a large institution (revision of 38003)
Tania Heap
Colorado F
OCR’s Year In Review (2023) (continued)
Mary Lou Mobley
Virtual D

Virtual-only
History of web accessibility
Gian Wild
No session

Thursday 2023

Thursday, November 9

Room	8:00am MST	9:15am MST	10:15am MST	11:30am MST	12:30pm MST	2:15pm MST	3:15pm MST	4:00pm MST
Denver 1-3 Lab	Creating a Word Form Template for Creating an Accessible PDF Form Karen McCall	Creating a Word Form Template for Creating an Accessible PDF Form (continued) Karen McCall	Exhibit Hall Break	Beyond the Blockers: Making Online Course Content Accessible for Everyone (update of 37962) Sonya Woods	Lunch on your own	Making chemistry engaging and accessible with digital education Jessica Martin	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Denver 4-6 Lab	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nemeth and UEB Technical (But Were Afraid to Ask) Neil Soiffer	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nemeth and UEB Technical (But Were Afraid to Ask) (continued) Neil Soiffer	Exhibit Hall Break	The fundamentals of an accessible PDF file Chad Chelius	Lunch on your own	Live Captioning 101 Erik Ducker 3Play Media	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Matchless	Assistive Listening Systems & UVA’s Decision to Prioritize Hearing Loop Lori Kressin	Certified Accessible eBook Ecosystem – From Vendor to Publisher to Student Charles LaPierre	Exhibit Hall Break	Solving Accessibility Problems in Virtual Lab Environments Rachel Comerford	Lunch on your own	PDF/UA-2: The latest on the new standard Paul Rayius	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Penrose 1 streaming 1	Evaluating Document Accessibility: Training Student Employees Kathryn Tipton	Exploring Applications of Chat GPT and Similar Large Language Model AI to Promote Access Chris Parthemos	Exhibit Hall Break	Accessibility Workarounds for Powerpoint Dax Castro	Lunch on your own	PDF Accessibility Checkers: Correcting the Myths Karen McCall	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Penrose 2 streaming 2	Driving Accessibility Improvements in IT Products Jeff Singleton	What Fit and Flopped: Reflections of Accessibility Initiatives Steven Kolberg	Exhibit Hall Break	The Future is Now: Building a Comprehensive, Compliant, Affordable Captioning Service Ann Fredricksen	Lunch on your own	Creating an Accessibility Resource for Your Campus Danielle Smith	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Independence streaming 3	Accessibility in the Library with the Lead Pipe: Clues for Increasing Accessibility (revision of 37954) Anaya Jones	Optimizing user experience – How input from students and faculty shaped the SensusAccess interface in Canvas Lars Ballieu Christensen	Exhibit Hall Break	Tactical use of Product Vendor Accessibility Process: From High-Impact to Demo Leon McNaught	Lunch on your own	A review of the proposed Ontario Postsecondary Education Standard (AODA): Digital Learning and Technology Recommendations Jennifer Curry Jahnke	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Mattie Silks	Ensuring Inclusion in Course Design with VR: Lessons and Recommendations for Accessibility RaLynn McGuire	Microlearning for Accessibility: Supporting Cognitive Disabilities Across Campus Erin Evans	Exhibit Hall Break	OCR’s National Digital Access Team Mary Lou Mobley	Lunch on your own	Replacing an Accessible Website: Ensuring a Better New Site Alen Davoudian	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Colorado G-H	Building the Digital Accessibility Gateway: A Data Driven Model for Accessibility Noelle Bareswilt	Expanding accessible tech across campus – why collaboration is the watchword for 2024 Paddy Heaton	Exhibit Hall Break	Sponsor Session Boise State University: Their Journey to Accessibility and Why They Chose ReadSpeaker Paul Stisser	Lunch on your own	AHG 2024 Speakers Unite! Christa Miller	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Colorado I-J	AI Assisted ePubs & Website Remediation: Enhancing Accessibility with Large Language Models Okan Guney Content Industries	Creating, Remediating & Accessing Digitally Accessible STEM Based Course Content with Equatio Louis Shanafelt	Exhibit Hall Break	Toward a Fully Inclusive Campus: Three Modalities for Comprehensive Accessibility Training at a Health Sciences Center Brandie Wiley	Lunch on your own	Web Accessibility in Higher Education: Update of the Pope Tech 4k Project Mark Pope	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Colorado F	Join the Resistance: Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In at Your Organization Lindsay Nichols Foster	Color-to-Texture, Coloring Books and Cartoons, the Tactile Color Revolution has Begun John Gardner	Exhibit Hall Break	Evaluating Accessibility When Time is Scarce Rob Carr	Lunch on your own	The Dyslexic Shuffle: Deepening Your Understanding of Dyslexia Nina G	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables
Virtual A Virtual-only	No session	Web Accessibility for Speech Recognition users – A pragmatic approach Shashank Kapur	Exhibit Hall Break	An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Copilot to Assist in Building Accessible Digital Products is on the Way… Jia Ma	Lunch on your own	Digital Accessibility & Equity: Building Self-Paced Professional Development Opportunities for Faculty Luz Espanola	Exhibit Hall Break	Round Tables

8:00am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Creating a Word Form Template for Creating an Accessible PDF Form
Karen McCall
Denver 4-6

Lab
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nemeth and UEB Technical (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Neil Soiffer
Matchless
Assistive Listening Systems & UVA’s Decision to Prioritize Hearing Loop
Lori Kressin
Penrose 1

streaming 1
Evaluating Document Accessibility: Training Student Employees
Kathryn Tipton
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Driving Accessibility Improvements in IT Products
Jeff Singleton
Independence

streaming 3
Accessibility in the Library with the Lead Pipe: Clues for Increasing Accessibility (revision of 37954)
Anaya Jones
Mattie Silks
Ensuring Inclusion in Course Design with VR: Lessons and Recommendations for Accessibility
RaLynn McGuire
Colorado G-H
Building the Digital Accessibility Gateway: A Data Driven Model for Accessibility
Noelle Bareswilt
Colorado I-J
AI Assisted ePubs & Website Remediation: Enhancing Accessibility with Large Language Models
Okan Guney Content Industries
Colorado F
Join the Resistance: Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In at Your Organization
Lindsay Nichols Foster
Virtual A

Virtual-onlyNo session
No session

9:15am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Creating a Word Form Template for Creating an Accessible PDF Form (continued)
Karen McCall
Denver 4-6

Lab
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nemeth and UEB Technical (But Were Afraid to Ask) (continued)
Neil Soiffer
Matchless
Certified Accessible eBook Ecosystem – From Vendor to Publisher to Student
Charles LaPierre
Penrose 1

streaming 1
Exploring Applications of Chat GPT and Similar Large Language Model AI to Promote Access
Chris Parthemos
Penrose 2

streaming 2
What Fit and Flopped: Reflections of Accessibility Initiatives
Steven Kolberg
Independence

streaming 3
Optimizing user experience – How input from students and faculty shaped the SensusAccess interface in Canvas
Lars Ballieu Christensen
Mattie Silks
Microlearning for Accessibility: Supporting Cognitive Disabilities Across Campus
Erin Evans
Colorado G-H
Expanding accessible tech across campus – why collaboration is the watchword for 2024
Paddy Heaton
Colorado I-J
Creating, Remediating & Accessing Digitally Accessible STEM Based Course Content with Equatio
Louis Shanafelt
Colorado F
Color-to-Texture, Coloring Books and Cartoons, the Tactile Color Revolution has Begun
John Gardner
Virtual A

Virtual-only
Web Accessibility for Speech Recognition users – A pragmatic approach
Shashank Kapur
No session

10:15am MST

No session

11:30am MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Beyond the Blockers: Making Online Course Content Accessible for Everyone (update of 37962)
Sonya Woods
Denver 4-6

Lab
The fundamentals of an accessible PDF file
Chad Chelius
Matchless
Solving Accessibility Problems in Virtual Lab Environments
Rachel Comerford
Penrose 1

streaming 1
Accessibility Workarounds for Powerpoint
Dax Castro
Penrose 2

streaming 2
The Future is Now: Building a Comprehensive, Compliant, Affordable Captioning Service
Ann Fredricksen
Independence

streaming 3
Tactical use of Product Vendor Accessibility Process: From High-Impact to Demo
Leon McNaught
Mattie Silks
OCR’s National Digital Access Team
Mary Lou Mobley
Sponsor Session
Colorado G-H
Boise State University: Their Journey to Accessibility and Why They Chose ReadSpeaker
Paul Stisser
Colorado I-J
Toward a Fully Inclusive Campus: Three Modalities for Comprehensive Accessibility Training at a Health Sciences Center
Brandie Wiley
Colorado F
Evaluating Accessibility When Time is Scarce
Rob Carr
Virtual A

Virtual-only
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Copilot to Assist in Building Accessible Digital Products is on the Way…
Jia Ma
No session

12:30pm MST

No session

2:15pm MST

Denver 1-3

Lab
Making chemistry engaging and accessible with digital education
Jessica Martin
Denver 4-6

Lab
Live Captioning 101
Erik Ducker 3Play Media
Matchless
PDF/UA-2: The latest on the new standard
Paul Rayius
Penrose 1

streaming 1
PDF Accessibility Checkers: Correcting the Myths
Karen McCall
Penrose 2

streaming 2
Creating an Accessibility Resource for Your Campus
Danielle Smith
Independence

streaming 3
A review of the proposed Ontario Postsecondary Education Standard (AODA): Digital Learning and Technology Recommendations
Jennifer Curry Jahnke
Mattie Silks
Replacing an Accessible Website: Ensuring a Better New Site
Alen Davoudian
Colorado G-H
AHG 2024 Speakers Unite!
Christa Miller
Colorado I-J
Web Accessibility in Higher Education: Update of the Pope Tech 4k Project
Mark Pope
Colorado F
The Dyslexic Shuffle: Deepening Your Understanding of Dyslexia
Nina G
Virtual A

Virtual-only
Digital Accessibility & Equity: Building Self-Paced Professional Development Opportunities for Faculty
Luz Espanola
No session

3:15pm MST

No session

4:00pm MST

No session

Friday 2023

Friday, November 10

Room	8:00am MST	9:15am MST	10:30am MST	11:45am MST
Denver 1-3 Lab	Virtual Round-Tables	Leveraging LaTeX: Using LaTeX to Craft Accessible Math in Digital Documents Brian Richwine	Leveraging LaTeX: Using LaTeX to Craft Accessible Math in Digital Documents (continued) Brian Richwine	No session
Denver 4-6 Lab	Virtual Round-Tables	Creating Accessible STEM Content – A Multimodal Approach for All Students Jennifer Maxwell	Creating Accessible STEM Content – A Multimodal Approach for All Students (continued) Jennifer Maxwell	No session
Matchless	Virtual Round-Tables	4 Years Later: Reflecting on a Proactive, Collaborative Model for Students with Visual Impairments Ione Priest	Incorporating Accessibility into the Library Electronic Resource Acquisition Cycle Elyssa Gould	No session
Penrose 1 streaming 1	Virtual Round-Tables	Going beyond checklists for digital content to build a great course learning experience Sandi Gauder	Microsoft vs Google: A Comparison of Accessibility Features in Documents and Slides Terrill Thompson	Friend or Foe? Assessing EPUBs and PDFs (revision of 38068 – ‘lion or lamb’) Christine Foushi
Penrose 2 streaming 2	Virtual Round-Tables	Chat GPT, Can You Help Me? Chat GPT as Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities Krystal Iseminger	AI for Extended Audio Descriptions and Closed Captions: Why It Matters? Vijayshree Vethantham	It Takes a Village: A Collaborative Approach to Digital Accessibility on Your Campus Melanie Eley
Independence streaming 3	Virtual Round-Tables	Get to know the PDF/UA Processor Liaison Working Group Paul Rayius	Hiding the Vegetables: How A Holistic Approach to Training Improves Digital Accessibility Mary Albert	No session
Mattie Silks	Virtual Round-Tables	Predictors of Web Accessibility in Higher Education: Ten Years After Dan Comden	Opportunities and barriers in implementing UDL for accessibility – data from both students and faculty’s perspectives Hongye Liu	Eliminate Student’s Dependence on Alternative Materials with EPUB 3 Darrin Evans
Colorado G-H	Virtual Round-Tables	No session	Keeping it Old School? Move it in a New Direction! Strategies for an Inclusive, Synchronous Lecture Delivery Celine Greene	Accessibility of Digital Information and Technology for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Barry Isaacs
Colorado I-J	Virtual Round-Tables	Blindsight – An Exploration of Blind Sport and Recreation Jennifer Johnson	No session	No session
Virtual A Virtual-only	Virtual Round-Tables	Website Liability Legal Update Ken Nakata	Colorado 21-1110: How to meet it and is your state next? Ken Nakata	No session
Colorado F	Virtual Round-Tables	Creating a Sustainable, Decentralized Model for Accessibility Noelle Bareswilt	No session	No session

8:00am MST

No session

Schedule 2023

Monday Pre-con 2023

10:30am MST

1:00pm MST

2:30pm MST

Tuesday Pre-con 2023

9:00am MST

12:00pm MST

1:30pm MST

7:00pm MST

Wednesday 2023

8:00am MST

9:15am MST

10:15am MST

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