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Monday Pre-con 2024

Monday, November 11

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

Adaptive Technology Professional Development Overview: From Inventory to Intake to Implementation

Wink Harner

Lunch (on your own)

Adaptive Technology Professional Development Overview: From Inventory to Intake to Implementation (continued)

Wink Harner

Denver 4-6
Lab

Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive: How to Create Effective Alternate Format

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive: How to Create Effective Alternate Format (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Matchless
No session
Lunch (on your own)

Building Your Digital Accessibility Dream Team: Identifying Who You Have, Who You Need, and Growing You Team

RaLynn McGuire

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 1

PDF Remediation for the absolute beginner

Dax Castro

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

PDF Remediation for the absolute beginner (continued)

Dax Castro

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 2

1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2024 update)

Karl Groves

Lunch (on your own)

1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2024 update) (continued)

Karl Groves

Mattie SilksVirtual pre-conference

Managing the build of an accessible web site (2024)

Gian Wild

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual pre-conference

Managing the build of an accessible web site (2024) (continued)

Gian Wild

10:30am MST

1:00pm MST

  • No session

2:30pm MST

Tuesday Pre-con 2024

Tuesday, November 12

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

Adobe InDesign — Graphic Design Layout Techniques that Produce Accessible PDFs

Bevi Chagnon

Lunch (on your own)

Adobe InDesign — Graphic Design Layout Techniques that Produce Accessible PDFs (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Keynote
Denver 4-6
Lab

Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive: How to Create Effective Alternate Format (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive: How to Create Effective Alternate Format (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Matchless
No session
Lunch (on your own)

Workshop: Why THIS image HERE? Writing meaningful image descriptions for education and beyond.

Laura Ciporen

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Penrose 1

Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

George Joeckel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

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

George Joeckel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Penrose 2

Playing the Long Game: Building an A11y Outreach Ecosystem to Increase Faculty Engagement

Mary-Colleen Jenkins

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Accessibility in Procurement Deep(-er) Dive

Rob Carr

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Mattie SilksVirtual pre-conference

Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps (2024)

Gian Wild

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual pre-conference

Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps (2024) (continued)

Gian Wild

Keynote
Colorado G-H

Alt Format Refresh for Seasoned Professionals

Christa Miller

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Enhancing University Accessibility with Real-Time Accessibility Monitoring ( via Web Registry Services)

Gavin Colborne Little Forest

Keynote
Colorado I-J

Implementing Effective Campus Accessibility Initiatives: Strategies, Processes and Resources

Rachel Kruzel

Lunch (on your own)

Anticipate, Respond and Act: Hot Topics in the Field of Assistive Technology, Alt Media and Digital Accessibility

Rachel Kruzel

Keynote

9:00am MST

12:00pm MST

  • No session

1:30pm MST

7:00pm MST

  • No session

Wednesday 2024

Wednesday, November 13

Room9:00 am MST10:00 am MST11:15 am MST12:15 pm MST1:45 pm MST3:00 pm MST4:15 pm MST5:15 MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

Post-Procurement Accessibility Remediation: Strategies for Success

Crystal Preston-Watson

Exhibit break

Creating a Cross-Institutional Equally Effectve Alternate Access Plan (EEAAP) Template: CSU and CCCs

Leon McNaught

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

DIY Braille: How to produce professional braille in-house (and why you should)

Em Kribs

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Creating Effective Alternate Format of Powerpoints for Blind/LV Students

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Creating Effective Alternate Format of Powerpoints for Blind/LV Students (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Denver 4-6
Lab

Creating Accessible PDF files from Microsoft Word in 5 easy steps

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Creating Accessible PDF files from Microsoft Word in 5 easy steps (continued)

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Accessibility Experiences of Developing Sage’s Epigeum, Platform and Content

Crista Earl

Using EPUB to Retire the PDF

Darrin Evans

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Using EPUB to Retire the PDF (continued)

Darrin Evans

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Matchless

Live Captioning in the College Classroom 101

Daria Ferdine

Exhibit break
No session
Lunch (on your own)

The Accessible Document Flywheel – a proactive institutional approach to solving document and PDF accessibility issues

Eugene Woo

Moving Institutional Practices from Retrofit toward Universal Design: Recommendations for OER Teams

Luis Perez

Think like an Instructional Designer: A Case Study in Accessibility Training at Scale

Christina Volpe

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Penrose 1
streaming from onsite		Virtual A

Developing and Sustaining an Effective Campus-wide Accessible Course Development Program, the Northwestern Model

Jim Stachowiak

Exhibit break
Virtual A

Using AI for Alternate Media Creation and Automation

Susan Kelmer

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual A

Note Taking Technology – Procedures and New Trends for Access

Cody Sorlie Theis

Virtual A

Our Journey to Creating an Accessible Procurement Process

Jen Bethmann

Virtual A

Best Practices in Designing Instructional Presentations for Diverse Learners

Joseph Feria-Galicia

Exhibitor reception
Penrose 2
streaming from onsite		Virtual B

The Intersectionality of Digital Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning

Ann Knettler

Exhibit break
Virtual B

The Accessible Math Guide

Darrin Evans

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual B

Exploring the Accessibility of Complex Graphics in PDFs.

Elizabeth Franklin

Virtual B

Rethink Alt Text — Better Ways to Communicate Complex Graphics

Bevi Chagnon

Virtual B

Rethink Alt Text — Better Ways to Communicate Complex Graphics (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Exhibitor reception
Mattie Silks
streaming from onsite		Virtual C

Unleashing Potential: Integrating Artificial Intelligence to Elevate Math and STEM Education

Louis Shanafelt

Exhibit break
Virtual C

Improving the Accessibility of Digital Courseware through UX Research

Deanna Ferrante

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual C

Optimizing Zoom interactions and collaborations

George Joeckel

Virtual C

Caps for Sale: Partners in Accessibility

Christa Miller

Exhibitor reception
Independence

IAAP CPACC – Why and How to Get Certified

Nir Pechuk

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Practical Strategies to Get the Word Out, Build Awareness and Grow Usage of Your AT Tools

Rachel Kruzel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

A Decade of Evolution: Crafting an Inclusive Accessibility Policy

Lucy Greco

Strategic Maturity Model and Tactical use of Product Vendor Accessibility Process

Susan Cullen

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Infusing Innovation into Texthelp Tools: Improvements & Exciting Updates

Rachel Kruzel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Colorado G-H

Better, More Accessible Typography — Improve Readability for All Users

Bevi Chagnon

Exhibit break

Better, More Accessible Typography — Improve Readability for All Users (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Lunch (on your own)

The Web Accessibility Framework: A Way to Understand, Organize, Improve, and Communicate Web Accessibility

Mark Pope

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

The SHUFFLE maturity model – A systematic approach for improving accessibility at higher education institutions

Gottfried Zimmermann

Disabled Experiences of Technology

Sharron Rush Knowbility

Exhibitor reception
Colorado I-J

How to Systematically Evaluate and Create Inclusive Digital Maps

Brandon Biggs

Exhibit break

Understanding Accessible Color: WCAG and Beyond

Dax Castro

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

The Inclusio Project – a Progress Report

John Gardner

Ensuring Accessible Content with Benetech’s Approved Publishing Tool Service

Charles LaPierre

Leveraging UDL Options for Accessible Course Design

Sonya Woods

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Colorado F

Addressing Artificial Intelligence issues in Automatic Speech Recognition that affect Transcription Accuracy

Jeremy Brassington

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Captioning Your Content: Creating a Sustainable System

Megan Cox

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Planning for Effective and Sustainable Digital Accessibility: Meeting the New ADA Title II Requirements with Excellence

Ann Knettler

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

OCR’s Year In Review (2024)

Mary Lou Mobley

OCR’s Year In Review (2024) (continued)

Mary Lou Mobley

Exhibitor reception
Virtual D
Virtual-only		Virtual D

Overview of Accessible Form Templates in Word

Karen McCall

Exhibit break
Virtual D

Building RAMPS for Digital Access

Kate DeForest

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual D

A Critical Assessment of the Accessible Content E-Portal (ACE)

Ravit H David

Virtual D

Update to the Mobile Accessibility Testing Guidelines

Gian Wild

Virtual D

History of web accessibility

Gian Wild

Exhibitor reception

9:00 am MST

10:00 am MST

  • No session

11:15 am MST

12:15 pm MST

  • No session

1:45 pm MST

3:00 pm MST

4:15 pm MST

5:15 MST

  • No session

Thursday 2024

Thursday, November 14

Room9:00 am MST10:00 am MST11:15 am MST12:15 pm MST1:45 pm MST3:00 pm MST4:00 MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

Beyond the Checkers — What’s REALLY Needed in an Accessible PDF

Bevi Chagnon

Exhibit break

Beyond the Checkers — What’s REALLY Needed in an Accessible PDF (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Lunch (on your own)

Learn How PREP Brings 95% AI-Led Automation for PDF Accessibility with Higher Accuracy

Vijayshree Vethantham

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Denver 4-6
Lab		Vendor/practitioner session

The Freedom Scientific Academic License: A Schoolwide Solution

Douglas Gerry

Exhibit break

Writing educational alt text to support the why of learning

Laura Ciporen

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Unlocking Accessible Education: Interpreting Accessibility Metadata for Inclusive Learning

Charles LaPierre

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Matchless

Captioning for Inclusive Education: Enhancing Accessibility while focusing on Universal Design

Lindsay Cisar

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Are Automatic Captions Accurate Enough for Your Educational Content?

Daria Ferdine

Lunch (on your own)

How a Virtual Animal Anatomy atlas benefits from accessible design and will shape the future of anatomy education in extended realities (XR)

Christianne Magee

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Penrose 1
streaming from onsite		Virtual A

Don’t spin your wheels in place: Use AI to accelerate accessibility tasks

Laura Jervis

Exhibit break
Virtual A

Confronting and Addressing Barriers: UDL, AT Myths and Biases

Rachel Kruzel

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual A

Mythbusters: The truth behind 7 rumors about ePub accessibility

Christine Foushi

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Penrose 2
streaming from onsite		Virtual B

Just in Time! Assistive Technology Tools for Organization, Time Management, and Stress Reduction

Michelle Brodsky

Exhibit break
Virtual B

Considerations for Making Digital Accessibility and Training Really Work

Rob Carr

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual B

Website Liability Legal Update

Ken Nakata

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Mattie Silks
streaming from onsite		Virtual C

Preparing for DOJ’s New Title II Web Accessibility Regulation

Ken Nakata

Exhibit break
Virtual C

WCAG Unwrapped: A People’s Guide to Accessible Digital Experiences

David Dauber

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual C

Understanding and Evaluating Color and Contrast Requirements in WCAG

Jonathan Whiting

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Independence

Overcoming the barriers to WCAG and PDF/UA compliance with Accessible PDFs

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

AccessCORPS: A Scalable Approach to Enhancing Higher Eduction Accessibility and Research

Bruce Walker

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Harnessing AI and DEI: Innovative Solutions for Overcoming Accessibility Challenges through Captioning

Lindsay Cisar

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Colorado G-H

Promoting Accessibility Across the California Community Colleges with the Accessibility Capability Maturity Model

Dawn Okinaka

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Exploring the Potential of AI in Enhancing Accessibility

Lucy Greco

Lunch (on your own)

Navigating Accessibility Through AI: Opportunities and Challenges with the Outcome Thinking Framework

Jaeun Jemma Ku

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Colorado I-J

Key principles for creating an interactive journey in a PDF document with infographics

Dax Castro

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Key principles for creating an interactive journey in a PDF document with infographics (continued)

Dax Castro

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Navigating Excellence and Collaboration: Exploring Centers of Excellence and Communities of Practice in Accessibility

Kevin Rydberg

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Colorado F

Don’t ask, don’t get? How to reach the 65% of students with disabilities who need your support, but won’t ask for it.

Josh Hartrick

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Updates to Federal Disability Rights Law in the Digital Space

Mary Lou Mobley

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Building a Knowledge Base for Accessibility Support

Rachel Comerford

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Virtual D
Virtual-only		Virtual D

Accessibility Testing for Everyone – No tools required

Becky Gibson

Exhibit break
Virtual D

Understanding the WCAG 2.x Techniques for Accessible PDFs

Karen McCall

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual D

Web Accessibility in Higher Education

Gian Wild

Exhibit break
Round-tables

9:00 am MST

10:00 am MST

  • No session

11:15 am MST

12:15 pm MST

  • No session

1:45 pm MST

3:00 pm MST

  • No session

4:00 MST

  • No session

Friday 2024

Friday, November 15

Room9:00 am MST10:15 am MST11:30 am MST
Denver 1-3
Lab

Knowledge Transfer – DSP Profession Knowledge, Mentors, and Colleagues

Sheryl Ballenger

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Digital UEB Math & Braille Math Editor in WORD with JAWS & UEB input/output with MathCat

Denise Robinson

Consumer Advocacy Groups: Collaboration, not Contention

Stephen Polacek

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Denver 4-6
Lab

I Have an ePub…Now What?

Christine Foushi

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Unleashing Potential: Sparking Momentum, Fostering Passion, and Increasing Campus Participation in Digital Accessibility

Kimberly Norris

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

No session
Matchless

Updates from PDF Association accessibility working groups: New examples! & an API mapping

Zak Kinsey

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Advancing Accessibility by Fostering Collaboration

Mike Williamson University of Colorado Boulder

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Fight Climate Change with Digital Accessibility & the Web Sustainability Guidelines

Jennifer Strickland

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 1
streaming from onsite		Virtual A

Accelerated PDF Remediation with Augmented Classification AI

Greg Suprock

Virtual A

Implementing an effective and scalable Accessibility Procurement Program

Aaron Page

Virtual A

Accessible Communication Tools and Practices in The Workplace: A Case Study of Multiple Communication Technologies

Marisha Lamont-Manfre

Penrose 2
streaming from onsite		Virtual B

From Identification to Inclusion: Strategies for Assessing, Remediating, and Sustaining Digital Assets

Jeremy Gonzales

Virtual B

Accessible PowerPoint Templates — Engage your Audience and Reduce your Remediation Costs

Bevi Chagnon

Virtual B

Accessible PowerPoint Templates — Engage your Audience and Reduce your Remediation Costs (continued)

Bevi Chagnon

Mattie Silks
streaming from onsite		Virtual C

Empowering Content Authors in Maintaining Accessible Web-Based Content

Jeff Singleton

Virtual C

Scaling Alternative Format Output: In-House vs. Vendor Support

Rachel Comerford

Virtual C

Accessibility Jeopardy: A Gamified Approach to Professional Development in Inclusive Teaching

Toni Picker

Independence
No session

Crafting Inclusive and Accessible Online Courses with some HTML Magic

Sasa Stojic-Ito

Crafting Inclusive and Accessible Online Courses with some HTML Magic (continued)

Sasa Stojic-Ito

Colorado G-H

The Power of AI: Bridging the gap between Accommodations and UDL

Conner Nudd

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Applying Neurodivergent Perspectives to Accessibility Resources

Julie Rummings Cornell University

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

AHG 2025 Speakers Unite!

Christa Miller

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado I-J

Enhancing Web Accessibility Training for Emory University Libraries

Cari Lovins

Building Accessible, Gamified Learning is Definitely Possible

Celine Greene

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

No session
Colorado F

6 Things Screen Readers Catch that Your Document Accessibility Checker Can’t

Dax Castro

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Leveraging Chat GPT for Enhanced Web Accessibility Remediation

Kristine Neuber

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Remediation of Complex Tables in PDF

William Kilian

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Virtual D
Virtual-only		Virtual D

Empowering every user – semantics in design

Nilmani Kumar

Virtual D

How the State of Maryland Created an Office of Accessibility

Andrew Drummond

No session

9:00 am MST

10:15 am MST

11:30 am MST