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Monday Pre-con 2025

Monday, November 17

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

Denver 4-6
Lab

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

Wink Harner

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

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

Wink Harner

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Matchless

1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2025 update)

Karl Groves

Lunch (on your own)

1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2025 update) (continued)

Karl Groves

Penrose 1

PDF Remediation for the absolute beginner

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

PDF Remediation for the absolute beginner (continued)

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Penrose 2

A.I. Unleashed: Transforming the Accessibility of Images, Graphics, and Math Through Alt Text and Document Automation

Kristin Juhrs Kaylor

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Introduction to the Screen Reader Ropes Course: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing

Deneb Pulsipher

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Mattie SilksVirtual pre-conference

Managing the build of an accessible web site (2025)

Gian Wild

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual pre-conference

Managing the build of an accessible web site (2025) (continued)

Gian Wild

10:30am MST

1:00pm MST

  • No session

2:30pm MST

Tuesday Pre-con 2025

Tuesday, November 18

Room9:00am MST12:00pm MST1:30pm MST7:00pm MST
Denver 1-3
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
Denver 4-6
Lab

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

Wink Harner

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

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

Wink Harner

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Matchless

Holding the Weight of Accessibility, Together: A Shared Space for the Burned Out, Brilliant, and Trying Their Best

RaLynn McGuire

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

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 (2025)

George Joeckel

Lunch (on your own)

Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (2025) (continued)

George Joeckel

Keynote
Penrose 2

Accessibility testing for everyone – getting started

Becky Gibson

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Accessibility testing for everyone – getting started (continued)

Becky Gibson

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote
Mattie SilksVirtual pre-conference

Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps (2025)

Gian Wild

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual pre-conference

Mobile accessibility for web sites and native apps (2025) (continued)

Gian Wild

Keynote
Colorado G-H

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
Colorado I-J

From Pushback to Partnership: Navigating Resistant Attitudes and Fostering Institutional Buy-in

Sara Emerick

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Accessibility in Procurement Deep(-er) Dive (2025)

Rob Carr

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Keynote

9:00am MST

12:00pm MST

  • No session

1:30pm MST

7:00pm MST

  • No session

Wednesday 2025

Wednesday, November 19

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

Designing for Impact: A Project-Based Accessibility Course in D2L Brightspace

Nicole L'Etoile

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Designing for Impact: A Project-Based Accessibility Course in D2L Brightspace (continued)

Nicole L'Etoile

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)
Lecture

From Learning to Earning: Building Careers in Accessibility

Samantha Evans IAAP/G3ict

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Word to PDF Forms: A workflow that works

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Word to PDF Forms: A workflow that works (continued)

Chad Chelius

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Denver 4-6
Lab

Remediating Bookshare Files into Accessible Microsoft Word Documents

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Remediating Bookshare Files into Accessible Microsoft Word Documents (continued)

Susan Kelmer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)
Lecture

Seven Small Changes That Can Lead to Big Accessibility Improvements

Bruno Torquato

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lecture

Seven Small Changes That Can Lead to Big Accessibility Improvements (continued)

Bruno Torquato

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

remote speaker Virtual D

AI and Digital Accessibility: The Good, The Bad, The Hopeful (stream in)

Aaron Arvig

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Matchless

You think we said what? A comparison of multiple AI’s attempts at captioning a folk music performance

Laura Ciporen

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Vendor session

Real-Time Accessible Materials for Students

Jeff Jullion

Lunch (on your own)

Captions, Audio Description, and ASL, OH My! — DCMP’s AI-Assisted Video Accessibility Tool

Cindy Camp

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

SensusAccess Inside – and Outside Your LMS

Lars Ballieu Christensen

Ready or Not: Administrative Strategies to Empower Faculty for Title II Updates

Katie Grennell

Exhibitor reception
Penrose 1
streaming from onsite		Virtual A

Planning and Creating Accessible documents, media and other digital material

Craig Boassaly

Exhibit break
Vendor session Virtual A

Introducing Everway: Neurotechnology, UDL and Tools to Support Every Learner in Higher Education

Rachel Kruzel

Lunch (on your own)
new speaker Virtual A

Preparing for Title II: Proactive Approaches to Ensuring Video Accessibility in Higher Education

Macmillan Learning

Virtual A

Rethinking Mathematics and STEM education for people with blindness

Klaus-Peter Hars

Virtual A

Reading between the Lines: How to Assess and Communicate Risk using a Vendor’s Accessibility Conformance Report

Michele Bromley

Exhibitor reception
Penrose 2
streaming from onsite		Virtual B

The Accessible Math Guide (A 2025 update)

Darrin Evans

Exhibit break
Virtual B

Your ADA/Section 504 Coordinator: What they do and how they can help

Beth Valentine

Lunch (on your own)
new session Virtual B

AI for Document and Web Accessibility: Assistance and Automation

Kristin Juhrs Kaylor

Virtual B

Leveraging AI for Accessibility: Wins, Warnings, and What’s Next

Terisa ODowd

Virtual B

Getting Started with Digital Accessibility: An Introductory Workshop on Complying with the New ADA Title II Regulations

Ken Nakata

Exhibitor reception
Mattie Silks
streaming from onsite		Virtual C

Navigating Procurement Accessibility: From VPATs to Vendor Credibility

Aaron Page Allyant

Exhibit break
Virtual C

Best Approaches to Scaling PDF Remediation: Higher Education PDF Accessibility Success Stories

Vijayshree Vethantham

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual C

Sustainable Accessibility in Action: Lived Lessons & Challenges in Shifting-Left

Glenda Sims

Virtual C

Shift Left, and Up

Rob Carr

Virtual C

Bridging the Gap: Digital Accessibility and UDL in Higher Education

Ann Knettler

Exhibitor reception
Independence

When Access Needs Collide: An Interactive Discussion on Navigating Inclusive Classroom Practices

Deanna Ferrante

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

FIU’s Data-Driven Approach: Enhancing student experiences in Disability Services

Martha Wong

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)
remote speaker Virtual D

How to read a VPAT and ACR (stream in)

Gian Wild

Replacement Session

Leveraging AI for Audio Description & Alt Text: Pros, Cons, and Strategy

Marcus Popetz

AI in Accessibility: Emerging Tools Survey

Blake Bertuccelli-Booth

Exhibitor reception
Colorado G-H

From Resistance to Empathy: Humanizing Accessibility Outreach

Stephanie Richardson

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Bridging the Gap: How Accessibility Training & Certifications Drive Workforce Readiness and Equity

Sam Evans IAAP

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Alternative Text Showdown

Christine Foushi

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Right Tech, Right Time: A Framework for Assistive Technology Decision-Making

Melanie Eddington

new speaker

Brainstorming the Terrains of Accessible Technology [new speaker]

Terisa ODowd

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Colorado I-JVendor session

AI, Accessibility, and The Risk of Easy Answers

Katie Grennell

Exhibit break
No session
Lunch (on your own)

Now More than Ever: Executive Function in the Age of Technology

Vendor session

Inclusive Charts with AI Descriptions

Doug Schepers

Vendor session

Flipping the Script on Accessibility: Engaging, Inclusive Course Design That Works

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibitor reception
Colorado F
No session
Exhibit break

Expanding Your Assistive Technology Services to Support Employees

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Lunch (on your own)

Web Accessibility Legal Update 2025

Ken Nakata

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

No session

Utilizing Remote Employees and Student Workers for The Creation and Processing of Accessible Course Materials

Martina Svyantek

Exhibitor reception
Virtual D
Virtual-only		Virtual D

Addressing Accessibility in Sage Campus

Lorna Notsch

Exhibit break
Virtual D

Designing More Accessible Data Tables

Karen McCall

Lunch (on your own)
Virtual D

How to read a VPAT and ACR

Gian Wild

Virtual D

Walking the Talk: How one college implemented program specific digital accessibility plans

Kaela Parks

Virtual D

AI and Digital Accessibility: The Good, The Bad, The Hopeful

Aaron Arvig

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 2025

Thursday, November 20

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

Helping Everyone Check the Box: Making Forms Accessible for People with Cognitive Disabilities

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)

Introduction to the Screen Reader Ropes Course: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing

Deneb Pulsipher

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Introduction to the Screen Reader Ropes Course: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing (continued)

Deneb Pulsipher

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Denver 4-6
Lab		remote speaker Virtual D

Designing Workshops for Inclusive Instructional Presentations (stream in)

Joseph Feria-Galicia

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)

Making Math Accessible Without Losing Your Mind (A little bit of LaTeX knowledge goes a long way)

Nicholas McNab

Exhibit break

Making Math Accessible Without Losing Your Mind (A little bit of LaTeX knowledge goes a long way) (continued)

Nicholas McNab

Matchless

Automatic Speech Recognition – State of the Art 2025 and the role of human intervention

Daniel Goerz

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)

DIY Tactile Graphics: Tips for Clear and Effective Tactile Graphics

Em Kribs

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

Monarch: Transforming Learning, One Dot at a Time

Lauralyn Randles

Penrose 1
streaming from onsite		Virtual A

Smart Exceptions: How to Save Time, Reduce Risk, and Stay Compliant Under ADA Title II

Glenda Sims

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)
Virtual A

Out of Sight, Out of Scope: Understanding Faculty Awareness of Digital Accessibility

Christopher Aldin

Exhibit break
Virtual A

Developing an Accessibility Project Team within an Academic Unit

Andrew George

Penrose 2
streaming from onsite		Virtual B

Practicum: Interrogate your images for more impactful alt text and extended descriptions

Laura Ciporen

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)
Virtual B

Meeting the standard: How do I know if my PDF file is compliant?

Chad Chelius

Exhibit break
Virtual B

AI for Accessibility: Using AI to Empower Creators and Users

Jeff Singleton

Mattie Silks
streaming from onsite		Virtual C

Rethinking Accessibility Success: Tracking Barriers with Open Source Powered Heuristics

Blake Bertuccelli-Booth

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)
Virtual C

The intersection of (written) digital translation and accessibility: What works, what breaks, and how to fix it

TransPerfect Translations Inc.

Exhibit break
Virtual C

How Higher Ed Is Responding to the New Accessibility Regulations (The 4k Project 2025 Update)

Mark Pope

Independence

Beyond Adoption: Strategies to Scale EdTech Impact and Drive Campus-Wide Engagement

Rachel Kruzel

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)

Student Success: Give Voice to Your Learners

Colleen Sandquist

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
remote speaker Virtual D

Update to the Mobile Accessibility Testing Guidelines (stream in)

Gian Wild

Colorado G-H

Building a Culture of Accessibility through A11y Idaho’s Community of Practice

Laurie Berry

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)
No session
Exhibit break

Turning Policy Into Practice: A Library’s Journey Toward Digital Accessibility

Binky Lush

Colorado I-J

Creating tactile graphs with three popular applications

John Gardner

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)

Beyond the Disability Resource Centre: Providing Equitable Access to Learning for all Students

Delmar Williams Genio

Exhibit break

Municipal Accessibility in Action: Building a Citywide Accessibility Culture from the Ground Up

Jeff Fryer

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado F

Cost Effective Accessibility Professional Development

Christa Miller

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)

Title II Readiness in Action: Key Findings and Insights from Accessibility Pilot Program

Charles LaPierre

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Exhibit break

From Lecture to Learning: How AI Brings Instant Accessibility to the Classroom

Nicholas Bowen

Virtual D
Virtual-only		Virtual D

Designing Workshops for Inclusive Instructional Presentations

Joseph Feria-Galicia

Exhibit break
Round-tables
Lunch (on your own)
Virtual D

Accessibility Tools in Microsoft 365: Thinking Outside the Box

Karen McCall

Exhibit break
Virtual D

Update to the Mobile Accessibility Testing Guidelines

Gian Wild

9:00 am MST

10:00 am MST

  • No session

11:15 am MST

  • No session

12:15 pm MST

  • No session

1:45 pm MST

3:00 pm MST

  • No session

4:15 pm MST

Friday 2025

Friday, November 21

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

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

No session
Denver 4-6
Lab		Lecture

Inclusio: A Progress Report with demos of important features

John Gardner

No session
No session
Matchless
No session
Lecture

Math Accessibility in Kurzweil 3000

Corey Navis

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

No session
Penrose 1
streaming from onsite		Virtual A

Web Accessibility Legal Update 2025 (repeat)

Ken Nakata

Virtual A

From Process to Practice: Evolving Course Reviews and Strengthening Faculty Ownership of Accessibility

RaLynn McGuire

remote speaker Virtual A

WCAG, ACR, and VPAT oh my! Unlocking the ABC’s of procuring accessible products

Becky Gibson

Penrose 2
streaming from onsite		Virtual B

Accessibility, AI and Free Tools, Oh My! Making ServiceNow Ecosystems Equitable for All

Alaina Beaver

Virtual B

Six Tints, Five Speeds — New Ways of Thinking About Color Palette Design and Typography for Design Systems

Jeff Witt

Virtual B

Thriving Together: Building and Sustaining an Accessibility Champions Program Across Your Organization

Kristine Faxon

Mattie Silks
streaming from onsite		Virtual C

Using an AI Agent to Facilitate Student Data Literacy and Exploratory Data-Based Investigations for All

Geoff Freed

Virtual C

Breaking Barriers in Learning -The Role of Human-sounding Text-to-Speech

Daniel Goerz

Virtual C

From Insight to Impact: Emerging Trends and Tools Transforming Higher Education

Rachel Kruzel

Independence

Finding a Path to Belonging with Accessible Maps

Abigail Bradshaw

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Virtual D

Kindred Spirits: Collaborating Across Multiple Universities to Enhance Digital Accessibility (stream-in)

Jim Stachowiak

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

remote speaker Virtual D

Empowering Students, Transforming Systems: A Student-Led Model for Digital Accessibility in Higher Education (stream-in)

Carey Applegate

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado G-H

Exploring the Accessibility of Complex Graphics in Documents

Elizabeth Franklin

No session
Vendor session

Feeling a thousand words – Creating tactile graphics with screen readers

Rachel Ramos

Colorado I-JVendor session

The Equalize Editor – A Web Application for Braille Math Document Translation

Sam Dooley

Evaluating Accessibility when Time is Scarce

Rob Carr

from Weds 1:45

Make Your Own Easy Button – Tips and Techniques from AT Pros

Cath Stager

Slides & Handouts

Slides and Handouts

Colorado F

From Silo to Standard: Making Accessibility Foundational in Higher Ed

Angela Young

From Commitment to Continuity: Advancing a Holistic Digital Accessibility Plan in Higher Education to Meet Title II Compliance

Binky Lush

No session
Virtual D
Virtual-only		Virtual D

Seeding Accessibility Leadership in the MENA Region: Building Curriculum, Culture, and Capacity

Zainab AlMeraj

Virtual D

Kindred Spirits: Collaborating Across Multiple Universities to Enhance Digital Accessibility

Jim Stachowiak

Virtual D

Empowering Students, Transforming Systems: A Student-Led Model for Digital Accessibility in Higher Education

Carey Applegate

9:00 am MST

10:15 am MST

11:30 am MST