Schedule 2026

10:30am MST

• Denver 1-3

  Everything You Wanted to Know About Alt Text (But Were Afraid to Ask): A Hands-On AI Lab

  Terisa ODowd

• Denver 4-6

  PDF Accessibility for the Absolute Beginner

  Chad Chelius

• Mattie Silks
  No session
• Penrose 1

  Adaptive Technology Professional Development Overview: From Inventory to Intake to Implementation (2026)

  Wink Harner

• Penrose 2

  1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2026 update)

  Karl Groves

• Virtual pre-conference
  Independence

  Building an accessible web site (2026)

  Gian Wild

• Colorado GH
  No session
• Matchless

  Accessibility Agents: Building Human-Centered AI Workflows for Trusted Accessibility Automation at Scale

  Jeff Bishop

• Colorado IJ

  AI for Accessibility: How to Use AI to Remediate Documents, Generate Alt Text, and Create Accessible Math (2026 Edition)

  Kristin Juhrs Kaylor

1:00pm MST

• No session

2:30pm MST

• Denver 1-3

  Fido from DAISY Labs: Accelerating the Accessible Document Conversion Cycle

  Christine Foushi

• Denver 4-6

  PDF Accessibility for the Absolute Beginner (continued)

  Chad Chelius

• Mattie Silks

  Introduction to the Screen Reader Ropes Course: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing (2026)

  Deneb Pulsipher

  Handouts

  Slides & Handouts

  Slides and Handouts

• Penrose 1

  Adaptive Technology Professional Development Overview: From Inventory to Intake to Implementation (2026) (continued)

  Wink Harner

• Penrose 2

  1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2026 update) (continued)

  Karl Groves

• Virtual pre-conference
  Independence

  Building an accessible web site (2026) (continued)

  Gian Wild

• Colorado GH

  Advanced Audio Description Skills

  Joel Snyder, PhD

• Matchless

  Accessibility Agents: Building Human-Centered AI Workflows for Trusted Accessibility Automation at Scale (continued)

  Jeff Bishop

• Colorado IJ
  No session

5:00pm MST

• Denver 1-3
  No session
• Denver 4-6
  No session
• Mattie Silks

  Introduction to the Screen Reader Ropes Course: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing (2026) (continued)

  Deneb Pulsipher

  Handouts

  Slides & Handouts

  Slides and Handouts

• Penrose 1
  No session
• Penrose 2
  No session
• Independence
  No session
• Colorado GH
  No session
• Matchless
  No session
• Colorado IJ
  No session

9:00am MST

• Denver 1-3

  The Born-Accessible Lifecycle: Digital Publishing for Title II Accessibility

  Christine Foushi

• Denver 4-6

  Accessibility testing for everyone – getting started

  Becky Gibson

• Mattie Silks

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

  George Joeckel

• Penrose 1

  Adaptive Technology Professional Development Overview: From Inventory to Intake to Implementation (2026) (continued)

  Wink Harner

• Penrose 2

  Image description bootcamp in 2 parts: PART 1 – Theory: Why THIS image HERE? Writing education-focused alt text (and beyond) for equitable learning

  Laura Ciporen

  Handouts

  Slides & Handouts

  Slides and Handouts

• Virtual pre-conference
  Independence

  Mobile Site Accessibility Testing Workshop

  Gian Wild

• Colorado GH

  University of Washington Digital Accessibility Initiative: Strategies, Successes, and Lessons Learned

  Terrill Thompson

• Matchless

  After the Shift: A Shared Space to Reflect, Recalibrate, and Plan What’s Next

  RaLynn McGuire

• Colorado IJ
  No session

12:00pm MST

• No session

1:30pm MST

• Denver 1-3

  The Born-Accessible Lifecycle: Digital Publishing for Title II Accessibility (continued)

  Christine Foushi

• Denver 4-6

  Accessibility testing for everyone – getting started (continued)

  Becky Gibson

• Mattie Silks

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

  George Joeckel

• Penrose 1

  Adaptive Technology Professional Development Overview: From Inventory to Intake to Implementation (2026) (continued)

  Wink Harner

• Penrose 2

  Image description bootcamp in 2 parts: PART 2 – Hands-on Practice: Why THIS image HERE? Writing education-focused alt text (and beyond) for equitable learning

  Laura Ciporen

  Handouts

  Slides & Handouts

  Slides and Handouts

• Virtual pre-conference
  Independence

  Mobile Site Accessibility Testing Workshop (continued)

  Gian Wild

• Colorado GH

  University of Washington Digital Accessibility Initiative: Strategies, Successes, and Lessons Learned (continued)

  Terrill Thompson

• Matchless

  Accessibility in Procurement Deep(-er) Dive Still (2026)

  Rob Carr

• Colorado IJ
  No session

7:00 pm MST

• No session

8:30 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Authoring Accessible Rise Courses

  Sukha Worob

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Creating, Sharing, and Evaluating Accessible Graphics in the Inclusio Ecosystem

  John Gardner

• Matchless

  Making charts teachable: helping students reason with data using ParaCharts

  Doug Schepers

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Accessibility Recipes: Flexible Manual Testing

  Mark Pope

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Turning Compliance into Change: Advancing Campus-Wide Accessibility Through Strategic Outreach and Training

  Sumana Silverheels

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  AI Is a Leadership Responsibility: Governing Accessibility and Risk in the Generative Era

  Michael Toguchi

• Colorado G-H

  Org Chart Accessibility: Key techniques and Strategies

  Dax Castro

• Colorado I-J

  From Awareness to Everyday Use: Making EdTech Stick Across Campus

  Rachel Kruzel

• Colorado F
  No session
• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Best PDFs—WCAG, PDF/UA and Best Practices

  Bevi Chagnon

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

9:45 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Authoring Accessible Rise Courses (continued)

  Sukha Worob

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Creating, Sharing, and Evaluating Accessible Graphics in the Inclusio Ecosystem (continued)

  John Gardner

• Matchless

  AD (audio description) and AI: For Good or Ill?

  Joel Snyder, PhD

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Accessibility Checklists Lie: What They Miss and Why It Matters

  Ann Knettler

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Next Steps: Framework for Assistive Technology Decision-Making

  Colorado State University

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Overcoming Accessibility Silos in Higher Education: Sustainable Collaboration for Title II Compliance

  Daniel Singletary

• Colorado G-H

  The One-Stop Accessibility Shop? How Academic Libraries Navigate the Crossroads of Digital Accessibility

  Martina Svyantek

• Colorado I-J

  What Accessibility Actually Looks Like: A Live Enrollment Experience

  Mike Hess

• Colorado F

  Scaffold, don’t substitute: AI-assisted note-taking to enhance the learning process, not replace it

  Jordan Lyes

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Best PDFs—WCAG, PDF/UA and Best Practices (continued)

  Bevi Chagnon

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

10:30 MST

• No session

11:45 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Educate and Remediate: Scaling Digital Accessibility at the University of Michigan Library

  Bryan Birchmeier

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Building a Sustainable Online Document Accessibility Training Program

  WebAIM

• Matchless

  From Sheet Music to Screen Reader Access: A Practical MusicXML Workflow

  Charlene Chong

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  I Have No Idea What I’m Doing: A Beginner’s Guide to STEM Accessibility

  Laura Jervis

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Using AI Without Making Things Worse: A Practical Accessibility Approach

  Rachel Comerford

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  From Fix-It to Habit: Building Sustainable Digital Accessibility in Higher Ed

  Heidi Blaisdell

• Colorado G-H

  Create and Leverage an AIM Score (for Web Accessibility)

  Jay Pope

• Colorado I-J

  Overcoming the barriers to WCAG and PDF/UA compliance with Accessible PDFs (2026)

  Chad Chelius

• Colorado F

  From ACR Claims to Campus Accountability: Managing Digital Accessibility Risk

  Mark Turner

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Reimagining Notetaking Search Functionality for Neurodiverse Students

  Lynne Beveridge

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

12:30 MST

• No session

2:00 PM MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Creating PowerPoint Templates that Consider Everyone, Even the Next Designer

  Celine Greene

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Developing Audio Description in Higher Ed: Decision Trees, Workflows, and DCMP Partnership

  Aimee Brown-Shadduck

• Matchless

  Bridging the Gap Between Campus Accessibility and Campus Accessibility Information

  Susan Smythe

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Accessible, But Exhausting: Reducing Cognitive Load for Screen Reader Users

  Deneb Pulsipher

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  What WCAG 2.2 Actually Requires and How to Test for It

  Jeff Singleton

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Motivating Campus Community Members to Implement Digital Accessibility: Image and Audio Descriptions

  Helen Ajao

• Colorado G-H

  Achieving Perfect Pitch: Adaptive Technologies in Applied Music, Music Performance, Composition and Theory

  Wink Harner

• Colorado I-J

  Fix Your Content Challenge: Scaling Faculty Action for WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance

  Terisa ODowd

• Colorado F

  Fix the Backlog or Stop the Bleeding? A Practitioner Dialogue on PDF Accessibility at Scale

  Andrew Mallis

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Better Together: How Library and Access Services Collaboration is Driving Digital Accessibility at a Community College

  Chantel Braasch

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

3:15 PM MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Creating PowerPoint Templates that Consider Everyone, Even the Next Designer (continued)

  Celine Greene

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  How Jamworks’ personalized learning platform helps keep students enrolled

  Jenn Sponer

• Matchless

  UC Berkeley Multi-Channel Network: Combining outreach, vendor support, and Google App Scripts to caption campus videos

  Madison Ellis

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Accessible, But Exhausting: Reducing Cognitive Load for Screen Reader Users (continued)

  Deneb Pulsipher

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Integrating AI and Innovation: Advancing Accessibility Through Technology Integration

  Christine Parsons

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  The State of Math Accessibility: Where are we and where should we be?

  Crista Earl

• Colorado G-H

  Achieving Perfect Pitch: Adaptive Technologies in Applied Music, Music Performance, Composition and Theory (continued)

  Wink Harner

• Colorado I-J

  Accessible Educational Materials at Scale: Converting Documents for Every Learner

  Amy Walldorf

• Colorado F

  Digital Accessibility Legal Update for Legal, IT, and Policy Leaders

  Ken Nakata

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  How to read a VPAT and ACR

  Gian Wild

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

4:30 PM MST

• No session

8:30 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Accessibility, Automated Testing and AI Agents – Reality Check

  Chad Hester

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Creating accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign

  Chad Chelius

• Matchless

  What Should Students Learn About Accessibility? A Community Co-Design Session

  Deanna Ferrante

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Making Data Visualizations Accessible: A Framework for Charts, Tables, and Diagrams

  Brianna Wimer

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Progress Over Perfection: Maturing & Sustaining Accessibility

  Sam Evans IAAP/G3ict

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  A Collaborative Approach to Providing Fully Accessible Course Materials to Students.

  Michelle Brodsky

• Colorado G-H

  How Unique and Exceptional Content Can Change Our Approach to Making Content Accessible

  Aaron Stickney

• Colorado I-J

  Engineering Your Own Path Forward: Innovating Tactile Access to STEM Content

  Jordana Qi

• Colorado F

  How your checkers are lying to you and what to do about it

  Dax Castro

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  What You Need, When You Need It: Making Accessible Digital & Multimedia Content

  Sonya Woods

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speaker

  The Paradox of Accessible PDFs

  Karen McCall

• No session

9:45 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Accessibility, Automated Testing and AI Agents – Reality Check (continued)

  Chad Hester

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Creating accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign (continued)

  Chad Chelius

• Matchless

  ReadReady at WMU: Lessons from Building an Open PDF Accessibility Solution

  Paul Gallagher

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Making Data Visualizations Accessible: A Framework for Charts, Tables, and Diagrams (continued)

  Brianna Wimer

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Designing for Accessibility: Practical Design Solutions for Inclusive Visuals

  Hiyan Sisson

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Beyond ‘Is It Accessible?’: Smarter Conversations for Better Outcome

  Rachel Comerford

• Colorado G-H

  Artificial Intelligence for Accessible Digital Learning Design: Strategies and Considerations

  Sambhavi Chandrashekar

• Colorado I-J

  The Accessible Math Guide 5th Edition

  Darrin Evans

• Colorado F

  Meeting the New DOJ Title II Web Accessibility Regulation: What Higher Education Institutions Are Overlooking

  Ken Nakata

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  An Accessibility Checking Platform Made by Universities for Universities

  Lucy Greco

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speaker

  When Conformance Isn’t Enough: Accessibility for Complex Canvas Interactives

  Jonathan Miller

• No session

10:30 MST

• No session

11:30 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Adding Captions, Audio Description, and ASL to Videos with DCMP’s AI-Assisted Video Accessibility Tool

  Cindy Camp

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  When the Skills Gap Closes: A Data Informed Look at Instructor Behavior After PDF Remediation Got Easier

  Katie Grennell

• Matchless

  Scoring AI for Accessibility: A One-Year Rubric-Based Comparison of Generative AI and Metadata

  Stacy Snyder

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Accessibility Is Translation Work: Building a Governance Framework for Shared Interpretation and Collective Practice

  Elysé Girard

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Blueprint for the Modern and Accessible Classroom: Curriculum Design

  Zach Clark Metropolitan State University of Denver

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Beyond Alt-Attribute: Navigating Complex Images, Media, and Assessments for Universal Access

  Christine Foushi

• Colorado G-H

  From Compliance to Culture: Scaling Accessibility in Brightspace & Canvas

  Allan Nebrija

• Colorado I-J

  Reimagining STEM: Multi-Faceted Strategies for Blind Access

  Joyce Ho

• Colorado F

  A Roadmap to State Compliance: Collaborative Workflows for High Volume Digital Learning

  Charles LaPierre

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Supporting Neurodiversity in Digital Products

  Courtney Fleeger

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speaker

  10 Years of Research into PDF Accessibility

  Karen McCall

• No session

12:15 MST

• No session

1:15 PM MST

• No session

2:30 PM MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  What is AutoHotkey? Your Alt-Format BFF

  Bill Burgess

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Free tool for finding computer/phone access solutions for all users (plus a demonstration of AI to create your own)

  Gregg Vanderheiden

• Matchless

  Designing for Care: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Accessible Learning Experiences

  Kara Stanley

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Why Accessibility Training Fails—and What Actually Works

  Maria Taylor

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  From Vision to Action: Institutional Communities of Practice

  Mark Nichols Virginia Tech

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Turning Metrics into Momentum: How Accessibility Change Actually Happens

  RaLynn McGuire

• Colorado G-H

  Shift: Building a Movement for Inclusive Digital Learning Across Universities

  Jim Stachowiak

• Colorado I-J

  The Student Workers: An Unexpected Journey to Accessibility Consultations

  Stephanie Richardson

• Colorado F

  What Is Actually On Your Website? Discovery, Inventory, and First Steps

  Judith Risch

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  From Strategy to Execution: Leading Campus Digital Accessibility with Roadmaps, Sprints, and Shared Ownership

  Carey Applegate

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speaker

  Vibe Coding an accessible site

  Gian Wild

• No session

3:30 PM MST

• No session

4:30 PM MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  The Shifting Ground: How Digital Accessibility Regulations Are Changing and How Those Changes Got Made

  Judith Risch

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  Shifting Left: How to Build Accessibility Skills Earlier in Education and Industry.

  Rolando Mendez

• Matchless

  Video Accessibility From Every Angle: A Self-Assessment for Small Teams

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  The Security-Accessibility Paradox: CAPTCHAs, MFA, Session Timeouts, and Other Barriers to Access

  Jeff Fryer

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual BNo session
• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Designing for Accessibility at Scale: AI-Enhanced Workflows for Content Creation

  Mingren (Michael) Fu

• Colorado G-H

  Closing the Loop with PREP: Automation, Human Expertise, and Continuous Accessibility Auditing at Scale

  Vijayshree Vethantham

• Colorado I-J

  Scaling Digital Inclusion: A High-Volume Pilot of Automated PDF Remediation

  Joseph Feria-Galicia

• Colorado F

  Beyond VPATs: Accessibility Roadmaps and Vendor Maturity in the Title II Era

  David Middleton

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  STEM for All: Inclusive Technical Education

  Catherine Sherry Onward Accessibility

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

8:30 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Accessible Procurement Essentials: VPATs, ACRs, and Risk Assessment Made Simple

  Jay Harwood

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  LaTeX and Tagged PDF

  Christa Miller

• Matchless

  Stop Remediating Everything: Rethinking PDF Accessibility with On-Demand Workflows

  Binky Lush

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Perfection Is Not Possible: Managing Risk in Digital Accessibility

  Eudora Struble

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Supercharge Your Accessibility Training Using Research-Based Learning Strategies

  Eva Nautiyal

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  AI for Document and Web Accessibility Session (2026 Edition)

  Kristin Juhrs Kaylor

• Colorado G-H

  Adventures in AI and Accessibility: The Human-in-the-Loop Approach

  Scott Davis

• Colorado I-J

  The Accessibility ‘Energy Tax’: Student Perspectives on Usability in Healthcare and Higher Education

  Bethany Johnson

• Colorado F

  Blind and Low Vision Students Dig into Data: Leveraging AI to Enable Agency and Data Inquiry

  Geoff Freed

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Better, More Accessible Typography — Improve Readability for All Users

  Bevi Chagnon

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

9:45 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  Lab

  Engineering an Accessible AI Future: Transforming Note-Taking & Student Learning

  Maura Roberts

• Denver 4-6
  
  Lab

  LaTeX and Tagged PDF (continued)

  Christa Miller

• Matchless

  Leading from the Center, Redux: Libraries as Enablers, not Enforcers of Ally

  Rebecca Albrecht Oling

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  It’s Not Me, It’s You — Setting Boundaries with Your Institution when All Digital Accessibility Hopes Rest on You

  Michele Bromley

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  Supercharge Your Accessibility Training Using Research-Based Learning Strategies (continued)

  Eva Nautiyal

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Procuring Accessible Technology in Higher Ed: A Post-Deadline Compliance Playbook

  Aaron Page

• Colorado G-H

  From Not Started to Optimized: A Maturity Model for ADA Title II Readiness

  Glenda Sims

• Colorado I-J
  No session
• Colorado F
  No session
• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Ahead of the Law: How a ‘Team of One’ Built an Accessibility Culture on a Shoestring Budget at a Small Private College

  Dr. Mounika Reddy Ragula

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

10:45 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  LabNo session
• Denver 4-6
  
  LabNo session
• Matchless

  Don’t let perfect be the enemy of accessible

  Lyssa Prince

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Stop Fixing, Start Finding: A Curation-First Strategy for Faculty Accessibility Workflows

  Laurie Berry

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  A Sustainable Model for Course Document Accessibility and Remediation: Building and Training a Student Employee Team

  Dr. Mounika Reddy Ragula

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  The Human in the Loop: Why We Can’t Outsource Alt Text to AI

  Scott Davis

• Colorado G-H

  The Remediation Roadmap: Moving Digital Collections Toward Accessibility

  Laura Riley

• Colorado I-J

  The Pole Vault: How Generative AI Restructured a Career of Voice-Mediated Instruction

  Melanie Eddington

• Colorado F
  No session
• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Creating Accessible Image Descriptions Through Context, Judgement, and AI Support

  Melanie Eley

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session

11:45 MST

• Denver 1-3
  
  LabNo session
• Denver 4-6
  
  LabNo session
• Matchless

  Triage to Recovery: How NEOMED Built an Accessibility Practice from the Ground Up

  Amy Furey-Ligan Northeast Ohio Medical University

• Penrose I
  
  Virtual A

  Creating and Implementing a Digital Accessibility Training

  Cherise King

• Penrose II
  
  Virtual B

  The Student You Can’t See: Working With Students Who Do Not Disclose

  Natasha Kippur

• Mattie Silks
  
  Virtual C

  Beyond Remediation: Real-Time HTML Alternatives for PDF Accessibility in the Classroom

  Monica Olsson Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

• Colorado G-H

  Your Accessibility Problem Isn’t the Content. It’s the System That Produces It.

  Craig Boassaly

• Colorado I-J

  High-Volume PDF and Video Remediation: Practical Workflows, Tools, and Tradeoffs

  Braden Watkins

• Colorado F

  How to Read the Accessibility Manual: Making Sense of WCAG Documentation

  Rob Carr

• Independence
  
  Stream In - virtual D

  Elevating Inclusion: How AI Is Transforming Digital Accessibility

  Aaron Arvig

• Virtual E
  
  Virtual only - offsite speakerNo session
• No session