Schedule
8 a.m.: Registration opens, continental breakfast, networking and session discussions
9 a.m.: Welcome, logistics
9:15 a.m.: "We are the Innovation Economy", keynote by Larry Goldberg, WGBH's Director of Media Access
NOTE: There will be four concurrent sessions in each time slot.
10 a.m.: Concurrent sessions:
- Accessibility in Plain English, Mike Guill
- Making All Media Accessible to All Canadians (PDF, 307K), Robert Pearson
- Google eBooks and accessibility, Liz Fong and Jeanette Beal
11 a.m.: Concurrent sessions
- Social Media Accessibility: Where Are We Today?, Denis Boudreau
- Making Websites & Applications Accessible for the Visually Impaired, Eleanor Robinson
- Accessible Documents, Kathy Wahlbin
12 p.m.: Lunch
1 p.m.: Demos (JAWS, NVDA, others)
1:30 p.m.: Concurrent sessions
- Selling Accessibility Internally (PPTX, 4.4Mb), Karl Groves
- Leveraging the Accessibility Community as an Asset (PDF, 228K), Kimberly Patch
- Voice-over Friendly iPhone Applications and Stem Stumper: Our Blind Accessible Puzzle, Brian Charlson and Kwasi Mensah
- Tramatic Brain Injuries and Accessible Issues, David Hoberman
2:30 p.m.: Concurrent sessions
- Web Accessibility for the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing, Svetlana Kouznetsova
- How Combining Usability and Accessibility at MIT Improved the Development Process (SlideShare), Stephani Roberts and Katherine Wahl
- Accessibility as Public Health Issue, Rachel Tanenhaus
- Motion Graphics and Cognitive Science: Communicate Successfully in a Rich Media World, Susan Franz
3:30 p.m.: Concurrent sessions
- WAI-ARIA, JAWS, Inspection Tools, Designing for Accessibility, Maureen Kraft
- Top Accessibility Issues (PDF, 2.2Mb), Joshua Brickman and Mary Utt
- Experiences from Creating an Accessible Website, Edward Bell
- Encouraging Developers with Disabilities: Tools, Communities and Resources, Deborah Kaplan
4:30 p.m.: Closing and clean-up
