Schedule (2011)

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