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From: Caleb Tang
Date: Sep 9, 2009 4:05AM

Hello Everyone!

We would like to invite you to our Accessibility 2.0 conference
discussing the latest technologies, such as mobile, HTML5, and rich
applications, from a diverse user perspective. We're also organising an
affordable workshop on Deaf awareness prior to the conference to get
us all closer to understanding Deaf culture and its implications for
web design.

In this email:

* Accessibility 2.0: A million flowers bloom conference
* Deaf awareness for web teams

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Accessibility 2.0: A million flowers bloom
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Time: 22nd of September 10am-5.30pm
Price: £170 (Promo code ³A2FLOWER²)
Location: Microsoft London, Cardinal Place, SW1E 5JL

More information: http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/


***Topics***

* Keynote: Finite Incantatem ­ neither technology nor accessibility is
dark magic ­ Christian Heilmann (Yahoo!)
* Inclusive Design - Mark Boulton (Mark Boulton Design)
* Understanding Deafness: History, Language and the Web ­ Lisa Herrod
* Accessibility with HTML 5 and WAI ARIA Steve Faulkner (Paciello Group)
* Beyond the desktop ­ panel discussion with Henny Swan (Opera),
Veronika Jermolina (AbilityNet), Damon Rose (BBC Ouch), Lucy Dodd
(BBC) and Greg Fields (Blackberry)
* To comply or not to comply? Best practice in achieving accessibility ­
panel with Jon Gooday (AbilityNet), Bim
Egan (RNIB), Mark Boulton (Mark Boulton Design) plus more...
* Accessible Rich Applications featuring Silverlight ­ Saqib Shaikh
(Microsoft)


* Yummy lunch and networking

***About***

Excitement is building up for the UK¹s only conference on Web 2.0 and
accessibility. The event includes something for everyone who builds
websites including designers, developers, usability specialists and
managers. More details at http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/


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Deaf awareness for web teams
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Time: 21st of September, 2.30-5.00pm
Price: £60 (concessions available ­ details on the website)
Location: City University London, EC1V 0HB

More information: http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/workshops/

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Topics
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* The difference between deaf and Deaf users and the needs of each group
* Captioning, subtitling and subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
* Creating accessible web content for a Deaf audience
* How to conduct user research with deaf users


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About
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Deafness is one of the least understood areas of web accessibility.
That¹s why we¹re flying one of the world¹s only experts in the
subject, Lisa Herrod, all the way from Australia. More details at
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/workshops/

Hope to see you very soon!

Caleb