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From: John Foliot
Date: Dec 2, 2010 5:06PM

Denis Boudreau wrote:
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> I'd invite you to come to ours up north in Quebec, but for starters
> it's colder, it's in french, we eat poutine and that might be a
> problem. :)

Sessions in French, maybe. Eating Poutine? Never (be sure to wash it down
with a Pepsi!)

And if you do go to Montreal, insist that Denis take you to Schwartz's - a
cultural and gastronomic experience of the highest order. (3.5 weeks and
counting...)


>
> I'm confident you would be better served in the US with organizations
> such as WebAIM.

There is also (in the near future) AccessU West, the "premier web
accessibility training conference"

Date: January 10-12, 2011, San Jose, CA
Website: http://www.knowbility.org/accessu-west/

Good speakers and a full 2 day curriculum.

>
> Besides formal training, I'd look at unconferences and stuff as well,
> and I'd make sure to attend CSUN in march, which is worth a zillion
> times more than any training session I can think of.

Yes, CSUN is certainly an immersive experience, although some prior
understanding/knowledge certainly makes the experience that much richer.
But even for the initiate, it is a wonderful and intense 'deep-dive'. I
echo Denis' sentiment... if you can attend, do so.

Registration apparently opens in January

Date: March 14-19, 2011, San Diego, CA
Website: http://www.csunconference.org/index.cfm?EID=80000300


JF
===========================John  Foliot
Program Manager
Stanford Online Accessibility Program
http://soap.stanford.edu
Stanford University
Tel: 650-468-5785

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