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Re: Universal Design Researcher and Expert David Sloan will Deliver Keynote Talk at AHEAD's Accessing Higher Ground Conference - November 4-8, 2013

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From: Roger Hudson
Date: Aug 19, 2013 2:58PM

Now there is a session I would really like to go to. Pity it is on the other
side of the world!

Looks like there are some other great speakers and sessions as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Kramer [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 6:48 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] Universal Design Researcher and Expert David Sloan will
Deliver Keynote Talk at AHEAD's Accessing Higher Ground Conference -
November 4-8, 2013

David Sloan, along with over 40 other experts on accessibility and
curriculum access in higher education will speak at this year's
AccessingHigher
Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology
Conference<http://accessinghigherground.org/>;,
in Westminster, CO.

Dr. Sloan, Principal User Experience Engineer with The Paciello Group, will
speak on *Teaching Universal Design - the Dundee Approach*.

Before joining TPG in May 2013, David spent over 10 years as project lead of
the Digital Media Access Group, an accessibility and research consultancy
unit based at the University of Dundee in Scotland.



More about David Sloan <http://accessinghigherground.org/keynote2013.html>;


Other Session Highlights

*(titles link to session description) *

* *
. Mobile Accessibility
Update<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid•
4&vday=Monday>,
Kathy Wahlbin, Interactive Accessibility** . Processing Publisher
PDFs: How to Go from PDF to E-text to
Audio<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid5
8&vday=Monday>,
Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU . Accessible eBooks Using Adobe
InDesign<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid899&;vday=Tuesday>,
Ken Petri & Cynthia Gray, Ohio State University . Remote CART and
VRI: What We Learned On the Road to
Success<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=8
44&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid>,
Dean Brusnighan, Purdue University . Usability and Accessibility
CSS
Gotchas<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=8
34&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid>,
Dennis Lembree, PayPal . IBM's WCAG 2.0 web-costing model - an
assessment and planning tool for organizations moving to WCAG
compliance<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropi
d‰6&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid>,
Dan Shire, IBM Canada. . Seeking a Unified Reading Environment
for All Print Disabilities in
iOS<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid‰8&v
day=Thursday&vdis=grid>,
Kevin Price, University of Illinois at Chicago



View complete
agenda<http://www.cvent.com/events/mproc.aspx?mxeb15a0-166c-4c2f-8fd1-f1fe
187595ca&u=http%3a%2f%2faccessinghigherground.org%2fwp%2fwednesday-grid-sche
dule2013%2f&l=complete+agenda>(over
60 topics & sessions related to AT, accessibility & Universal Design)





Early Registration Discount Ends September 6



Conference fees rise 10 to 12% (depending on package) on September 7.
Register now <http://www.cvent.com/d/kcqy75/4W>; to save.

--
Howard Kramer
CO-PI - UDUC
*Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University
Curricula*(UDUC) Lecturer, Cont. Ed - Evening & Cred Admin
303-492-8672
cell: 720-351-8668
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