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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Sep 21, 2015 12:15PM


Dear Colleagues:



Early-bird Registration for the 2015 Accessing Higher Ground (AHG)
Conference ends after this Thursday (September 23).



ATHEN members receive a $75 discount off registration fees.


*Location & Date*: Westminster, CO. Nov. 16 - 20, 2015



*Keynote Speaker*: Whitney Quesenbery, UX Researcher and Director of Center
for Civic Design, will speak on *Getting from Barrier-Free to Great User
Experiences*, focusing on the intersection between user experience and
accessibility.



Highlights from this year's program:



(titles link to session description)



- Lab: Creating and Working with Accessible Office 2013 Content
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid049&;vday=Tuesday>,
Karen McCall, Owner, Karlen Communications
- Lab: All About Video
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid'07&vday=Tuesday>,
Terrill Thompson, University of Washington, Ken Petri, The Ohio State
University
- OCR's Year In Review
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid&;82&vday=Thursday&vdis=grid>,
Mary Lou Mobley, U.S. Dept. of Education
- Building Accessibility Auditing into Course Development
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid&;63&vday=Thursday&vdis=grid>,
Kara Zirkle, George Mason University
- Lab: Working with Inaccessible PDFs
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid&;89&vday=Monday>,
Gaeir Dietrich, High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU)
- Designing a Mobile Ready Course with Universal Design
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid&;22&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid>,
Kate Miller, UC Denver
- The Elephant on Campus: Captioning
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid&;57&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid>,
Deb Castiglione, University of Kentucky
- Lab: Evaluating Web Accessibility
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid100&;vday=Monday>,
Jon Whiting, WebAIM, Nancy Swenson, UCF
- Building an Accessibility Plan and Testing to Ensure it's Working
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2015.php?vpropid&;26&vday=Tuesday>,
Kara Zirkle, Stephanie Robbins, & Korey Singleton, George Mason University



And over 80 more



View complete agenda
<http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/wednesday-grid-schedule2015/>;

*Register now* <http://www.cvent.com/d/qrqrkn/4W>;.


More Info

Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org

Howard Kramer at: <EMAIL REMOVED>

Conference dates: November 16 - 20, 2015

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Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
303-492-8672
cell: 720-351-8668

Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference
<http://accessinghigherground.org/>;* in Denver, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2015.
Complete Attendee, Exhibitor, Hotel, and Registration materials are
available now.



Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up
of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU!
<http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars>;* And the *Technology
Access Series <http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16>;*.
Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your
earliest convenience for the largest selection.



Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now.
<http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member>;*