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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Jun 30, 2017 9:15AM

Dear Colleagues:



Early-bird Registration for the 2017 AHEAD Virtual Conference ends today -
June 30.



AHEAD will be streaming one track of sessions during both the
pre-conference and main conference, 11 sessions from the week of July 17 -
July 21, 2017.



Visit the AHEAD site for ticket types and pricing
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference#ttypes>.



The following is a sample of some of the sessions offered:


Preconference Institute

Monday, July 17 AND Tuesday, July 18, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm on both days
(Eastern Time)

*Accessibility 101*

Terrill Thompson, B.S., DO-IT, University of Washington

Gaier Dietrich, B.A., High Tech Center Training Unit

(read description
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule#pc6>
)


Main Conference

*Accommodating Online Learning: Much More Than Captions*

Linda Sullivan, M.A., Harvard University

(read description
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule#con-1>
)



*Legal Year in Review, Version 2.0**

*(This session will not be available for viewing after the event)

Paul Grossman, J.D., Hastings College of Law

Jo Anne Simon, J.D., New York State Assembly

(read description
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule#con-a>
)



*Behavior, Conduct, Title IX, and Students with Autism*

Jane Thierfeld Brown, Ed.D., Yale/College Autism Spectrum

Lisa King, M.Ed., St. Catherine University

(read description
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule#con-3>
)



*Ways to Increase Student Retention and Expand the Use of UDL on Campus*

Jeffrey Lewinson, M.B.A., TextHelp

Brad Held, B.S., University of Central Florida

(read description
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule#con-5>
)



*Plus 7 More
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule>*


Recordings

All sessions except *Legal Year in Review* will be recorded and available
about a month after the live event.


Discounts

AHEAD and ATHEN members receive a discount on registration.



You can find more information, including the entire virtual schedule, on
the AHEAD site
<https://www.ahead.org/meet/conferences/2017/virtual-conference/schedule>.



If you have any questions, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the
email below.



e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>

URL: http://ahead.org/



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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 13-17, 2017.
Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March.



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>;*