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From: John Foliot
Date: Sep 13, 2017 12:08PM

Hi Anne,

For reasons long and complex, I did not manage to get my conference list
updated in 2017, but here's a list of all of the major conferences I knew
of for 2016. Many of them repeat annually. See:
http://john.foliot.ca/accessibility-conferences-2016/

My Top 3 North American conference recommendations would be CSUN, John
Slatin AccessU, and Accessing Higher Ground.

M-enabling is very interesting from a policy and process perspective,
although there isn't a ton of "dev" related sessions that I've observed.

Be sure to also watch for local "accessibility camps", such as the ones
coming up in Toronto (Sept. 28 & 29 - http://http://conf.a11yto.com//),
Seattle (Sept. 23rd - http://accessibilitycampseattle.org/), Boston (Oct. 7
- http://a11y-bos.org/) and The Bay Area (Oct. 21 -
http://www.accessibilitycampbay.org/): many of these are low-cost or free,
but also happen during weekend hours. Still, great content, great speakers,
and a valuable time well spent.

HTH

JF

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:53 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
> I am fairly new to the accessibility field, and am part of a small but
> growing accessibility team. My colleagues and I would like to start
> attending any conferences related to accessibility, but I'm not sure which
> ones to give serious consideration to. Has anyone attended any
> accessibility related conferences you found to be helpful/informative? The
> only one I am really aware of is CSUN.
> Thanks,
> Anne
> > > > >



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