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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Sep 19, 2017 11:49AM

Dear Colleagues:



*Early-bird Registration* for the 2017 Accessing Higher Ground(AHG)
Conference <http://accessinghigherground.org/>; ends after this Thursday
(September 21).



*ATHEN & AHEAD members* receive a $75 discount off registration fees.



*Keynote Speaker:* Michael Schuman, a foreign correspondent who has written
about Asia and the global economy for a wide range of major publications,
including TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and
Forbes magazine. He is also a contributing columnist for Bloomberg View and
frequently writes commentaries for Businessweek magazine.


Mr. Schuman will speak on *Me and my iPad: How Technology Is Helping Me
Beat Blindness.*



*Highlights from this year's event:*



(titles link to session description)



· Building a Procurement Process around Accessibility
<http://accessinghigherground.org/building-a-procurement-process-around-accessibility/>;,
Kara Zirkle, Miami University

· Addressing the Challenges of automated accessibility assessment
<http://accessinghigherground.org/addressing-the-challenges-of-automated-accessibility-assessment/>;,
Charudatta Jadhav and Sumeet Agrawal, TATA Consultancy Services Ltd.

· Panel: The Power of Collective Negotiation: How can universities
work together to require accessible vendor products?
<http://accessinghigherground.org/the-power-of-collective-negotiation-how-can-universities-work-together-to-require-accessible-vendor-products/>;
Terrill
Thompson, University of Washington, et al

· Lab: Introduction to Online Course Accessibility
<http://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-online-course-accessibility/>;,
Joseph Feria-Galicia & Lucy Greco, UC Berkeley, et al

· Creating a Sustainable Captioning Program at Your Institution
<http://accessinghigherground.org/creating-a-sustainable-captioning-program-at-your-institution/>;,
Jane Melander, Minnesota State University Moorhead, et al

· BYO Device Lab: PDF Train the Trainer: Learn how to teach others to
create accessible PDFs and become an Adobe certified trainer
<http://accessinghigherground.org/pdf-train-the-trainer-learn-how-to-teach-others-to-create-accessible-pdfs-and-become-an-adobe-certified-trainer-2-day-session/>;
(2-day
workshop), Rob Haverty, Adobe

· Website Liability Under US Accessibility Laws
<http://accessinghigherground.org/website-liability-under-us-accessibility-laws/>;,
Ken Nakata, Cryptzone

· Braille for College Level STEM Courses
<http://accessinghigherground.org/reflections-on-providing-college-braille-for-stem/>;,
Christa Miller, Virginia Tech, et al

· Documents in the Classroom: A Strategy to Support Accessible Course
Material
<http://accessinghigherground.org/documents-in-the-classroom-a-strategy-to-support-accessible-course-material/>;,
Jeff Buhse, University of Manitoba



And over 100 more



View complete agenda
<http://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2017/#cs_2017-11-15>;

*Register now* <http://www.cvent.com/d/75q5d7/>;


For More Info

Visit Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org

Contact Howard Kramer at email: <EMAIL REMOVED>

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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>;*