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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Oct 22, 2018 3:45PM

Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference
<https://accessinghigherground.org/>

November 12 - 16, 2018

Dear Colleagues:


As in past years, AHG will be streaming 1 live track of sessions during the
pre-conference (November 12-13) and 2 tracks of sessions during the main
conference (Nov. 14-16).



Register by Thursday, Oct. 25, to save on registration fees.


Virtual Program Highlights

(select title links for more information)
Pre-Conference

Lab: *AccessibleAdobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs and EPUBs
<https://accessinghigherground.org/accessible-adobe-indesign-layouts-to-produce-accessible-pdfs-and-epubs/>*,
Bevi Chagnon, President and Founding Partner, PubCom—Publishing
Communications

Lab: *Understanding and Evaluating WCAG 2 Color and Contrast
<https://accessinghigherground.org/understanding-and-evaluating-wcag-2-color-and-contrast/>*,
Jonathan Whiting, Director of Training & Evaluation, WebAIM

*Captioned Media: Developing a Systematic Approach that Meets theNeeds of
Your Institution
<https://accessinghigherground.org/captioned-media-developing-a-systematic-approach-that-meets-the-needs-of-your-institution/>*,
Stephanie Zito, National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC), et al
Main Conference

*Understanding WCAG 2.1
<https://accessinghigherground.org/understanding-wcag-2-1/>*, Becky Gibson,
Knowbility

*Pretty Accessible: Bringing Beauty,Simplicity, and Usability to Accessible
Products
<https://accessinghigherground.org/pretty-accessible-bringing-beauty-simplicity-and-usability-to-accessible-products-2/>*,
Rachel Comerford, Macmillan Learning et al

*What's new in Acrobat
<https://accessinghigherground.org/whats-new-in-acrobat-2/>*, Rob Haverty,
Accessibility, Adobe (double-session)

*Accessibility: Past, Present, and Future
<https://accessinghigherground.org/accessibility-past-present-and-future/>*,
Gerard Cohen, Wells Fargo

*"We don't have enough staff assigned to making ITaccessible!"
<https://accessinghigherground.org/we-dont-have-enough-staff-assigned-to-making-it-accessible/>*
Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington

Lab: *Evaluating and Repairing Word and PowerPointFiles
<https://accessinghigherground.org/evaluating-and-repairing-word-and-powerpoint-files/>*,
Jonathan Whiting, WebAIM (double-session)

*Social media and accessibility
<https://accessinghigherground.org/social-media-and-accessibility-2/>*,
Gian Wild, AccessibilityOz

*Lab: **Not So Fast: Implementing Accessibility Reviews in aUniversity's IT
Software Review Process
<https://accessinghigherground.org/not-so-fast-implementing-accessibility-reviews-in-a-universitys-it-software-review-process-2/>*,
Crystal Tenan, NC State University, et al

And over a dozen more!
<https://accessinghigherground.org/virtual/#Virtual_Agenda>
Registration

Register at: http://www.cvent.com/d/0gq4qc/4W


More Info

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

e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>

Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org
Entire onsite schedule
<http://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2018/#cs_2018-11-14>;
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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 12-16, 2018.
Request for proposals will be announced mid-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>;*