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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Sep 16, 2020 9:41PM

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

November 9 - 19, 2020

Dear Colleagues:



Due to COVID-19 AHG 2020 will be entirely virtual. Four tracks of workshops
will be streamed during the pre-conference (November 9-10) and 4 tracks of
sessions during the main conference (Nov. 12-19). The full schedule and
program can be found on the conference site
<https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2020/#cs_2020-11-9>.



Register by Monday, Oct. 5, to save on registration fees.

$288 (AHEAD or ATHEN members)

$360 (non-members)


Virtual Program Highlights

(select title links for more information)
Pre-Conference

Remote BYOD Lab: Getting to grips with creating and editing EPUB
<https://accessinghigherground.org/getting-to-grips-with-creating-and-editing-epub/>,
Richard Orme, DAISY Consortium

Remote BYOD Lab: Introduction to Mobile Assistive Technology and
Accessibility Testing
<https://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-mobile-assistive-technology-and-accessibility-testing/>,
Joe Humbert, The Paciello Group

Interactive/Discussion: Knowbility's Accessibility Master Class
<https://accessinghigherground.org/knowbilitys-accessibility-master-class-3/>,
Becky Gibson, Knowbility

Remote BYOD Lab: Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs
<https://accessinghigherground.org/adobe-indesign-layouts-to-produce-accessible-pdfs-2-2/>,
Bevi Chagnon, PubCom—Publishing Communications


Main Conference

Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time
<https://accessinghigherground.org/making-math-accessible-one-step-at-a-time/>,
Lisa Wadors Verne, Benetech


Equity in the Classroom: Ensuring Open Educational Resources (OER) Are
Accessible to Everyone
<https://accessinghigherground.org/equity-in-the-classroom-ensuring-open-educational-resources-oer-are-accessible-to-everyone/>,
Rachel Comerford, Macmillan Learning, et al



Pivot to online accessibility and accommodation
<https://accessinghigherground.org/pivot-to-online-accessibility-and-accommodation/>,
Dan Saylor, University of Phoenix



Strategies for using the Accessibility Checker in Word
<https://accessinghigherground.org/strategies-for-using-the-accessibility-checker-in-word/>,
Karen McCall, Open Access Technologies

Authoring Accessible Content
<https://accessinghigherground.org/authoring-accessible-content/>, Emily
Lewis, Knowbility (double-session)

*OCR's Year In Review
<https://accessinghigherground.org/ocrs-year-in-review-6/>*, Mary Lou
Mobley, U.S. Dept. of Education (double-session)

Quick Talks: Foundations of Online Teaching; Staying Accessible in an
Online World and Classroom
<https://accessinghigherground.org/quick-talks-foundations-of-online-teaching-staying-accessible-in-an-online-world-and-classroom/>,
Multiple Speakers

Quick Talks: Three 15-minute talks on captioning on campus, research and
case studies
<https://accessinghigherground.org/quick-talks-three-15-minute-talks-on-captioning-on-campus-research-and-case-studies/>
, Multiple Speakers



Using Personas for Accessible Design
<https://accessinghigherground.org/using-personas-for-accessible-design/>,
Kathryn
Weber-Hottleman, University of Connecticut

Word to PowerPoint to Word: Create More Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
<https://accessinghigherground.org/word-to-powerpoint-to-word-create-more-accessible-powerpoint-presentations/>,
Karen McCall, Senior Advisor, Open Access Technologies (double-session)

Current and Next Generation Digital Study Tools
<https://accessinghigherground.org/current-and-next-generation-digital-study-tools/>,
Rick Johnson, VitalSource Technologies

WAI Curricula on Web Accessibility
<https://accessinghigherground.org/wai-curricula-on-web-accessibility/>,
Daniel Montalvo, Accessibility Education and Training Specialist, W3C

IT Accessibility Challenge 2020: Launching a major accessibility campaign
during a global pandemic
<https://accessinghigherground.org/it-accessibility-challenge-2020-launching-a-major-accessibility-campaign-during-a-global-pandemic/>,
Terrill Thompson, Manager, University of Washington

And over 50 more!
<https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2020/#cs_2020-11-9>
Registration

Register at: https://www.cvent.com/d/97qjq9


More Info

If you have any questions contact Howard Kramer at 720-351-8668 or at the
email below.

e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>

Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org
Entire main conference schedule
<https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2020/#cs_2020-11-12>

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Regards,
Howard

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

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