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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Thu, Sep 08 2022 9:33PM
Subject: arly-bird Registration for Accessing Higher Ground Conference 2022 Ends Monday, September 12
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AHG 2022: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference
<https://accessinghigherground.org/>

November 14 - 18, 2022

Hilton Denver City Center, Denver, Colorado



Dear Colleagues:



*Early-bird Registration ends on Monday, September 12. *

(for the onsite 2022 Conference)



*CU campuses also receive a 5% discount off registration fees*.

*(You must use your campus email to receive the discount)*



*Keynote Speaker*: *Elsa Sjunneson* is a Deafblind author and editor living
in Seattle, Washington. Her fiction and nonfiction writing has been praised
as “eloquence and activism in lockstep” and has been published in dozens of
venues around the world. She has been a Hugo Award finalist seven times,
and has won Hugo, Aurora, and BFA awards for her editorial work.



Read more about Elsa <https://www.snarkbat.com/about>



Watch a PBS video about Elsa
<https://www.pbs.org/video/elsa-sjunneson-deafblind-author-audio-description-asl-ce0ald/>
(has
audio description, captioning & ASL)
Highlights from this year's event:

(Titles link to session description)
Pre-Conference

· Alternate Format Toolbox: Everything You Need to Know to Produce
Alternate Format
<https://accessinghigherground.org/alternate-format-toolbox-everything-you-need-to-know-to-produce-alternate-format/>,
Susan Kelmer, University of Colorado Boulder, Christa Miller, VT (2-day
workshop)

· 1-Day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2022 update)
<https://accessinghigherground.org/1-day-accessibility-testing-workshop-2022-update/>,
Karl Groves, Accessibility Specialist, Level Access (1-day workshop)

· Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word and PowerPoint
<https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-office-365-word-and-powerpoint/>,
George Joeckel, WebAIM (1-day Certificate)
Main Conference

· WAI-ARIA Fundamentals
<https://accessinghigherground.org/wai-aria-fundamentals/>, Christina
Adams, CPWA, Siteimprove

· Authoring Stylish and Accessible Courses in Canvas
<https://accessinghigherground.org/authoring-stylish-and-accessible-courses-in-canvas/>
, Sonya Woods & Matt Farley, Penn State

· How to Integrate Accessibility in the Procurement Cycle
<https://accessinghigherground.org/how-to-integrate-accessibility-in-the-procurement-cycle-2/>,
Andrew Drummond, State of Maryland

· CSS Pitfalls for Screen Readers
<https://accessinghigherground.org/css-pitfalls-for-screen-readers-2/>,
John Northup, WebAIM

· Getting started with EPUB
<https://accessinghigherground.org/getting-started-with-epub/>, Richard
Orme, DAISY Consortium

· OCR's Year In Review
<https://accessinghigherground.org/ocrs-2022-year-in-review/>, Mary Lou
Mobley, U.S. Dept. of Education

· Digital Accessibility: Six Core Skills
<https://accessinghigherground.org/digital-accessibility-six-core-skills/>,
Michele Michele Betancourt, Wharton County Junior College



And over 80 more



View complete agenda
<https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2022/> or register
now. <https://cvent.me/b8lx1l>
More Information

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



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Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/
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Regards,
Howard

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

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