CSUN Proposal - Rejecte

Dear Adapt Task Force and APA,

Unfortunately, the CSUN committee declined our proposal to present WAI-Adapt Symbols and Discoverable Destinations.
If anyone a way to ask them to reconsider, please let us know.

The original proposal and their notification, below.


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Lionel


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From: Lionel Wolberger
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 4:27 PM
To: Adapt tf <public-adapt@w3.org>
Subject: CSUN Presentation Proposal Submitted

I submitted the below proposal to CSUN 2026.


Title: Advancing Web Accessibility: WAI-Adapt Symbols and Destinations


Description

A hands‑on preview of two W3C accessibility initiatives that strengthen discoverability and cognitive accessibility on the web. (1) Adapt Symbols introduces web‑level semantics so authors can identify the intended concept behind a symbol, glyph or image, enabling AT and platforms to render it from a user’s preferred set—or fall back to text—via stable concept identifiers linked to the W3C Symbols Registry. (2) Adapt Destinations lets sites declare standard, well‑recognized pages (e.g., login, contact us, accessibility statements) in human‑ and machine‑readable ways, improving navigation for screen readers, voice assistants, AI and search. Curated by the WAI‑Adapt Task Force with input from the Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Task Force in response to requirements that were collected even prior to formulating the ARIA standard. We report current status and show implementation patterns: mapping concept IDs to symbols/icons/glyphs, and publication of recognized destinations. Attendees will see live demos, example markup/data patterns, and a concise adoption checklist for pilots in products and websites. We close with a roadmap and a call for feedback to accelerate interoperable symbol usage and predictable wayfinding across the web. For reference, please see https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/task-forces/adapt/, https://w3c.github.io/adapt/presentations/ac2024/,https://www.w3.org/TR/aac-registry/.


I’ll let you know if it gets a positive reception,


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Lionel

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From: Center on Disabilities <conference@csun.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2025 6:16 PM
To: Lionel Wolberger <lionel.wolberger@levelaccess.com>
Subject: 2026 CSUN ATC Submission Declined


Dear Lionel Wolberger,

Thank you for submitting your proposal titled, Advancing Web Accessibility: WAI-Adapt Symbols and Destinations, for the 41st Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference General Track.

We received a large number of excellent submissions this year, and unfortunately, your proposal was not selected for the 2026 Conference program.

We truly appreciate the time and effort you put into your submission and hope you will consider submitting again for next year’s Conference.

Sincerely,

The Staff of the Center on Disabilities
California State University, Northridge
conference@csun.edu

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