Re: W3C WAI at AccessU online Wednesday 14 May at 4:00pmCT/21:00UTC

Hi Shawn,

Is it possible to attend this session without signing up for the event? My agency does not have he funds for this opportunity at the moment.




Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)

Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

•Email: molsson@sbctc.edu<mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu> • Phone: 360-704-3922



The power of the Web is in its universality.

Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

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From: Shawn Lawton Henry <shawn@w3.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2025 10:43 PM
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Subject: W3C WAI at AccessU online Wednesday 14 May at 4:00pmCT/21:00UTC

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Dear WAI Interest Group (IG),

You are invited to participate in an information sharing session on Wednesday 14 May at 4:00 pm CT / 21:00 UTC:
Advancing Digital Accessibility with W3C WAI<https://knowbility.org/programs/john-slatin-accessu-2025/advancing-digital-accessibility-with-w3c-wai>

The session will be available via Knowbility's YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/live/Reo_KG-1JG4>
The session recording will be available afterwards.

We invite you to send your questions and ideas before the session, to either:

  *   the public WAI Interest Group Discussion List - see https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#discussion-list
  *   or the W3C staff-only list wai@.org<mailto:wai@.org>

Many thanks to Knowbility for hosting this session along with the AccessU training conference<https://knowbility.org/programs/john-slatin-accessu-2025>. AccessU has some other sessions free and the entire conference available remotely and online afterwards for those who register<https://events.humanitix.com/john-slatin-accessu-2025-powered-by-knowbility>.

We hope you'll join Shawn Henry (W3C), Kevin White (W3C), and WAI Interest Group Chair Ashley Abaragu (Knowbility) this Wednesday at 21:00 UTC. We look forward to sharing WAI resources and learning from your experiences and ideas for advancing digital accessibility around the world!

Best regards,
Shawn, Kevin, Ashley


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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Program Lead
www.w3.org/People/Shawn<http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn>