Last week to register for the Accessing Higher Ground 2018 Virtual Conference

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).

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 the Needs 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


Not So Fast: Implementing Accessibility Reviews in a University’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<tel:303-492-8672> or at the email below.

e-mail: hkramer@ahead.org<mailto:hkramer@ahead.org>


Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org<http://accessinghigherground.org/>

Entire onsite schedule<http://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2018/#cs_2018-11-14>