The Early-bird Registration for the 2024 Accessing Higher Ground Conference Ends Friday, September 20

[Please excuse the cross-posts]

Register by Friday (Sept. 20) for the 10% early-bird discount

AHG 2024: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference<https://accessinghigherground.org/>
November 11 -15, 2024
Hilton Denver City Center, Denver, Colorado

Dear Colleagues:

Early-bird Registration ends on September 20.
(for the onsite 2024 Conference)

ATHEN & AHEAD members also receive a 10% discount<https://accessinghigherground.org/pricing-2024/#Member_Discounts> off registration fees.
(See the above link for more info and for other discounts)

Keynote Speaker: Ashley Shew is an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech and cofounder of the Disability Community Technology (DisCoTec) center there. She specializes in disability studies and technology ethics.

Following up from ideas from her book Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement, her keynote talk takes us through the divergence of rhetoric between typical news coverage about addressing problems related to disability and what The Cyborg Jillian Weise calls “Cyborg Concerns.”
Highlights from this year’s event:
(Titles link to session descriptions)
Pre-Conference
·       1-day Accessibility Testing Workshop (2024 update)<https://accessinghigherground.org/1-day-accessibility-testing-workshop-2024-update/>, Karl Groves, Chief Innovation Officer, Level Access
·       Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel<https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-office-365-word-powerpoint-and-excel/>, George Joeckel, Online Training Program Manager, Utah State University / WebAIM, (1-day Certificate)
·       Alternate Format Hands-On Intensive: How to Create Effective Alternate Format<https://accessinghigherground.org/alternate-format-hands-on-intensive-how-to-create-effective-alternate-format/>, Susan Kelmer, Alternate Format Production Program Manager, University of Colorado Boulder (2-day lab)

Main Conference

·       Advancing Accessibility by Fostering Collaboration<https://accessinghigherground.org/advancing-accessibility-by-fostering-collaboration/>, Mike Williamson, Assistant Director, University of Colorado Boulder
·       OCR’s Year In Review (2024)<https://accessinghigherground.org/ocrs-year-in-review-2024/>, Mary Lou Mobley, National Disability Expert, U.S. Dept. of Education
·       Using EPUB to Retire the PDF<https://accessinghigherground.org/using-epub-to-retire-the-pdf/>, Darrin Evans, North Carolina Community College System
·       Best Practices in Designing Instructional Presentations for Diverse Learners<https://accessinghigherground.org/best-practices-in-designing-instructional-presentations-for-diverse-learners/>, Joseph Feria-Galicia, Accessibility Team Lead, UC Berkeley
·       Exploring the Potential of AI in Enhancing Accessibility<https://accessinghigherground.org/exploring-the-potential-of-ai-in-enhancing-accessibility/>, Lucy Greco, Accessibility Evangelist, University of California, Berkeley
·       Our Journey to Creating an Accessible Procurement Process<https://accessinghigherground.org/our-journey-to-creating-an-accessible-procurement-process/>, Jen Bethmann, Web Accessibility Coordinator, Illinois State University
·       6 Things Screen Readers Catch that Your Document Accessibility Checker Can’t<https://accessinghigherground.org/6-things-screen-readers-catch-that-your-document-accessibility-checker-cant/>, Dax Castro, Accessible Document Specialist, Chax Training and Consulting

And over 80 more

View complete agenda<https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2024/> or register now.<https://cvent.me/3kYN37>
More Information
If you have any questions, contact Howard Kramer at 720-351-8668 or at the email below.

e-mail: hkramer@ahead.org
Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/

Howard Kramer
CU-Boulder
720-351-8668