Just a few days left to register, and you really don’t want to miss this!
The National Federation of the Blind and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program
present
Web Accessibility Training Day
September 9, 2014
Location:
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
200 E. Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Event:
The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute is thrilled to announce that on September 9 we will be co-hosting another Web Accessibility Training Day with the Maryland Technology Assistance Program. We will have general sessions in the morning and technical and policy tracks in the afternoon. Here are some of the topics we’ll be covering:
Session schedule:
General sessions:
8 am: Introductory Remarks by the National Federation of the Blind and Maryland Technology Assistance Program Executives
8.30 – 9.25 A.M.: Accessibility: The Natural Outcome of Innovative and Inclusive Business, Eve Hill (Department of Justice)
Break
9.40 – 10.35 A.M.: Panel on Enterprise Implementation of Accessibility, Tony Olivero (Humana), Peter Wallack (Oracle), Steve Sawczyn (Deque)
Break
10.50 – 11.45 A.M.: Panel on Education Implementation of Accessibility, Kara Zirkle (George Mason University), Janna Cameron (Desire2Learn), Cheryl Pruitt (California State University)
11.45 A.M. – 1.15 P.M.: Lunch break and Exhibits
Afternoon sessions (policy):
1.15 – 2.10 P.M.: The Trusted Tester Program, Bill Peterson (Department of Homeland Security)
Break
2.35 – 3.30 P.M.: Making an Accessible Online Ballot Marking System, Nikki Charlson (Maryland State Board of Elections)
Break
3.45 – 4.40 P.M.: The Section 508 Refresh, Timothy Creagan (US Access Board)
Afternoon session (technical):
1.15 – 2.10 P.M.: PDF Accessibility in an Enterprise Setting, Steve Estabrook (Actuate)
Break
2.35 – 3.30 P.M.: HTML5 Accessible Design, Paul Bohman, Preety Kumar (Deque Systems)
Break
3.45 – 4.40 P.M.: Google MOOC Introduction to Web Accessibility, Louis Cheng (Google)
Closing remarks:
Anne Taylor, Director of Access Technology (National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute)
Registration: To register, please visit the registration page. The admission fee is $80.
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