General Sessions for Friday, March 15, 2019

California State University, Northridge - Center On Disabilities

General Sessions for Friday, March 15, 2019

8:00 AM

Promoting Web Accessibility with Organizational Vision

Learn about our strategies for promoting web accessibility in organizations, by explaining the relationship between web accessibility value and organizational vision.

Presenters: Daisuke Kobayashi, Cybozu, Inc.
Yuta Saito, Cybozu, Inc.

How Compatible is Dragon for Users?

We will provide solutions to make a site accessible to Dragon for WCAG 2.0 & 2.1, discuss how ARIA is supported, the challenges, and demonstrate accessible & non-accessible websites using Dragon.

Presenter: Arpana Jain

Where Accessibility Lives: Incorporating A11y into your Process and Team

To ensure accessibility as an outcome, we must make sure that accessibility and inclusion is embedded in an organization's mindset, processes, and tools.

Presenter: Derek Featherstone, Level Access

Accessible E-Learning: Key Whys and Hows for Building Accessible Training

We'll take a look at how inaccessible online training can affect learners with disabilities and discuss tips for creating engaging e-learning that works for everyone.

Presenters: Jennifer Chadwick, Siteimprove
Lucy Greco, University of California, Berkeley
Kevin Gumienny, Microassist

Overcoming Platform Accessibility Limitations in Articulate Storyline 360

Storyline 360, a popular on-line course authoring platform, can have significant accessibility barriers. This session will share strategies to overcome these accessibility barriers.

Presenter: Michael Parker, Access Ingenuity

The Potential of OERs to Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities

OERs complement traditional learning materials, however, many remain inaccessible for students with disabilities. We will demonstrate how to ensure OERs are accessible for all learners.

Presenters: Jose Blackorby, CAST
Tracy Gray, American Institutes for Research

Validating a Sampling Process for Accessibility Testing of Websites

Samples are used in web accessibility testing but we have little data. We explored relationships between, and confidence in, 14-page samples and full site evaluations.

Presenters: Cyndi Rowland, WebAIM; National Center on Disability and Access to Education
George Joeckel, WebAIM

Robust, Semantic Solutions to Modern Design Challenges

Making aesthetic design accessible starts (and ends!) with basic HTML and CSS.We'll explore six designs and show the code to make them usable by everyone.

Presenters: Corbb O'Connor, Siteimprove
Christina Adams, Siteimprove

WCAG 2.1 Made Easier for Non-Accessibility Professionals

WCAG 2.1 can be made easier for everyone by organizing success criteria into three familiar groups and presenting the underlying standards.

Presenter: Bill Tyler, Accessibility Center of Excellent, Optum Technology

Accessible Design and Development in Microsoft Office

The Microsoft Office team shares their methodology and practices that strives to incorporate accessibility early and often in design and development.

Presenters: Ben Truelove, Microsoft Corporation
Theo Lorrain-Hale, Microsoft Corporation
Laura Shih, Microsoft Corporation

Best Practices of Accessibility Statements

The proliferation of accessibility statements should be an indicator of progress. We sometimes see statements on pages that are not accessible. What do you do?

Presenter: Simon Dermer, Essential Accessibility

Accommodating Employees with Sleep Disorders in the Workplace

Job Accommodation Network (JAN) consultants will share case study examples and explore a range of workplace accommodation options for individuals with sleep disorders.

Presenters: Sarah Small, Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Brittany Lambert, Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Survey of User Needs: Use of Emerging ICT by People with Disabilities

Presentation of data from LiveWell RERC's Survey of User Needs for ICT including use wearable and home automation and control devices by people with disabilities.

Presenters: John Morris, Shepherd Center
Nicole Thompson, Shepherd Center

Stories From the Front Lines: How Aira is Transforming Lives of Blind Users

Aira's blind explorers are enhancing independence by using Aira in exciting ways, from reading stories to their children, to running marathons. Hear their stories.

Presenters: Amy Bernal, Aira Tech Corporation
Greg Stilson, Aira Tech Corporation

Are Your Testing Tools Accurate? ACT Rules Provide Transparency

Learn how the W3C/WAI work on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) can make your testing tools and manual evaluation more transparent and accurate.

Presenters: Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Wilco Fiers, Deque Systems
Mary Jo Mueller, IBM Corporation

9:00 AM

Communication App for Children with Hearing and Developmental Difficulties

We discuss a mobile application which recognizes words spoken by communication partners and arranges the images corresponding for children with hearing difficulties or/and developmental disorders.

Presenters: Kuniomi Shibata, Tsuda University
Akira Hattori, Komazawa University
Sayaka Matsumoto, Otsuma Women's University

Automating New and Improved United States Government Requirements

There are changes underfoot in Section 508. Learn about the impact, how to be compliant, and how to use these regulations as a competitive differentiator.

Presenter: Preety Kumar, Deque Systems

Introductory Selection Methods for Low Vision Assistive Technology Devices

An oral presentation on the stepwise selection of appropriate features and style of assistive technology devices for individuals with low vision.

Presenter: Manami Christie Okoshi

Using Scenery and the Parallel DOM to Support Accessible Web Applications

We introduce an open-source HTML5 scene graph (Scenery) with robust accessibility capabilities implemented through a Parallel DOM and encourage developers to join the Scenery community.

Presenters: Jesse Greenberg, University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Kauzmann, University of Colorado Boulder
Emily Moore, University of Colorado Boulder

Accessibility with People with Disabilities Through Effective User Research

For inclusive digital products, design decisions are informed by user research. We share practical advice for effectively involving people with disabilities in the design process.

Presenters: David Sloan, The Paciello Group
Sarah Horton, The Paciello Group

Maybe AAA is Not So Bad?

Lets discuss WCAG Level AAA guidelines with a fresh perspective. You might be surprised to find that that they might not require much more effort.

Presenter: Gerard Cohen, Wells Fargo DS4B

Developing Web Accessibility Educational Resources with W3C WAI

Learn about new and in-progress education and outreach materials, how you can use them in your own training, and other efforts to advance accessibility.

Presenters: Shawn Henry, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Brent Bakken, Pearson
Eric Eggert, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Accessible Excel Spreadsheets for Screen Reader Users

Learn important principles of designing accessible course materials focusing on making accessible data files using MS Excel for screen reader users

Presenter: Jinhee Choo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Improving Spoken Rendering of Text by AT: Continuing Progress

Efforts are described to improve the quality of spoken presentation by TTS in web content using a standards-based approach.

Presenter: Markku Hakkinen, Educational Testing Service

Tactile Graphics in Minutes

A ViewPlus embosser, its bundled software, and MS Word's graphics insertion/authoring capabilities are a powerful user-friendly combination for making quick and easy tactile graphics.

Presenter: John Gardner, ViewPlus

Survey Results on Impact of Certifications for Accessibility Professionals

This session presents results from a survey of IAAP CPACC and Web Accessibility Specialists. Data includes experiences with the certification and impacts on their careers.

Presenters: Samantha Evans, International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)
Denis Boudreau, Deque Systems
Katie Haritos-Shea, EVERFI
Thomas Logan, Equal Entry

Moving to the Cloud Achieved Better Adoption, Shorter Cycles, & Compliance

How IBM moved enterprise grade accessibility testing tools and management systems to the cloud and achieved better adoption, shorter cycles, & improved user accessibility compliance.

Presenters: Phill Jenkins, IBM Accessibility Research
Lori Southworth, IBM Accessibility Research
Tom Brunet, IBM Accessibility Research

Windows 10 Accessibility – What's New in 2019

Check out what's new in Windows 10 for people with disabilities. Get sneak peek at features that are planned for the rest of 2019.

Presenters: Jeff Petty, Microsoft Corporation
Carolina Hernandez, Microsoft Corporation

Creating Great Accessibility Experiences on iOS

Learn the art and science behind building accessible iOS apps, exploring lessons learned and successful techniques to accommodate users.

Presenter: Chris Fleizach, Apple

Tapping into the Future with VoiceView & Braille on Fire Tablets

Introducing lots of new speech and braille features with VoiceView.

Presenters: Marc Mulcahy, Amazon
Bryce Theobald, Amazon

Commodity Hardware & Custom Software for Individuals with Disability

Commodity hardware devices with custom software integrations allows for increased usability and clinical intervention for individuals with disability. Projects within this area to be presented.

Presenter: Leighanne Jarvis, Duke University

Tips for Communicating with Gmail, Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat

Gmail, Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet are powerful tools for communication. Come learn tips for more efficient and more effective communication using these Google apps.

Presenters: Matt Millett, Google
Roger Benz, Google

The European Web Accessibility Directive Explained and Illustrated

This presentation is about the new European Web Accessibility Directive and what will change for government agencies and accessibility consultants.

Presenters: Iacobien Riezebosch
Bram Duvigneau, Firm Ground

10:00 AM

Taking a Book from Mind to Market: Accessible Publishing via Amazon Kindle

Uncover the triumphs and challenges encountered by one blind author as he used Kindle's Direct Publishing services to publish his first book.

Presenter: Jamal Mazrui, Amazon

Vispero in Education - Affordable Software for Students

Learn how Vispero partnered with APH and universities to make JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion affordable so students have the necessary accommodations for K-12 through college.

Presenter: Mike Wood, Vispero

Is it Text, or is it Math? Accessible Mixed Content STEM Writing Support

Students who embed mathematical representations in their STEM answer responses exhibit greater learning gains. Pearson's Accessible Equation Editor now provides all students with this capability.

Presenters: Steve Noble, University of Louisville
Dan Brown, Pearson
Sam Dooley, Pearson

Accessibility for Developers: Developing Functional Requirements

Functional requirements adapt accessibility standards to more easily integrate into web development workflows and convey best practices in a programmer-friendly way.

Presenter: Scott Chandler, Virginia Tech

Institutional Repository Accessibility: An Analysis of Library Software

A comparative analysis covering the state of accessibility in the four most popular institutional repository software packages used at US academic libraries.

Presenter: Brian McNeilly, McNeilly Accessibility Consulting

WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool – What's New and What's in Store?

A demonstration of new WAVE features, rules, and visual design, and a roadmap for the future of WAVE enhancements.

Presenter: Jared Smith, WebAIM

Web Accessibility Error Patterns in 2019

We use data gleaned from automated and manual testing to look into the current state of web technology, development practices, and accessibility.

Presenters: Karl Groves, Tenon
John Watts, Tenon

Aira Technology: Poised to Empower College Success for Blind Students

We demonstrate how Aira's groundbreaking technology empowers blind college students (a population with only a 40% graduation rate), from academics to navigating a new campus.

Presenters: Amy Bernal, Aira Tech Corporation
Greg Stilson, Aira Tech Corporation
Anirudh Koul, Aira Tech Corporation

Annotating Design Comps to Address Accessibility

A high-level overview of Deque's Design Comp Accessibility Annotations service. Learn how an ounce of prevention is always worth more than a pound of cure.

Presenter: John Foliot, Deque Systems Inc.

Accessibility Ecosystem in Emerging Markets : Overview of a Decade in India

Digital Accessibility was almost missing in India, until IBM Accessibility Centre was established in 2007. The presentation captures various activities done to develop the ecosystem.

Presenter: Ramachandran Puthukode G., IBM Accessibility, Research

Map Accessibility

State of Minnesota Map Accessibility work group will introduce a framework and current best practices on map accessibility.

Presenters: JoAnn Rautio, State of Minnesota Information Technology Services (MNIT)
Kim Wee, State of Minnesota Information Technology Services (MNIT)

Accessibility — Putting People First in the Software Development Lifecycle

Discover how Nelnet injects accessibility into the software development lifecycle and how every role has an important part to play.

Presenters: Stacy Carston Sporie, Nelnet
Rob Kaul, Nelnet

Employment: Ensure Accessibility of E-learning and Other Training Materials

Focus on the importance of accessible trainings, approaching teams building training materials, and ideas for implementing accessibility to ensure diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Presenters: Brook Sexton, Target
Oliver Langmo, Target

Turning Engineers into Accessibility Champions

To scale accessibility knowledge among Engineers, LinkedIn launched an Accessibility Champions Program. This session will describe it and share data about participants and their impressions.

Presenters: Jennison Asuncion, LinkedIn
Glenn Cueto, LinkedIn
Oliver Tse, LinkedIn

LiveWell RERC – Update on Emerging ICT Developments for Independent Living

Update on current research and hardware/software developments from NIDILRR funded LiveWell Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on ICT Access for Community Living, Health, and Function.

Presenters: Frank DeRuyter, Duke University Medical Center
Leighanne Jarvis, Duke University Medical Center
Mike Jones, Shepherd Center
John Morris, Shepherd Center

What's New with Seeing AI: Talking Camera App for the Blind Community

Come meet the Seeing AI team, and hear about our latest work on leveraging Artificial Intelligence to empower the blind community.

Presenter: Saqib Shaikh, Microsoft

Android for Users with Motor Impairments

Learn about updates in Switch Access and Voice Access. Users can interact with Android using switches or voice commands, without needing to touch the screen.

Presenters: Anna Galusza, Google
Matthew Crain, Google

Explaining the Revised Section 508 Standards

Presenters will review the more frequent questions that have been asked about the Revised 508 Standards, discuss implementation, describe testing for conformance, and provide resources.

Presenters: Bruce Bailey, U.S. Access Board
Timothy Creagan, U.S.
Access Board
Kathy Eng, U.S.
Access Board

11:00 AM

The Accessible Math Classroom with Desmos

We will describe techniques we used to add accessibility to our web-based calculators and interactive classroom lessons.

Presenters: Stephen Clower, Desmos, Inc.
Jason Merrill, Desmos, Inc.

Implementing New EdTech: Engaging Students with Audio Note Taking Software

We will explore effective techniques to on-board both students with disabilities and wider faculty with Sonocent software.

Presenters: Brian Krause, El Camino Community College District
Dave Tucker, Sonocent

Making Existing E-learning Accessible

Join us as we explore strategies, challenges, and opportunities for remediating existing online training content to ensure that it meets accessibility standards.

Presenter: Kevin Gumienny, Microassist

Application Theming the Accessible Way

Need to allow your customers to re-skin your app? Build it right into your theming tool to guide them to make accessible choices.

Presenter: Melissa Brooks, CollegeSource, Inc.

Changing the Culture of Corporate Accessibility Training

Providing corporate-wide accessibility training can change the corporate culture and get people thinking about the subject of accessibility in a new way.

Presenter: Kris Anne Kinney, Educational Testing Service

Accessibility in Single Page Applications: One Year Later

A year after diving into single page applications, our experts return to discuss more in-depth issues to help developers understand the impact of frameworks.

Presenter: C. B. Averitt, Deque Systems

Real-Time Animated Tactile Graphics with the Graphiti

Graphiti™ is a dynamic multilevel tactile display. Presenters will highlight new features and software enhancements that demonstrate the potential and versatility of the Graphiti.

Presenters: Ken Perry, American Printing House for the Blind
Venkatesh Chari, Orbit Research

AT Hackathons: Solving Real-World Accessibility Problems in 24 Hours

Lessons learned from Perkins School for the Blind's first annual assistive technology hackathon and how to leverage these events to make the world more accessible.

Presenter: Gary Aussant, Perkins School for the Blind

Microsoft Teams: One Place Your Team Needs for Inclusive Communications!

Microsoft Teams is the digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place. Discover how it empowers everyone to collaborate inclusively.

Presenter: Rekha Patel, Microsoft Corporation

Accessibility Checkpoints Within a Kaiser Permanente App Product Launch

The Kaiser Permanente mobile app teams are shaping a process to include a WCAG compliant design system and accessibility checkpoints within all project phases.

Presenters: Michael Temple, Kaiser Permanente - Experience Design
Christian Young, Kaiser Permanente - MCoE
Vita Zavoli, Kaiser Permanente - Digital Accessibility

Achieving Inclusive Accessibility Thinking Without Sticks or Carrots

Happy 20th Birthday WCAG! Let's play accessible pass-the-parcel. We'll uncover ways to ensure inclusion and accessibility are not forgotten or overlooked.

Presenter: Emma Pratt Richens, BBC

Bringing Accessibility to the Ember.js Framework

JavaScript frameworks have been notorious for disregarding accessibility. I will discuss how Ember.js is different because of purposeful efforts by its core team.

Presenter: Melanie Sumner, LinkedIn

Digital Accessibility: Making it Scalable

Making a website accessible can be a time-consuming and costly undertaking. Learn how AudioEye leverages technology and subject matter expertise to make this process scalable.

Presenter: Sean Bradley, AudioEye, Inc.

Accessibility in YouTube TV: A Case Study

Learn about how YouTube TV engineering and UX teams collaborated to improve accessibility of the product, and how we incorporated user feedback.

Presenters: Mike Mello, Google
Nadim Raad, Google
Shela Wang, Google
Siyu Song, Google

Eye Gaze Technology in Everyday Life for Individuals with Impairments

This session presents current research on eye gaze technology in daily living for individuals with disabilities and discusses the utilization of research in clinical practice.

Presenters: Helena Hemmingsson, Stockholm University
Maria Borgestig, Örebro University

Evaluating Organizational Readiness for Accessibility

Move towards accessibility maturity by starting where you are and understanding where you can go. TPG shares a framework for building a successful program.

Presenters: Sarah Horton, The Paciello Group
David Sloan, The Paciello Group

The Communication Gap Between Buyers and Sellers of Accessible ICT

"Buying accessible" is becoming ever more challenging. We assess the findings of a survey to identify the principal gaps in communications between buyers and sellers.

Presenters: Helen Chamberlain, Accessibility Strategies
Ken Salaets, Accessibility Strategies

1:20 PM

AAC Access via Two Switch Step Scanning Knowledge and Skill Transfer

This case study explores the experience of a child using AAC with alternative access via two switch step scanning during the initial weeks of school.

Presenters: Samuel Sennott, Portland State
Jessi Gallagher, Portland State University
Russell Javan, Portland State University

CSUN's Master of Science in Assistive Technology Studies & Human Services

This presentation provides a description of CSUN's Master of Science in Assistive Technology Studies & Human Services, including admission requirements, support services, and professional opportunities.

Presenter: S. Victoria Jaque, CSUN ATHS Program

RAVI: Reading Assistant for Visually Impaired

The RAVI project aims towards the development of automated tools for converting inaccessible STEM eBooks into accessible formats such as EPUB.

Presenter: Akashdeep Bansal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Accessibility Training for IT Vendors: A New Model to Reach Accessibility

Accessibility is rarely discussed in curriculums relating to software design and engineering. The UW offers on-site training to enrich companies' knowledge of accessibility.

Presenters: Hadi Rangin, University of Washington
Jeane Marty, University of Washington

Combining Automated Testing Tools with Comprehensive Audits

The best way to kick your accessibility testing process up a notch is to do a comprehensive manual audit paired with automated testing tools.

Presenter: Matt Isner, Deque Systems, Inc.

Building and Maintaining Accessible CMS Platforms and 3rd Party Apps

CMS Platforms and Native Apps are part of education today and must be accessible. See how AudioEye and Finalsite partnered to make this a reality.

Presenters: Sean Bradley, AudioEye, Inc.
Kara Franco, Finalsite

Tactile Graphics: Teacher Perceptions for Students with Visual Impairments

A survey of teachers of students with visual impairments indicated that teachers perceive vision to play a significant role when accessing and understanding graphs.

Presenters: Ashley Nashleanas, Consultant
Shari Butler, Pearson
Jan McSorley, Pearson

Inclusive Customer Interviews: Make it Your Friday Task

Fridays are customer days for Intuit's Accessibility Team. Discover how it influences product development and how to increase your outreach and research.

Presenters: Ted Drake, Intuit
Cheryl Aranha, Intuit

Narrator in Windows – What's New in 2019

Learn about the latest updates to Windows Narrator including Quickstart, improved keyboard layout, other experiences available today and new features not previously announced.

Presenters: Carolina Hernandez, Microsoft Corporation
Doug Geoffray, Microsoft Corporation

Persuading Organizations To Prioritize Accessibility

This talk is about real world advice on how to advocate for accessibility in an organization, such as when they are not fully committed.

Presenter: Colin Fulton, Duo Security

PEATworks.org: Accessibility Staff Training Resources for Employees

Learn about free resources for training staff across your organization in the accessibility skills relevant to their specific roles, from executives to web developers.

Presenters: Josh Christianson, PEAT
Corinne Weible, PEAT

Integrating Local and Remote Meeting Participants

This session will discusses how to ensure full, effective, accessible participation in meetings or broadcast events and support the demands of busy schedules, far-flung attendees, and changing technologies.

Presenters: Jay Wyant, State of Minnesota
Kris Schulze, State of Minnesota

Data Verbalization: Accessible Charts and Diagrams

More options are emerging for making accessible charts and diagrams. This talk will detail the technical background and provide a summary of software options.

Presenter: Doug Schepers, Fizz Studio

A Web of Anxiety: Accessibility for People with Anxiety and Panic Disorders

Examines how UI/UX design can contribute to feelings of anxiety and panic and explores how to improve accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders.

Presenter: David Swallow, The Paciello Group

Multi-Modality for Inclusivity in Digital Interactions

Considering various factors influencing the inclusive design; the outcome will help in effective decision-making for designing multi-modality in digital interfaces.

Presenter: Charudatta Jadhav, Tata Consultancy Services

What's New in Chrome DevTools

In this session, we'll cover new accessibility features in Chrome DevTools and show you how to debug common accessibility issues.

Presenter: Rob Dodson, Google

Do State Policies Increase Public Websites' Accessibility?

Do state policies have an impact on web accessibility? A comparison of three distinct state approaches: a proactive policy, a moderate policy, and no policy.

Presenters: Mark Pope, Dinolytics
George Joeckel, WebAIM

2:20 PM

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic: Experiences of US Students with Disabilities

Details of disability's impact on the lives of college students derived from 17 student interviews. Categories and sample personas inform education stakeholders responsible for inclusion.

Presenter: Michele A. Williams, Pearson

Inter-Professional AT Education Program to Expand Graduate Student Learning

This session explores a creative approach to Inter-Professional Education by providing AT coursework in graduate programs through a year-long pilot program at UMass Amherst.

Presenter: Kelsey Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst

How to Ensure Your Critical User Flows Remain Accessible

Critical user flows is where the majority of accessibility risk resides. Find out how to build testing robots and dashboards to monitor these user flows.

Presenter: Wilco Fiers, Deque Systems

Visual Perception: Interactive Multimedia Game for Psychomotor Development

Interactive multimedia game for psychomotor development of children of basic level, children with learning difficulties, and adults with cerebrovascular sequels.

Presenter: Javier Torres Yañez, Universidad Tecnológica del Norte de Guanajuato

I-Stem: Encouraging Blind Students in India to Learn STEM

Through hands-on activities and technology, I-Stem is helping blind students pursue STEM in India. In this talk, we will discuss our experiences and challenges.

Presenters: Kartik Sawhney, I-Stem
Venkatesh Potluri, I-Stem
Akashdeep Bansal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Overcoming Challenges Developing Accessible Online Learning

Experience through simulation accessible and inaccessible online content to learn how TSBVI has overcome challenges when developing online learning modules for students with visual impairments.

Presenter: Carrie Farraje, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Using Accessibility Clinics to Empower and Educate: A Case Study

Four years of accessibility clinics: how the SAS accessibility team helps the entire company climb the accessibility learning curve.

Presenters: Kerry Trout, SAS Institute
Jesse Sookne, SAS Institute
Ed Summers, SAS Institute

Design Archetypes: A Humanized Approach to Accessibility and Inclusivity

A case study discussing a series of accessibility and inclusive design Archetypes for use during early stages of project development.

Presenters: Elizabeth Linnetz, Primacy
Pat Phalon, Primacy

Closing the Accessible Technology Skills Gap

Organizations are struggling to fill critical jobs because not enough prospects have accessible technology skills. We will review and discuss solutions to this important problem.

Presenters: Josh Christianson, PEAT
Larry Goldberg, Oath
Joiwind Ronen, PEAT

Crafting an Open Source, Inclusive Design System

This presentation will discuss the Carbon Design System, our open source project for designing and building accessible components that work for all.

Presenters: Bo Campbell, IBM Accessibility Research
Anna Gonzales, IBM Hybrid Cloud

Emails: How to Make Ancient HTML Accessible

Learn how to overcome the limitations of "ancient" HTML required by email clients to produce rich, accessible messages for your customers.

Presenters: Stacy Carston Sporie, Nelnet
Rob Kaul, Nelnet

Modular Gesture Interface for People with Severe Motor Dysfunction

We have developed module gesture interfaces to operate PCs for people with sever motor dysfunction who have difficulty operating a standard keyboard and mouse.

Presenter: Ikushi Yoda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

International Web & Mobile Standards Uptake Including Developing Countries

Progress and upcoming goals for international uptake of Web accessibility standards, including China, Europe, and low and middle income countries. Key issues, dialog, input opportunities.

Presenters: Judy Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative at W3C
Shadi Abou-Zahra, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
RuoXi Ran, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C

3:20 PM

Building Empathy: AT&T's Accessibility Awareness Lab

The AT&T Accessibility Awareness Lab is a shippable & guided experience that builds understanding of persons with disabilities who use AT&T's products and services.

Presenter: Crystal Baker, AT&T

Tech Tools for Academic Success: A Student-Focused AT Self-Assessment

The presenter demonstrates a website that she developed at Skyline College that matches students with assistive technologies, discusses its use, and explains the design process.

Presenter: Kim Saccio-Kent, Skyline College

We are Authors! Alternative Approaches to Writing

Everyone can be an author! When provided with a variety of technology tools, students working towards Essential Elements are able to express themselves through writing.

Presenters: Katherine Sween, School District of Janesville
Debra Krausse, School District of Janesville

Accessible Ordering and Matching Assessments from McGraw-Hill Education

Drag-and-drop questions are popular, but often inaccessible. We will describe our process to update Ordering and Matching question type components to be accessible and compliant.

Presenters: Emilie Berglund, McGraw-Hill Education
Lin Mahoney, McGraw-Hill Education

The Importance of Pause, Stop, Hide

A discussion on the importance of Pause, Stop, Hide criterion with the rise of moving features in today's technology for the ADHD community.

Presenter: Shel Little, Wells Fargo Digital Solutions for Business (DS4B)

Custom Rules to Tailor Accessibility Testing for an Enterprise Organization

From certain ARIA issues to custom severity rankings, this session will discuss how Capital One and Deque partnered to customize the testing rule set.

Presenters: Mark Penicook, Capital One
Travis Marasca, Deque

Talking to Engineers About Accessibility

A presentation and workshop on how to effectively talk with software developers about web accessibility and the requirements they have to follow.

Presenter: Colin Fulton, Duo Security

Accessibility Team of Zero: Accessible Products Without a Dedicated Team

How do you make accessibility a priority without a dedicated team? Some tips and tricks from someone who's been there.

Presenter: Melissa Brooks, CollegeSource, Inc

The Intersection of Design and Accessibility

The intersection of design and accessibility intersect inspire lives and innovate design. We'll explore a new perspective to design that will lead to better, more considered, accessible products.

Presenter: Jesse Hausler, Salesforce

Update on the Accessible Canada Act Bill C-81, a Proposed Law

We'll give current public status of the Bill C-81 and will review parts of the Bill that could affect ICT.

Presenter: David MacDonald, CanAdapt Solutions Inc.