The National Federation of the Blind and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program

present

the Web Accessibility Day

September 22nd, 2009

 

 

Thank you for attending the Web Accessibility Training Day!

New: Resource materials are now available for download. 

Message from Governor Martin O'Malley

The Maryland Technology Assistance Program and the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute team up on September 22nd to present a day-long, in-depth look at how to create accessible web content that complies with Federal and State regulations.  The conference will feature:

• Training in how to use web evaluation tools
• Creating accessible PDF's (portable document format)
• How to liven up your website with graphical content and make it accessible
• Side-by-side evaluations of web content creation and evaluation tools so participants can decide what works best for them
• Opportunities to network with developers, vendors, web accessibility consultants and experts in non-visual access technology
• Exhibitors will present their products during session breaks, and participants will have to oppotunity to learn more about their services

Our keynote speaker will be Shawn Lawton Henry, Outreach Coordinator for the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Agenda:

• 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.: Introductory Remarks
  • Anne Taylor, Director of Access Technology, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
  • Mark Riccobono, Executive Director of the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
  • Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind: Intellectual Property Begins with Intellect
  • Video message from Governor Martin O’Malley
  • Keynote introduction by Michael Bullis, Director of the Maryland Technology Assistance Program
• 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.: Keynote: Real World Web Accessibility: What it means for developers, for people with disabilities, for all: Shawn Lawton Henry, Web Accessibility Initiative Outreach Coordinator – W3C  
• 9:20 a.m.-10:10 a.m.: DHTML (JavaScript, Ajax, ARIA, Web 2.0): Thomas Wlodkowski and Chris Blouch – AOL
• 10:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Break
• 10:30 am-11:20 a.m.: PDF Tagging and Accessibility: the Access Technology Team, Jack Madigan – Nuance Communications Inc., Jeff Howcroft – NetCentric Technologies, Greg Pisocky – Adobe Systems Inc. 
• 11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.: Media Applications – Including Flash: Greg Pisocky – Adobe Systems Inc.
• 12:10 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.: Web Authoring Packages–Activating Accessibility Features and Using Them: Peter Wallack – Oracle, Greg Pisocky – Adobe Systems Inc.
• 2:20 pm-3:20 pm: Web Accessibility Validation Tools: Shawn Lawton Henry; Deque Systems Inc. and SSB BART Group
• 3:20 pm-4:10 pm: Exhibitor networking 
• 4:10 pm-5:00 pm: Captioning Solutions and Audio Description: Geoff Freed – CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media 
• Closing remarks: Anne Taylor, Director of Access Technology – National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
   

Confirmed exhibitors:

• Browse Aloud 
• Deque Systems Inc. 
• NetCentric Technologies 
• Nuance Communications Inc. 
• SSB BART Group 
• Knowbility 
• Oracle 
• USDA Target Center 
• VoiceCorp
• Serotek (Accessible Event)

We hope you can join us for this exciting event! The training will take place at:
National Center for the Blind
200 East Wells Street
      at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230

Registrations must be submitted by August 31st, 2009. Registration is now closed.

Support for the Web Accessibility Training Day is provided by the State of Maryland Department of Information Technology.

 

For further information please contact Clara Van Gerven at 410-659-9314 ext. 2410 or at cvangerven@nfb.org.