The National Federation of the Blind and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program present the Web Accessibility Training Day

September 19th, 2011

 

 

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute and Maryland Technology Assistance Program are delighted to present the second Web Accessibility training day. On September 19th we will offer a day-long, in-depth look at how accessible Web content that complies with federal and state regulations is created. We will have a variety of general topic sessions, with afternoon breakout sessions on policy and technical topics:

• The business case for accessibility 
• How to evaluate and implement accessibility 
• Mobile accessibility 
• Easy accessibility fixes
• 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 opportunity to learn more about their services

 Materials from the Web Accessibility Training Day are now available!

Agenda:

General Sessions:

8 a.m: Introductory Remarks
• Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
• Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind
• Introduction of the program by Anne Blackfield, Director of the Maryland Technology Assistance Program
8:30 – 9:25 a.m.: The Business Case for Accessibility – Shawn Lawton Henry (W3C); Stephanie Cupp Weeks and JoAnna Hunt (Blackboard)
9:40 – 10:35 a.m.: Evaluating Accessibility – Shawn Lawton Henry (W3C); Jonas Klink (eBay)
10:50 – 11:45 a.m.: The Implications of Mobile Accessibility – Paul Lloyd (USDA Target Center)
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 pm: Lunch Break and Exhibits

Afternoon Sessions (Policy):

1:15 – 2:10 p.m.: Best Practices in IT Accessibility from Federal Government and Higher Education – Jonathan Lazar (Towson University)
2:35 – 3:30 p.m.: Reviewing Section 508 – David Baquis (U.S. AccessBoard)
3:45 – 4:40 p.m.: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in Accessibility – Charles Brown (American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults)

Afternoon Sessions (Technical):

1:15 – 2:10 p.m.: PDF and LiveCycle Accessibility – Greg Pisocky (Adobe)
2:35 – 3:30 p.m.: Javascript: Meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 –  James Nurthen (Oracle)
3:45 – 4:40 p.m.: Making Web Applications Accessible Through jQueryUI – Chris Blouch (AOL)

Closing Remarks: Anne Taylor, Director of Access Technology – National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

Confirmed exhibitors:

USDA TARGET Center
HiSoftware
Knowbility
Department of Defense Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
Deque Systems Inc.
Odellus Corporation
SSB BART Group

Registration:

Registrations are now closed

If you require accomodations, please contact Clara Van Gerven 410-659-9314 ext. 2410 or at cvangerven@nfb.org.

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 September 9th, 2011.

 

 

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

We would like to thank the State of Maryland Department of Information Technology for its generous support.