2017 AHEAD Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference

Conference schedule and locations - final room locations coming soon

Wed., Nov. 15	Track A: location TBA	Wed., Nov. 15	Track B: location TBA
10:00 - 11:15 am	Tips and Tricks for Accessible PDFs	10:00 - 11:00 am	Low-cost, system-wide web accessibility evaluations
		11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Intro to Audio Description
1:15 am - 2:15 pm	Comparing WCAG 2.0 to PDF/UA: Understanding the Standards and Mitigating Risk	1:15 - 2:15 pm	A training program for simple manual evaluation of websites and the use of automated testing tools - a blended approach

4:15 - 6:30 pm	Audio Description in Higher Education	4:15 - 5:15 pm	Extreme Accessibility
		5:30 - 6:30 pm	Ally: Accessibility training, and remediation, and tracking. Oh my!

Thurs., Nov. 16	Track A: location TBA	Thurs., Nov. 16	Track B: location TBA
10:00 am - 12:15 pm	The Power of Collective Negotiation: How can universities work together to require accessible vendor products?	10:00 - 11:00 am	Teaching the creation of accessible educational materials through an e-learning course
		11:15 am -12:15 pm	Balanced Automated Scanning, Manual Testing and Assistive Technology for Successful Website Accessibility Testing
4:15 - 7:00 pm	What's new in Acrobat	4:15 - 5:15 pm	Developing Faculty who are Accessibility Champions
		6:00 - 7:00 pm	How much accessibility testing do I really need to do?
9:15 - 10:30 pm	Keynote: Me and my iPad: How Technology is Helping Me Beat Blindness

Friday, Nov. 17	Track A: location TBA	Friday, Nov. 17	Track B: location TBA
11:15 am -12:15 pm	Section 508 Refresh	11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Taking the "Alt" out of Alternate Media: Converting instructional materials into accessible formats for all students
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Advancing the Accessibility Profession in Higher Education	12:30 - 1:30 pm	The Question Still Remains: How Do I Know You Know Accessibility?
1:45 - 2:45 pm	ePUB versus PDF: ePUB is the new standard for accessible ebooks	1:45 - 2:45 pm	It Takes a Village: Utilizing People, Systems, and Technology to Scale Online Course Accessibility