Web Accessibility Conference 2008

Accessibility Conference

Conference Agenda

  • 8:00-8:30am: Breakfast and Registration Banquet Room

  • 8:30-9:15am: Welcome Banquet Room
    Keynote Speaker: Jenifer Simpson, Senior Director, Telecommunications and Technology Policy Initiative
    for The American Association of People with Disabilities

  • 9:30-10:45am: First Breakout Sessions
    • CSS Basics - Jim Doran East Meeting Room
    • Roles and Responsibilities in the World of Web Accessibility - Kara Zirkle Banquet Room
    • Creating Accessible Online Learning - Yianna Vovides West Meeting Room

  • 10:45-11:00am: Break

  • 11:00am-12:15pm:Second Breakout Sessions
    • Building a Case for Web Accessibility: Legal Requirements - Gerard St. Ours West Meeting Room
    • Testing for Accessibility (Testing Strategies) - Sandra Clark Banquet Room
    • Web Content Management and Accessibility Compliance - Francis Swift East Meeting Room
    • Accessibility testing Lab - NFB Representative Dining Room

  • 12:15-1:30pm Pick-up Lunch* Banquet Room
    Lunch Speaker: Drew Diskin, Director, E-Strategy & Web Services, Marketing and Communications, Johns Hopkins Medicine. Presentation Title: "HopkinsMedicine.org - Where we are going and how Web Accessibility will help get us there."
    *Lunch is proudly sponsored by Internet Strategy & Web Services of Marketing & Communications, Johns Hopkins Medicine.

  • 1:45-3:00pm:Third Breakout Sessions
    • Writing for Accessible PDFs - Sandra Clark East Meeting Room
    • Video and Multimedia: Supporting Different Needs and Platforms - Vicki Leon Banquet Room
    • Accessibility Testing Lab - NFB Representative Dining Room

  • 3:00-3:30pm:Wrap-up, Evaluations, Meet the Speakers