[Athen] accessibility unconferences

[Jennison Mark Asuncion]

Hello,

Thought I'd let folks know that there is a bit of a movement afoot, mainly
on Twitter, to look at holding accessibility unconferences. The purpose
here is to bring together members of the developer community, along with
other IT folks, usability professionals, end-users with disabilities,
accessibility pros, and others to share and learn about accessibility in
an nonthreatening, informal environment. What's more, these events are
free, and there's typically a lunch involved.

What's an unconference? I'm libel to confuse more than anything else, so
I'll point folks to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference as a point
of reference. You can find three blog posts on Accessibility Camp DC held
last October, which is serving as one model here
http://www.accessibilitycampdc.org/slides.shtml

At the minute, a date has been chosen for an accessibility unconference in
Boston, May 15, venue TBA. Others are actively looking at events in
Seattle and London (UK). There will be a 2nd Accessibility camp DC this
fall. Toronto and Ottawa are also in "feeler" stage, and I've heard
whispers elsewhere.

If you are: interested in keeping up-to-date on these unconferences, want
to get involved with helping organize one of the existing events mentioned
above, and/or if you are interested in looking at organizing one in your
city, feel free to e-mail me off-list.

Thanks,
Jennison


Jennison Mark Asuncion
Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network www.adaptech.org
LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/jennison