[Athen] AHG 2017: Early-bird Registration Ends in 2 Days

[Howard Kramer]

Dear ATHEN Members (& listserv participants):



*Early-bird Registration* for the 2017 Accessing Higher Ground(AHG)
Conference <http://accessinghigherground.org/> ends after this Thursday
(September 21).



*ATHEN members* receive a $75 discount off registration fees.



*Keynote Speaker:* Michael Schuman, a foreign correspondent who has written
about Asia and the global economy for a wide range of major publications,
including TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and
Forbes magazine. He is also a contributing columnist for Bloomberg View and
frequently writes commentaries for Businessweek magazine.


Mr. Schuman will speak on *Me and my iPad: How Technology Is Helping Me
Beat Blindness.*



*Highlights from this year’s event:*



(titles link to session description)



·       Building a Procurement Process around Accessibility
<http://accessinghigherground.org/building-a-procurement-process-around-accessibility/>,
Kara Zirkle, Miami University

·       Addressing the Challenges of automated accessibility assessment
<http://accessinghigherground.org/addressing-the-challenges-of-automated-accessibility-assessment/>,
Charudatta Jadhav and Sumeet Agrawal, TATA Consultancy Services Ltd.

·       Panel: The Power of Collective Negotiation: How can universities
work together to require accessible vendor products?
<http://accessinghigherground.org/the-power-of-collective-negotiation-how-can-universities-work-together-to-require-accessible-vendor-products/>
Terrill Thompson, University of Washington, et al

·       Lab: Introduction to Online Course Accessibility
<http://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-online-course-accessibility/>,
Joseph Feria-Galicia & Lucy Greco, UC Berkeley, et al

·       Creating a Sustainable Captioning Program at Your Institution
<http://accessinghigherground.org/creating-a-sustainable-captioning-program-at-your-institution/>,
Jane Melander, Minnesota State University Moorhead, et al

·       BYO Device Lab: PDF Train the Trainer: Learn how to teach others to
create accessible PDFs and become an Adobe certified trainer
<http://accessinghigherground.org/pdf-train-the-trainer-learn-how-to-teach-others-to-create-accessible-pdfs-and-become-an-adobe-certified-trainer-2-day-session/>
(2-day workshop), Rob Haverty, Adobe

·       Website Liability Under US Accessibility Laws
<http://accessinghigherground.org/website-liability-under-us-accessibility-laws/>,
Ken Nakata, Cryptzone

·       Braille for College Level STEM Courses
<http://accessinghigherground.org/reflections-on-providing-college-braille-for-stem/>,
Christa Miller, Virginia Tech, et al

·       Documents in the Classroom: A Strategy to Support Accessible Course
Material
<http://accessinghigherground.org/documents-in-the-classroom-a-strategy-to-support-accessible-course-material/>,
Jeff Buhse, University of Manitoba



And over 100 more



View complete agenda
<http://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2017/#cs_2017-11-15>

*Register now* <http://www.cvent.com/d/75q5d7/>


For More Info

Visit Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org

Contact Howard Kramer at email: hkramer at ahead.org

-- 
Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
303-492-8672
cell: 720-351-8668

Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference
<http://accessinghigherground.org/>* in Denver, Colorado,  Nov 13-17, 2017.
Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March.



Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up
of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU!
<http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars>* And the *Technology
Access Series <http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16>*.
Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your
earliest convenience for the largest selection.



Not yet a member of AHEAD?  *We welcome you to join AHEAD now.
<http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member>*
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