[Athen] BROADENING OUR DIGITAL WORLD: Balancing Inclusion & Innovation: April 9, 2019 save the date

[Karlen Communications]

I’ve circulated this and several of us are interested in this public event but cannot attend in person. I went to the website but there is no direct information to contact the organizers to see if this particular event…or the conference itself is available online/streamed.

 

Does anyone have any contact information for this event or know if it will be streamed/accessible/not through Facebook?

 

Cheers, Karen

 

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BROADENING OUR DIGITAL WORLD: Balancing Inclusion & Innovation

The Ethel Louis Armstrong Lecture on Disability Culture

Presented by Eve Hill and Tom Sikora

19 <https://ada.osu.edu/2019-conference> TH Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability

April 9th on the Columbus Campus of The Ohio State University

*Free Public Lecture

Full Conference Registration Open soon 

Whether at school, work or play we are spending time in the digital world.  Websites, APPs and social media are an integral part of our culture; we can all agree that ensuring independent, timely, and seamless access for all members of our digital community is the right thing to do - but how do we get there?  

 Universal Design offers a set of principles for equity but not a blueprint for building our digital world.  Standards, like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), provides landmarks but they are neither a map or an operational plan for getting there.

*         What does access and inclusion mean in the digital world?

*         Why is access important?

*         Is there a business case for digital access?

*         Where do we find the resources for access? 

*         How do we get there?

*         Who is responsible?

 Join Eve Hill, Co-Lead for  <https://inclusivity.consulting/> Inclusivity and  Tom Sikora, Director of Accessibility at  <https://www.workday.com/#menu> Workday, for a dialogue exploring  the meaning and value of digital inclusion as well as the pragmatics of how to move toward that goal.

A moderated discussion and audience questions will identify the parameters for a thoughtful, balanced, sustainable approach; describe the commitment and the resources necessary to ensure seamless access; and begin to answer the question, How do we get there?

This year’s Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture is part of the 2018  COMPAS <https://cehv.osu.edu/technology>  series focusing on Technology.  The serries hopes to promote sustained reflection on the ethical challenges that unify various projects within Ohio State's Discovery Themes Initiative providing a model of informed and constructive discussion that is too often absent from public discourse and that universities are in a unique position to promote.

About our presenters:

Eve Hill <https://www.browngold.com/attorneys/pdfs/eve_hill.pdf> , one of the nation’s leading disability and civil rights attorneys, co-leads Inclusivity. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, where she was responsible for oversight of the Division’s disability rights enforcement and educational civil rights implementation. Her responsibilities included enforcement, regulation, and policy development regarding accessibility requirements for websites and other digital technology; Olmstead community integration requirements in employment and education; and disability rights in education, law enforcement, and health care.

Tom Sikura <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sikora/>  has been the Director of Accessibility for workday since October of 2018.  Previously as the firmwide executive for Digital Accessibility at JPMorgan Chase Co. he implemented solutions for compliance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  A graduate of Ohio University with over 25 years of progressive experience in roles spanning technology, operations and regulatory compliance within the financial services industry Tom is a versatile leader and innovative problem solver. 

*The Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture and student poster reception will be free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund and the support of the Center for Ethics and Human Values <https://cehv.osu.edu/> 

 

 

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