<div dir="ltr"><p class=""><span style="color:black">David</span><span style="color:black"> Sloan</span><span style="color:black">, along with over 40 other experts on accessibility and
curriculum access in higher education will speak at this year’s Accessing
Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference, in Westminster, CO.</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Dr.</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"> Sloan</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">, Principal User Experience
Engineer with The Paciello Group, will speak on <em>Teaching Universal Design - the Dundee
Approach</em>.</span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Before joining TPG in May
2013, David spent over 10 years as
project lead of the Digital Media Access Group, an accessibility and research
consultancy unit based at the University
of Dundee in Scotland. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/keynote2013.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">More about David Sloan</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </span></p>
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<h1>Other Session Highlights </h1>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">(titles link to session description) </span></b></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=954&vday=Monday" title="Workshop Desciption"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mobile Accessibility Update</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">, Kathy
Wahlbin, Interactive Accessibility<b></b></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=1158&vday=Monday" title="Workshop Description"><span style="font-size:12pt">Processing Publisher PDFs: How to
Go from PDF to E-text to Audio</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">,
Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU </span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=899&vday=Tuesday" title="Workshop Description"><span style="font-size:12pt">Accessible eBooks Using Adobe
InDesign</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">, Ken
Petri & Cynthia Gray,
Ohio State University </span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=844&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid" title="Workshop Description"><span style="font-size:12pt">Remote CART and VRI: What We
Learned On the Road to Success</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">,
Dean Brusnighan, Purdue University </span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=834&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid" title="Workshop Description"><span style="font-size:12pt">Usability and Accessibility CSS
Gotchas</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">, Dennis Lembree,
PayPal </span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=896&vday=Wednesday&vdis=grid" title="Workshop Description"><span style="font-size:12pt">IBM’s WCAG 2.0 web-costing model -
an assessment and planning tool for organizations moving to WCAG compliance</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">, Dan Shire, IBM
Canada</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)"> </span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(0,0,144)">·<span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/show1prop4grid2013.php?vpropid=898&vday=Thursday&vdis=grid" title="Workshop Description"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seeking a Unified Reading
Environment for All Print Disabilities in iOS</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,144)">, Kevin
Price, University
of Illinois at Chicago </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,144)"></span></h2>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black">View </span><a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/mproc.aspx?m=78eb15a0-166c-4c2f-8fd1-f1fe187595ca&u=http%3a%2f%2faccessinghigherground.org%2fwp%2fwednesday-grid-schedule2013%2f&l=complete+agenda" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">complete agenda</span></a><span style="color:black"> (over 60 topics & sessions related to AT,
accessibility & Universal Design) </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">Early Registration
Discount Ends</span><span class=""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">September 6</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Conference fees rise 10 to
12% (depending on package) on <span class="">September 7</span>.</span><span class=""><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></span><a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/kcqy75/4W" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Register
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