<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear ATHEN Members (& listserv participants):<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Early-bird Registration</b> for the <a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/">2017 Accessing Higher Ground(AHG) Conference</a> ends after this Thursday (September 21). <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ATHEN members</b> receive a $75 discount off registration fees.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Keynote
Speaker:</b> 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. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mr. Schuman will speak on <i>Me and my iPad: How Technology Is Helping Me
Beat Blindness.</i><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Highlights from this year’s event:</b><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">(titles link to session description) <span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/building-a-procurement-process-around-accessibility/">Building
a Procurement Process around Accessibility</a>, Kara Zirkle, Miami University<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/addressing-the-challenges-of-automated-accessibility-assessment/">Addressing
the Challenges of automated accessibility assessment</a>, Charudatta Jadhav and
Sumeet Agrawal, TATA Consultancy Services Ltd.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span>Panel: <a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/the-power-of-collective-negotiation-how-can-universities-work-together-to-require-accessible-vendor-products/">The
Power of Collective Negotiation: How can universities work together to require
accessible vendor products?</a> Terrill Thompson, University of Washington, et
al<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span>Lab: <a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-online-course-accessibility/">Introduction
to Online Course Accessibility</a>, Joseph Feria-Galicia & Lucy Greco, UC
Berkeley, et al<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/creating-a-sustainable-captioning-program-at-your-institution/">Creating
a Sustainable Captioning Program at Your Institution</a>, Jane Melander,
Minnesota State University Moorhead, et al<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span>BYO
Device Lab: <a href="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/">PDF
Train the Trainer: Learn how to teach others to create accessible PDFs and
become an Adobe certified trainer</a> (2-day workshop), Rob Haverty, Adobe<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/website-liability-under-us-accessibility-laws/">Website
Liability Under US Accessibility Laws</a>, Ken Nakata, Cryptzone<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/reflections-on-providing-college-braille-for-stem/">Braille
for College Level STEM Courses</a>, Christa Miller, Virginia Tech, et al<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/documents-in-the-classroom-a-strategy-to-support-accessible-course-material/">Documents
in the Classroom: A Strategy to Support Accessible Course Material</a>, Jeff Buhse,
University of Manitoba<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">And over 100 more<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">View <a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2017/#cs_2017-11-15" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,147);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">complete agenda</span></a> <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/75q5d7/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,112,147);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Register now</span></b></a><span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Visit Conference
URL: </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://accessinghigherground.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact
Howard Kramer at email: </span><a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">hkramer@ahead.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Join us for the <b><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Accessing Higher Ground</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Conference</span></a></b> in Denver, Colorado,  <span><span>Nov 13-17, 2017</span></span>.  Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March.<u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, <b><i><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">AHEADtoYOU!</span></a></i></b><i> </i>And the <b><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Technology Access Series</span></a></b>.  Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Not yet a member of AHEAD?  <b><a href="http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">We welcome you to join AHEAD now.</span></a></b></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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