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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Accessing Higher Ground 2019, the official conference of ATHEN, and presented by AHEAD, is accepting first round proposals for its 22<sup>nd</sup><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span>Annual
Conference in<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in">AHG focuses on:</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">accessible
media</span></p>
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universal
Design</span></p>
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">best
practices for web & media development</span></p>
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">accessible
curriculum</span></p>
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">alternate
format</span></p>
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7.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">teaching
about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere)</span></p>
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">evidence-based
research</span></p>
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">other
topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" target="_blank">online
speaker proposal form</a></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">to
submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-information/" target="_blank">AHG
website</a></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">.</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Out of state speakers receive a 10% discount on registration</span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">ATHEN and AHEAD members receive an additional discount</span></li></ul>
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View</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: blue; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2018/#cs_2018-11-15" target="_blank">last
year’s sessions</a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>Howard<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>Kramer<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>at<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>303-492-8672<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>or
at the<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>email<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span>below.</span><br style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">e-mail: ahg@ahead.org</span><br style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Conference URL:<span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: blue; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank">http://accessinghigherground.org/</a></span></span><br style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">*If needed, a second round RFP will be announced shortly after the April 19 deadline. Note: first round proposals are given priority and there is no guaranty
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