<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Dear ATHEN Member:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Early-bird Registration for the 2019 Accessing Higher Ground (AHG) Conference is now open and available until September 25.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pricing/#Member_Discounts">ATHEN & AHEAD</a> members also receive a <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pricing/#Member_Discounts" style="color:blue">10% discount off registration fees</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Keynote Speaker: Wanda Diaz Merced, PhD, Astronomer and Computer Scientist</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Not familiar with Dr. Merced, <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/wanda_diaz_merced_how_a_blind_astronomer_found_a_way_to_hear_the_stars/discussion" style="color:blue">watch her Ted Talk</a> or read her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_D%C3%ADaz-Merced" style="color:blue">biography on Wikipedia</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Highlights from this year’s event:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(titles link to session description) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pdf-accessibility-train-the-trainer/" style="color:blue">PDF Accessibility – Train-the-Trainer</a></span>, Rob Haverty, Senior Program Manager, Accessibility, Adobe</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/managing-accessibility-testing/" style="color:blue">Managing Accessibility Testing</a></span>, Gian Wild, AccessibilityOz</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/wagging-the-dog-secret-macro-replace-tricks-and-tips-in-alternate-format-production/" style="color:blue">Wagging the Dog: Secret Macro/Replace Tricks and Tips In Alternate Format Production</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Susan Kelmer, CU- Boulder, & Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas CC</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-word-powerpoint/">Create Accessible Documents in Word & PowerPoint(WebAIM Certificate)</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, George Joeckel, Web Accessibility Specialist, Utah State University / WebAIM</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/understanding-the-aria-authoring-practices-and-screen-readers/">Understanding the ARIA Authoring Practices and Screen Readers</a></span>, Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline">Creating an <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/creating-an-inclusive-library-environment/" style="color:blue">Inclusive</a> Library Environment</span>, Stephanie Robbins, Assistive Technology Coordinator, University of Colorado Denver, et al.</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/institutional-roadblocks-to-accessibility-a-collaborative-session-on-how-to-overcome-organizational-resistance/">Institutional Roadblocks to Accessibility: A collaborative session on how to overcome organizational resistance</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Howard Fooksman & Dean Brusnighan, Purdue University</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/website-liability-under-us-accessibility-laws-3/" style="color:blue">Website Liability Under US Accessibility Laws</a></span></span>, Ken Nakata & Jeffrey Singleton, Cxytera</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">And over 80 more</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">View </span><u><span style="color:rgb(0,112,147);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2019/#cs_2019-11-20" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,147)">complete agenda</span></a></span></u><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> or </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/9yq1hh" target="_blank" style="color:blue">register now<span style="border:none;font-weight:normal"><span style="border:none">.</span></span></a></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><h2 style="margin:3pt 0in 6pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(36,64,97);font-weight:normal">More Information</h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, contact<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Howard<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Kramer<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>303-492-8672<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>or at the email below.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail: <a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org">hkramer@ahead.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Conference URL:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:blue">http://accessinghigherground.org/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Regards,</div><div>Howard</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Regards,</div><div>Howard</div><div><br></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 Westminster, Colorado,  <span><span>Nov 18-22, 2019</span></span>.  Request for proposals will be announced mid-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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>