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(I am sure everyone is preoccupied with other matters but I hope you will consider submitting a proposal for </span></span></span></span><div><span name="PersonName"><span name="Sn"><span name="GivenName"><span name="stockticker">AHG 2020 and meet us in Denver in November when hopefully, things will be back to normal)<p 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"><span style="font-size:24pt">Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible
Media, Web </span></p><p 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"><span style="font-size:24pt">& Technology Conference – November 16 – 20, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: April 20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Accessing Higher Ground 2020 is now accepting proposals for
its 23<sup>rd</sup><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Annual
Conference in<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Denver, Colorado.*</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space">*(The conference has moved to the Sheraton Denver Downtown - join us at our new venue) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">AHG<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>focuses on:</p>
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</span></span>accessible media</p>
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</span></span>Universal Design</p>
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</span></span>best practices for web & media development </p>
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</span></span>accessible curriculum</p>
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</span></span>alternate format </p>
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</span></span>teaching about accessibility and UD in
university curriculum (and elsewhere)</p>
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</span></span>evidence-based research</p>
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</span></span>other topics related to accessibility in higher
education and other environments </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Use the <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" style="color:blue">online speaker
proposal form</a></span> to submit your proposal. Additional speaker
information can be found on the <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-information/" style="color:blue">AHG website</a></span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">View <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2019/#cs_2019-11-20" style="color:blue">last
year’s sessions</a></span> to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of
topics.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about proposal submission, 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail: <a href="mailto:ahg@ahead.org">ahg@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><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p></span></span></span></span><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 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 color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Join us for the </span></font><b style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><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><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel</span><span style="font-size:11pt">, Colorado, </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>Nov 16-20, 2020</span></span><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">. Request for proposals will open up in early March. <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List" target="_blank">Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements</a>.<u></u></span></font></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 <a href="https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars" target="_blank">Spring 2020 webinars</a>. 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></div></div></div></div></div>