<div dir="ltr"><span name="PersonName"><span name="Sn"><span name="GivenName"><span name="stockticker">(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 closer 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><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">Proposal Deadline: April 20</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The official conference of ATHEN</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></p><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^rd Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.*</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">*(The conference has moved to the Sheraton Denver Downtown - join us at our new venue) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">AHG focuses on:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>accessible media</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>Universal Design</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>best practices for web & media development</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>accessible curriculum</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>alternate format</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>evidence-based research</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="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>other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments</p><p style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Use the <span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">online speaker proposal form</a></span> to submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the <span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-information/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">AHG website</a></span>.</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">View <span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2019/#cs_2019-11-20" target="_blank" style="color:blue">last year’s sessions</a></span> to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics.</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">If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 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:ahg@ahead.org" target="_blank">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 style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">http://accessinghigherground.org/</a></span></p></span></span></span></span></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 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 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