<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference –
November 6 – 10, 2023</b></span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: April 19</p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Accessing Higher Ground, the<b> official conference of ATHEN</b>, and presented by
AHEAD, is accepting first round proposals for its 26<sup>th</sup><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>Annual Conference in<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>Denver, Colorado.<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">*</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <span style="font-size:14pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">AHG focuses on:</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>accessible
media<br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Universal
Design<br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">best
practices for web & media development<br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">accessible
curriculum<br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">alternate
format<br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">teaching
about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere)<br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">evidence-based
research<br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">other
topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments</span><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Use the<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">online speaker proposal form</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>to submit your
proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-information/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">AHG website</span></a>.</p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:14pt">Discounts:</span><br></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Out of state speakers receive a 10% discount on
registration<br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt">ATHEN and AHEAD members receive an additional
discount</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">View<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2022/#cs_2022-11-16" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">last year’s sessions</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of
topics. </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>Howard<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>Kramer<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>at<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>720-351-8668<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>or at the<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>email<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span>below.</p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail: <a href="mailto:ahg@ahead.org">ahg@ahead.org</a><br><span style="font-size:14pt">Conference URL:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:14pt;color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">http://accessinghigherground.org/</span></a><br></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,</div><div>Howard</div><div><br></div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</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">Sign up to access the recordings from the </span></font><b style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/2022-post-conference-resources/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">2022 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></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><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 AHEAD's full line-up of <a href="https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2023-spring-webinars" target="_blank">Spring 2023 webinars</a>. <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>