<div dir="ltr"><div><b style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible
Media, Web & Technology Conference – November 11 – 15, 2024</b><br></div><div>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: April 30</p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Besides 1 and 2-hr main conference sessions, we are also looking
for 3-hr or 6-hr pre-conference proposals. (6-hr pre-con speakers receive a
waiver of conference fees. </span><a href="mailto:ahg@ahead.org" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(50,113,107)">Contact the conference organizer</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> for
more details).</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">The following range of topics, for the pre- or main conference, are of particular interest:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Braille/Blindness</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Library
Collaborations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Professional
Development</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Assistive
Technology </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Universal
Design for Learning</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Artificial
Intelligence</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 66pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(64,63,66)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(64,63,66)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)">Captioning</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="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-proposal-form/" 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-info/" 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">Discounts:</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><span style="font-size:7pt"> </span>Out of state speakers receive a 10% discount on registration</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><span style="font-size:7pt"> </span>ATHEN and AHEAD members receive an additional 10% discount</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><span style="font-size:7pt"> </span>Pre-con speakers receive 50% discount for 3-hr sessions and 100%
waiver for full-day workshops</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-2023/#cs_2023-11-08" 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:ahg1@ahead.org">ahg1@ahead.org</a> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Conference URL:<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">http://accessinghigherground.org/</span></a></p></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>AHG Conference Director<div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);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="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);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" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements</a>.<u></u></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);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="color:rgb(34,34,34);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" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Spring 2023 webinars</a>. <u></u></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);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="color:rgb(34,34,34);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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>