<div dir="ltr">  [Please excuse the cross-posts]<div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:14pt">Register by Friday (Sept. 20) for the 10% early-bird discount</span><br></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank" title="https://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">AHG 2024: Accessible Media, Web
& Technology Conference</span></a></p>

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-15, 2024<br>
</span></p>

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Denver City Center, Denver, Colorado</span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues: </p>

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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Early-bird Registration ends on September 20. </b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pricing-2024/#Member_Discounts" style="color:blue"><b>ATHEN & AHEAD members also receive a<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> 10% discount</span></b></a><b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> off registration fees</span></b>.</p>

<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><i>(See the above link for more info and for other discounts) </i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Keynote Speaker</span></b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">: </span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ashley Shew is an associate professor of science, technology,
and society at Virginia Tech and cofounder of the Disability Community
Technology (DisCoTec) center there. She specializes in disability studies and
technology ethics. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Following
up from ideas from her book <i>Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs
Improvement</i>, her keynote talk takes us through the divergence of rhetoric
between typical news coverage about addressing problems related to disability
and what The Cyborg Jillian Weise calls “Cyborg Concerns.”</span></p>

<h2 style="margin:24pt 0in 12pt;break-after:avoid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(36,64,97);font-style:italic">Highlights from this year’s event: </h2>

<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(Titles link to session descriptions)  </p>

<h2 style="margin:24pt 0in 12pt;break-after:avoid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(36,64,97);font-style:italic">Pre-Conference</h2>

<h3 style="margin:0in 0.5in 6pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;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-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,68);font-weight:normal"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/1-day-accessibility-testing-workshop-2024-update/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,221);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">1-day Accessibility Testing
Workshop (2024 update)</span></a>, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Karl Groves, Chief Innovation Officer, Level
Access</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></h3>

<p class="gmail-speaker1" style="margin:0in 0.5in 6pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;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;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-office-365-word-powerpoint-and-excel/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel</a>, George Joeckel, Online Training Program Manager,
Utah State University / WebAIM, (1-day Certificate)</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>

<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;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-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,68);font-weight:normal"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/alternate-format-hands-on-intensive-how-to-create-effective-alternate-format/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,221);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Alternate Format Hands-On
Intensive: How to Create Effective Alternate Format</span></a>, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Susan
Kelmer, Alternate Format Production Program Manager, University of Colorado
Boulder (2-day lab)</span></h3>

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<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Main
Conference</span></h3>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:auto;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-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/advancing-accessibility-by-fostering-collaboration/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,221);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Advancing Accessibility by
Fostering Collaboration</span></a>, Mike Williamson, Assistant Director,
University of Colorado Boulder</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/ocrs-year-in-review-2024/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">OCR’s Year In Review (2024)</a>, Mary Lou Mobley,
National Disability Expert, U.S. Dept. of Education<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/using-epub-to-retire-the-pdf/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Using EPUB to Retire the PDF</span></a>,
Darrin Evans, North Carolina Community College System<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/best-practices-in-designing-instructional-presentations-for-diverse-learners/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Best Practices in Designing
Instructional Presentations for Diverse Learners</span></a>, Joseph
Feria-Galicia, Accessibility Team Lead, UC Berkeley <span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:avoid;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-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/exploring-the-potential-of-ai-in-enhancing-accessibility/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Exploring the Potential of AI
in Enhancing Accessibility</span></a>, Lucy Greco, Accessibility Evangelist, University of
California, Berkeley</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:avoid;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-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/our-journey-to-creating-an-accessible-procurement-process/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,221);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Our Journey to Creating an
Accessible Procurement Process</span></a>, Jen Bethmann, Web Accessibility
Coordinator, Illinois State University</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 0.5in;break-after:avoid;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-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/6-things-screen-readers-catch-that-your-document-accessibility-checker-cant/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,221);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">6 Things Screen Readers Catch
that Your Document Accessibility Checker Can’t</span></a>, Dax Castro,
Accessible Document Specialist, Chax Training and Consulting</p>

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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">And over 80 more </p>

<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p>

<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2024/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">View complete agenda</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> or </span><a href="https://cvent.me/3kYN37" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">register now</span><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">.</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></p>

<h2 style="margin:24pt 0in 12pt;break-after:avoid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(36,64,97);font-style:italic">More Information </h2>

<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, 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 email below. </p>

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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail: <a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org">hkramer@ahead.org</a> </p>

<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;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></div></div><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>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/2023-post-conference-resources/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">2023 Accessing Higher Ground Conference</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/2024-spring-webinars" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Spring 2024 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>