Free Web Accessibility Summit

Accessibility Summit: Building the Open Web for Everyone September 30, 2010 9 am to 4:30 pm EST Peeples Auditorium, DHEC, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC

We’ll have online access to this presentation at the Peeples Auditorium.
More information about the Summit is on the SCATP web page. This workshop is free to South Carolinians, sponsored by SCATP and the SC Assistive Technology Advisory Committee. If you have questions about this event, contact Janet Jendron at Janet.Jendron@uscmed.sc.edu.

If you can’t make it to the auditorium, you can purchase an individual or a meeting room ticket at the host web site and access the training at another computer.

http://www.sc.edu/scatp/trainings/accessibilitysummit.html
To register for this workshop:
Option 1: Complete the online registration form (preferred)
Option 2: Fax your registration information to (803)935-5342 or email it to Will.McCain@uscmed.sc.edu. Please include your name, organization, address, email address, and phone number.

Below is the schedule of sessions. More information about speakers is on the SCATP web page, as well as more information about the sessions.

This is a rare opportunity to hear the best speakers on the hot topics!
Plan to be there a bit early so you can register before taking a seat in the auditorium.
9:00 a.m. Christopher Schmitt, author of The CSS Cookbook, presents "Accessibility & HTML5"
10:00 a.m. Aaron Gustafson, Web Standards and JavaScript expert, presents "Progressive Enhancement with ARIA"
11:00 a.m. Jared Smith, Developer and Trainer for WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind), presents "Accessibility & Compatibility"
12:00 p.m. Marla Erwin, Interactive Art Director for Whole Foods, Inc., presents "Accessible CSS"
1:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Glenda Sims, co-author of Interact with Web Standards, presents "Practical Accessibility Testing"
2:30 p.m. Daniel Hubbell, the technical evangelist for Microsoft's Accessibility Business Unit, presents "Future Trends in Accessibility"
3:30 p.m. Derek Featherstone, internationally renowned speaker, author and accessibility expert, presents "Mobile Accessibility"
4:30 p.m. Matt May, co-author of Universal Design, presents "Is Universal Design Still Possible?"
NOTE: For more information and to register online, click on the title above.