Full Schedule

9:30 AM
to 10:00 AMWed, May 13

• Track: General

  Conference Registration, Welcome and Room Dedication to Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

10:00 AM
to 10:45 AMWed, May 13

• Track: Design/UX

  Efficient & Effective Design: Conserving Cognitive Energy Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Glenda Sims

11:00 AM
to 11:45 AMWed, May 13

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Commonly Seen Accessibility Errors Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Becky Gibson

12:00 PM
to 12:15 PMWed, May 13

• Track: General

  A Video Tribute to Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

12:15 PM
to 1:30 PMWed, May 13

• Track: General

  Lunch Break Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

1:00 PM
to 2:15 PMWed, May 13

• Track: Business/Content

  Choosing the Best Audio Description Format for Your Video Content Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Celia Huges
  co-presented by: April Sullivan

2:30 PM
to 3:15 PMWed, May 13

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Accessibility and Security Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Nicholas Steenhout

3:30 PM
to 4:15 PMWed, May 13

• Track: Business/Content

  How to Change the Culture of Developing Digital Products: Taking the GAAD Pledge Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Joe Devon

4:45 PM
to 5:00 PMWed, May 13

• Track: General

  A Video Tribute to Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PMWed, May 13

• Track: General

  Happy Hour Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

8:00 AM
to 8:45 AMThu, May 14

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Respecting User Preferences On The Web Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Eric Eggert

9:00 AM
to 9:45 AMThu, May 14

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Web Accessibility Testing with a11yTools for Safari and iOS Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Paul Adam

10:00 AM
to 10:45 AMThu, May 14

• Track: Business/Content

  Project Management for Digital Accessibility Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Emily Lewis

11:00 AM
to 11:45 AMThu, May 14

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Screen Readers and CSS: Going Out of Style (And Into Content) Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: John Northup

12:00 PM
to 1:30 PMThu, May 14

• Track: General

  Lunch Break Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

1:30 PM
to 2:15 PMThu, May 14

• Track: Business/Content

  The 2020 AccessU Digital Accessibility Legal Update Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Lainey Feingold

2:30 PM
to 3:15 PMThu, May 14

• Track: Design/UX

  Accessible Design Systems Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Caryn Pagel, Nathan Weber

3:30 PM
to 4:15 PMThu, May 14

• Track: Design/UX

  The Past, Present, and Future of Web Accessibility – Lessons Learned from WebAIM Million Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Jared Smith

8:30 AM
to 9:30 AMTue, May 19

• Track: Business/Content

  Add Accessibility to Your Process the Easy-ish Way Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: James Green

• Track: Coding & Testing

  HTML Accessibility Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Becky Gibson

• Track: Business/Content

  PDF Rescue: Practical Tips for Busy Professionals Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Marc Thorson
  co-presented by: Stacy Carston Sporie, Rob Kaul

• Track: Design/UX

  Plain Language: Increasing The Accessibility Of Your Content Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Elisa Miller

9:45 AM
to 10:45 AMTue, May 19

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Accessibility Testing Practices for Web Components and Patterns Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Lyssa Prince

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Better Tooling with ACT Rules Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Shadi Abou-Zahra

• Track: Business/Content

  Ethics, Economics And (In-)Action: Accessibility In Procurement And Use Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Rob Carr

• Track: Business/Content

  Impact of Digital Document Accessibility Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Ian Smith

11:00 AM
to 12:00 PMTue, May 19

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Creating Accessible Tables Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Jim Allan

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Designing Accessible Games Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Steven Lambert

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Enhance Your Accessibility With ARIA Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Megan Zlock

• Track: Business/Content

  Section 508 and WCAG 2.1+ — Key Things You Need To Know! Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Bruce Bailey

12:00 PM
to 1:30 PMTue, May 19

• Track: General

  Lunch & Keynote by Jamie Knight John Slatin Room sponsored by WebAIM

  taught by: Jamie Knight

1:30 PM
to 2:30 PMTue, May 19

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Engaging Students with Disabilities with the Xbox Adaptive Controller Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Bryce Johnson

• Track: Business/Content

  Implementing Accessibility Strategically Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Jeff Kline

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Patterns For Improving Accessible Quality Through Automated Tools In Development Environments Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Thomas Brunet
  co-presented by: Charu Pandhi

1:30 PM
to 3:45 PMTue, May 19

• Track: Design/UX

  Planning And Creating Usability Tests For Those With Disabilities Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Elisa Miller

2:45 PM
to 3:45 PMTue, May 19

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Accessible eLearning? It’s Easy if you Do It Smart Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Valerie Bergloff
  co-presented by: Kathy Keller

• Track: Business/Content

  Introducing ARRM: A Framework To Fight Accessibility Apathy Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Denis Boudreau
  co-presented by: Lewis Phillips

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Surviving Dev Frameworks: Lessons Learned With Drupal, Wordpress, jQuery, And More Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Kate Walser

4:00 PM
to 5:00 PMTue, May 19

• Track: Education & Gaming

  No Controls, No Screen, No Problem: Using Voice & Gesture To Interact With Learning Tools Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Kelly Lancaster
  co-presented by: Damien Brockmann

• Track: Design/UX

  Novel Ways To Influence Design For Inclusive Solutions Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Charu Pandhi
  co-presented by: Hope Turner

• Track: Business/Content

  Remediating A WordPress Site For Accessibility Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Sumner Davenport

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Writing Accessible JavaScript Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Steven Lambert

5:15 PM
to 6:15 PMTue, May 19

• Track: General

  Virtual Game Night John Slatin Room sponsored by WebAIM

8:30 AM
to 9:30 AMWed, May 20

• Track: Business/Content

  Easy Accessibility: Using Microsoft Word Templates To Save Time And Effort Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Carmen Matthews

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Game Building: What Is The Frame? How Is The Signal? Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Teal Ashby

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Mobile Web Accessibility With VoiceOver And TalkBack Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Paul Adam

• Track: Design/UX

  Unmasking Forms: Finding Balance Between Accessibility And Security Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Richard Steinberg
  co-presented by: Tori Clark

9:45 AM
to 10:45 AMWed, May 20

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Accessibility in Microsoft Office 365 + Windows 10 Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Casey Salinas, Greg Stevens

• Track: Design/UX

  Considering The Deaf Perspective In Inclusive Design Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Brent Shiver
  co-presented by: Jenna King

• Track: Business/Content

  Quality Accessibility Conformance Reports Using The VPAT Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Mary Jo Mueller

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Testing And Reporting To Support Development Teams Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Michael Moore
  co-presented by: Krishna Vemuganti

11:00 AM
to 12:00 PMWed, May 20

• Track: Coding & Testing

  A Developer’s Guide to Getting Started in Accessibility: How to Find Resources, Avoid Pitfalls, and Do Good Work Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Alicia Evans

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Cognitive Accessibility: What? Why? And How? Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Betsy Furler

• Track: Design/UX

  Connecting the Accessibility Dots Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Eric Eggert

• Track: Business/Content

  Setting Up & Scaling Up an Accessibility Program Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Aidan Tierney

12:00 PM
to 1:30 PMWed, May 20

• Track: General

  Lunch & Keynote by Chancey Fleet: De-visualizing Technology: the Joys and Frictions of Blindness in the Digital Commons John Slatin Room sponsored by WebAIM

  taught by: Chancey Fleet

1:30 PM
to 2:30 PMWed, May 20

• Track: Design/UX

  A Case Study in Designing a (Mostly) Accessible eCommerce Website Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Karen Hawkins

• Track: Business/Content

  Accessibility in an Agile Methodology Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Helen Burge

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Data Visualization and Accessibility on the Web Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Frank Elavsky
  co-presented by: Imranali Khaja

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Teaching Students the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation: A Free Totally Accessible Online Approach Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Susan Osterhaus
  co-presented by: Sara Larkin

2:45 PM
to 3:45 PMWed, May 20

• Track: Business/Content

  No Autocraptions Allowed: Why and How to Caption Videos Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Meryl Evans

• Track: Business/Content

  Accessibility on Social Media Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Jon Gibbins

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Student Benefits And Teaching Resources For Including Accessibility/Inclusive Design Topics In University Courses Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Howard Kramer

• Track: Design/UX

  The Rhetoric of Universal Interaction Design Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Robert O’Connell

4:00 PM
to 5:00 PMWed, May 20

• Track: Education & Gaming

  #AllKidsCanLearn: Assistive Technology Trends In K-12 Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Carye Edelman
  co-presented by: Shira Goldberg, NeCol Roager

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Essential for Some, Helpful for All: Accessibility in the Context of Universal Design for Learning Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Luis Pérez

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Importance Of Semantics (For Designers and Developers) Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Gerard Cohen

• Track: Design/UX

  Strategies To Make Accessibility Conversations A Priority In The Design Process Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Beth Dolliver
  co-presented by: Julianna Perkins, Ashley Menefee

5:00 PM
to 5:30 PMWed, May 20

• Track: General

  Closing Ceremony John Slatin Room sponsored by WebAIM