[Nfbnet-members-list] Agenda now available! NFB eBooks and EPUB Accessibility Seminar - Thursday, March 23, 2017
Van Gerven, Clara
CVanGerven at nfb.org
Wed Mar 15 02:45:29 UTC 2017
NFB eBooks and EPUB Accessibility
Thursday, March 23, 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
200 E. Wells Street,
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
If you are interested in learning more about
making any type of publication accessible, or in
learning about the changes to the now-ubiquitous
EPUB format for eBooks, time is running out to
sign up for the upcoming eBooks and EPUB
Accessibility Seminar. Registration will close
Friday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. The
full agenda is now available and listed below:
Agenda
Plenary sessions
* 8:00 a.m.: Welcome Mark Riccobono,
President, National Federation of the Blind
(virtual), Anil Lewis, Executive Director of the
Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind
* 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Ushering in the Born
Accessible Era George Kerscher (International
Digital Publishing Forum, DAISY Consortium)
* 9:30-10:00 a.m.: Break
* 10:00-11:00 a.m.: Accessibility Its
Never Been Easier to Achieve and Never More
Important Bill Kasdorf (Apex CoVantage)
* 11:00 a.m.-noon: Toward a Born Accessible World Brad Turner (Benetech)
* Noon-1:30 p.m.: Lunch
Creation track
* 1:30-2:30 p.m.: End to End Accessibility:
From Creation to the User, and in Between. An
Update on What Is Possible Rick Johnson (VitalSource)
* 2:30-2:45 p.m.: Break
* 2:45-3:45 p.m.: Content Beyond Text: Making
Images Accessible Sue Ann Ma (Benetech)
* 3:45-4:00 p.m.: Break
* 4:00-5:00 p.m.: EPUB Conversion for Higher
Ed. Students: Tips, Challenges, and What Works
Lora-Beth Allan (AMAC Accessibility Solutions & Research Center)
Management track
* 1:30-2:30 p.m.: The Path to EPUB: AAP's
Role in Publisher Policy and Practice Allan
Adler (Association of American Publishers)
* 2:30-2:45 p.m.: Break
* 2:45-3:45 p.m.: Choosing a Reading System:
Your Silent Partner in Accessibility Amy Mason
(National Federation of the Blind)
* 3:45-4:00 p.m.: Break
* 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Challenges 2.0 Jonathan
Thurston (Pearson Higher Education)
Registration
To ensure you do not miss this unique opportunity
to interface with many of the leading experts in
the field,
<https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6882&qid=1701695>register
now! Registration is $100 (regular registration),
and $25 (student registration with valid student ID).
Further Information
For further information please visit the
<https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6883&qid=1701695>NFB
EPUB event page , or contact Clara Van Gerven at
<mailto:cvangerven at nfb.org>cvangerven at nfb.org, or
Ryan Pugh at <mailto:rpugh at nfb.org>rpugh at nfb.org.
This event will be hosted under the auspices of
the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Center
of Excellence in Nonvisual Access to Education,
Public Information, and Commerce (CENA), with
financial support through the Non-Visual
Accessibility Initiative grant from the State of
Maryland. The CENA serves to share the
considerable knowledge that the NFB and its
partners have of web accessibility and access
technology in order to bring about greater
accessibility in government, education, and
business; to promote best practices nationally;
and to build Marylands status as leader in the field.
The National Federation of the Blind knows that
blindness is not the characteristic that defines
you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low
expectations create obstacles between blind
people and our dreams. You can live the life you
want; blindness is not what holds you back.
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
United States
(410) 659-9314
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