AccessU 2020 Schedule

9:30 am
to 10:00 am
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: All

  Conference Registration, Welcome and Room Dedication to Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt Room

  
  

10:00 am
to 10:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: Design/UX

  Efficient & Effective Design: Conserving Cognitive Energy Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Glenda Sims
  

11:00 am
to 11:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Commonly Seen Accessibility Errors Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Becky Gibson
  

12:00 pm
to 12:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: All

  A Video Tribute to Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt Room

  
  

12:15 pm
to 1:30 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: All

  Break Christopher Schmitt Room

  
  

1:30 pm
to 2:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: Business/Content

  Choosing the Best Audio Description Format for Your Video Content Christopher Schmitt Room

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

2:30 pm
to 3:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Accessibility and Security Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Nicolas Steenhout
  

3:30 pm
to 4:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: Business/Content

  How to Change the Culture of Developing Digital Products: Taking the GAAD Pledge Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Joe Devon
  

4:45 pm
to 5:00 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: All

  A Video Tribute to Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt Room

  
  

5:00 pm
to 6:00 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 13

• Track: All

  Happy Hour

  
  

8:00 am
to 8:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Respecting User Preferences On The Web Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Eric Eggert
  

9:00 am
to 9:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Web Accessibility Testing with a11yTools for Safari and iOS Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Paul Adam
  

10:00 am
to 10:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Business/Content

  Project Management for Digital Accessibility Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Emily Lewis
  

11:00 am
to 11:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Screen Readers and CSS: Going Out of Style (And Into Content) Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: John Northup
  

12:00 pm
to 1:30 pm
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: All

  Break Christopher Schmitt Room

  
  

1:30 pm
to 2:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Business/Content

  The 2020 AccessU Digital Accessibility Legal Update Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Lainey Feingold
  

2:30 pm
to 3:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Design/UX

  Accessible Design Systems Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Caryn Pagel & Nathan Weber
  

3:30 pm
to 4:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Thu, May 14

• Track: Design/UX

  The Past, Present, and Future of Web Accessibility – Lessons Learned from WebAIM Million Christopher Schmitt Room

  taught by: Jared Smith
  

8:30 am
to 9:30 am
(🕒 CDT) Tue, May 19

• 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: Business/Content

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

  taught by: James Green
  

• Track: Design/UX

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

  taught by: Elisa Miller
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

  HTML Accessibility Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Becky Gibson
  

9:45 am
to 10:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Tue, May 19

• Track: Business/Content

  Impact of Digital Document Accessibility Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Ian Smith
  

• Track: Business/Content

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

  taught by: Rob Carr
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

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

  taught by: Shadi Abou-Zahra
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

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

  taught by: Lyssa Prince
  

11:00 am
to 12:00 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, May 19

• Track: Education & Gaming

  Designing Accessible Games Ana Sisnett Room sponsored by Pearson

  taught by: Steven Lambert
  

• 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
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

  Creating Accessible Tables Christopher Schmitt Room sponsored by Monkee-Boy

  taught by: Jim Allan
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

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

  taught by: Megan Zlock
  

12:00 pm
to 1:30 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, May 19

• Track: Keynote

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

  taught by: Jamie Knight
  

1:30 pm
to 3:45 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, 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
  

1:30 pm
to 2:30 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, 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
  

2:45 pm
to 3:45 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, 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 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, 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: Business/Content

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

  taught by: Sumner Davenport
  

• 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: Coding & Testing

  Writing Accessible JavaScript Jim Thatcher Room sponsored by Tenon.io

  taught by: Steven Lambert
  

5:15 pm
to 6:15 pm
(🕒 CDT) Tue, May 19

• Track: All

  Virtual Game Night John Slatin Room sponsored by WebAim

  
  

8:30 am
to 9:30 am
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 20

• Track: Education & Gaming

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

  taught by: Teal Ashby
  

• 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: 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
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

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

  taught by: Paul Adam
  

9:45 am
to 10:45 am
(🕒 CDT) Wed, 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: Business/Content

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

  taught by: Mary Jo Mueller
  

• 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: Coding & Testing

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

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

11:00 am
to 12:00 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 20

• Track: Education & Gaming

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

  taught by: Betsy Furler
  

• Track: Business/Content

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

  taught by: Aidan Tierney
  

• Track: Design/UX

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

  taught by: Eric Eggert
  

• 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
  

12:00 pm
to 1:30 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 20

• Track: Keynote

  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 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 20

• 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
  

• Track: Business/Content

  Accessibility in an Agile Methodology Bill Cahill Room sponsored by codemantra

  taught by: Helen Burge
  

• 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: 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
  

2:45 pm
to 3:45 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 20

• 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: Business/Content

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

  taught by: Meryl Evans
  

• Track: Design/UX

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

  taught by: Robert O’Connell
  

• Track: Business/Content

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

  taught by: Jon Gibbins
  

4:00 pm
to 5:00 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, 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: 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
  

• Track: Coding & Testing

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

  taught by: Gerard Cohen
  

5:00 pm
to 5:30 pm
(🕒 CDT) Wed, May 20

• Track: All

  Closing Ceremony John Slatin Room sponsored by WebAim