September MI UPA meeting: Accessibility Summit Conference

[MiUPA]

Accessibility Summit Online Conference
Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:00am to 5:00pm
At University of Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Join us for a full-day online conference featuring leaders in
accessibility as they share their tips and advice for creating
accessible websites and applications. Learn strategies for:

* universal design
* mobile accessibility
* progressive enhancement with ARIA
* how people with disabilities access the web
* accessibility testing, and more

Thanks to the support and partnership of the University of Michigan
Office of Institutional Equity and an anonymous sponsor, we are able
to host the Accessibility Summit from Environments for Humans [http://
environmentsforhumans.com/2010/accessibility-summit/] at no cost.

When: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:00am to 5:00pm
Where: University of Michigan Union (map: http://bit.ly/cG910C)
Wolverine Room
530 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1308

Registration: Required, register online at http://guestlistapp.com/events/30126
Cost: Free, but you must register
Food: Free breakfast buffet; lunch available for purchase at the Union

Speaker Schedule (tentative)

* Matt May: Is Universal Design Still Possible?
* Derek Featherstone: Mobile Accessibility
* Daniel Hubbell: Future Trends in Accessibility
* Glenda Sims: Practical Accessibiity Testing
* Marla Erwin: Accessible CSS
* Aaron Gustafson: Progressive Enhancement with ARIA
* Jared Smith: Accessibility and Compatibility
* Christopher Schmitt: Accessibility and HTML5

For more details, please visit
http://miupa.org/fresh/accessibility-conference/

Questions? Email events {at} miupa dot org.