Registration is open for this year’s AccessU themed, ‘Accessibility: Put People First’ at http://do.knowbility.org/v/accessu-registration/.
The conference will provide practical resources, encouraging participants to explore various aspects of digital inclusion and master the role-based skills involved in launching successful accessibility initiatives.
AccessU is a conference that brings leading experts from around the globe to Austin, Texas to teach t accessible design skills. AccessU promotes universal access to the web, including for people who are blind, have low vision, are deaf or hearing impaired, have mobility impairments or have other kinds of disabilities. The conference was first launched in 2004, and has since then been an annual event conducted by Knowbility with sponsorship and support from St. Edwards University and Deque Systems, and other leading tech companies.
The conference will feature internationally known leaders in accessible design and development, including:
- Accessibility pioneer and superstar Henny Swan (lead editor of BBC Mobile Accessibility Standards and Guidelines and a regular speaker at conferences like SXSW, the World Wide Web Conference, Tec share, Accessibility 2.0, access, Mobile Monday and CSUN),
- The development team from the Web Accessibility Initiative and Education and Outreach working group of the W3C – Shadi Abou-Zahra, Shawn Henry, Kevin White and Eric Eggert.
- User Experience guru, Whitney Quesenbery (author of Storytelling for User Experience and Global UX: Design and research in a connected world)
- Sarah Horton (User Experience Strategy Lead with The Paciello Group and award winning author of the book Web Teaching Guide) among others.
For the full list of speakers and instructors, visit http://do.knowbility.org/v/accessu-course-list/John-Slatin-AccessU/3k/.
Join us May 11th – 12th at St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas and for a post conference workshop May 13th for three days of learning, sharing, exploring, and fun!