Schedule of Classes

9:00 AM
to 4:00 PMMon, May 11

• Track: AI & Emerging Technologies

  AI-Assisted Accessible Development: Building Workflows That Require Your Judgment Trustee 117

  taught by: Kelsey Ruger

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  The thing experienced accessibility practitioners are quietly worried about isn't that AI will replace their judgment. It's that AI will make their judgment invisible. When the tools generate confident-looking, WCAG-adjacent markup that still fails real users, the gap between knowing and not knowing becomes much harder to see. This workshop builds both the domain knowledge and the AI workflow together, so the expertise is encoded in how you work, not just what you know. Session Detail for AI-Assisted Accessible Development: Building Workflows That Require Your Judgment

• Track: Development

  Digging into Accessibility and Visualization: Basics and Beyond Trustee 112

  taught by: Frank Elavsky

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  Ever wondered how to design data visualizations with accessibility in mind? Ever wondered how to evaluate data visualizations for inaccessibility? This workshop might be for you! Session Detail for Digging into Accessibility and Visualization: Basics and Beyond

• Track: Development

  Simplifying Mobile Accessibility Trustee 113

  taught by: Mark Steadman

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  Mobile accessibility can be a very difficult space to navigate. Let's make it easier to dive right in! From common terms, breakdown of application accessibility, and building up accessibility on mobile development teams, this session will help build the foundation to ensure your mobile applications are accessible. Session Detail for Simplifying Mobile Accessibility

• Track: Policy & Strategy

  The Born-Accessible Lifecycle: Digital Publishing for Title II Accessibility Trustee 118

  taught by: Christine Foushi & co-presented by: Rachel Comerford, Darrin Evans

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  This six-hour workshop provides a comprehensive, hands-on class in the "born accessible" publishing lifecycle, moving from foundational source content to advanced digital remediation. Participants will begin by mastering the nuances of alt-text creation and structural document design in Microsoft Word before transitioning into the technical "how-to" of converting those files into high-performance EPUBs using free, industry-standard tools. The afternoon session deep-dives into the "I have an … Session Detail for The Born-Accessible Lifecycle: Digital Publishing for Title II Accessibility

• Track: Design & User Experience

  Usability Testing with People with Disabilities Trustee 215

  taught by: Kate Walser, Jayne Schurick

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  How can something technically be accessible but really unusable? It's a riddle best solved by observing how your users actually use your product with their preferred settings and assistive tools. Session Detail for Usability Testing with People with Disabilities

6:00 PM
to 7:00 PMMon, May 11

• Track: Special Session, Advocacy

  Keynote: Lucy Greco Ragsdale 322 (Ikard)

  taught by: Lucy Greco

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  Lucy Greco has been working on digital accessibility for over 40 years and has seen how much technology can change the lives of people with disabilities. As a blind woman, technology has had a profound effect on her life. Lucy will share stories about how technology has changed her life and the lives of others around her. She will also examine where she sees technology going and what needs to happen to ensure that people with disabilities can not only use technology but thrive because of it. Session Detail For Keynote: Lucy Greco

1:00 PM
to 2:00 PMTue, May 12

• Track: Special Session, AI & Emerging Technologies

  Keynote: AI on Our Terms: Shaping AI to Avoid the Pitfalls and Harness the Benefits Hyatt Regency

  taught by: Jutta Treviranus, Bill Curtis-Davidson

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  How can we shape and use a tool that was built to favor the average to benefit people who are far from average?  What are the risks we should minimize? How can our organizations implement responsible AI? What is the latest guidance? Bill Curtis-Davidson and Jutta Treviranus will present their complementary but different perspectives on AI and accessibility. Session Detail For Keynote: AI on Our Terms: Shaping AI to Avoid the Pitfalls and Harness the Benefits

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

• Track: Special Session, Documents & Templates

  Keynote: The 2026 AccessU Legal Update Hyatt Regency

  taught by: Eve Hill

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  Digital accessibility is a civil right for people with disabilities. Join nationally-renowned disability rights attorney Eve Hill as she provides background on the legal landscape and share recent developments, trends, and upcoming activities in the digital accessibility legal space. Session Detail for Keynote: The 2026 AccessU Legal Update