September 3, 2020 · Seminar
Inclusive Design

Accessibility is only one component of an overall Inclusive Design approach. Learn how to connect the dots between different disciplines of Inclusive Design, including accessibility. Define requirements and safeguards to ensure inclusion for all. Web Accessibility Expert Eric Eggert explains the big picture on Thursday, September 3, 2020, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM (CT).

September 3, 2020 · 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM CT

Demystifying Inclusive Design

Learn how to make Inclusive Design an ongoing concern and integrate it into your daily routines. Find resources and building blocks that guide you through effectively ensuring inclusive design patterns. We look closely at accessibility and where it intersects with other disciplines of Digital Inclusion.

There is no “magic wand” that you can wave to make inclusion happen. It’s about steadily increasing awareness.

The workshop will be interactive and contain stretches of Q&A conversation.

Workshop Takeaways

The importance and benefits of an all-encompassing inclusive design philosophy.
How people with disabilities can access digital and non-digital spaces and what interactions they expect.
Understand how working with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.x can lead to best practices results.
Enable users to use your products in a way that works for them.

Pricing

Standard: $149
Academic: $99
Group Pricing: $119 (Discounted tickets for groups of 5 or more)

Who should attend?

Everyone who is interested in building out an inclusive mindset.
People working within accessibility or adjacent fields who want to understand how their work fits into the overall structure.

Prerequisites

No specific prerequisites.

About Inclusive Design

Inclusive design can be applied to any product or service and intentionally does not group people together. Instead, inclusive design considers the full range of human diversity regarding ability, race, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of human difference and how to serve the diverse individuals that will be using the product or service.

Inclusive design describes a process of welcoming all people from different and intersectional backgrounds to use your products and services in ways that are meaningful to them, while including diverse individuals throughout the research and design process.

Accessibility is one piece of inclusive design, but it doesn’t consider many of the areas that inclusive design does (culture, identity, different perspectives). Designs created through an inclusive design process should be accessible by nature, as people with different abilities are considered as part of the design process.

About the Instructor

Eric Eggert

While studying Media Informatics at the University of Vienna, Austria, Eric Eggert, discovered his passion for accessibility. He has since become an internationally recognized expert in accessibility and inclusive design.

Since then, he won the German accessibility award BIENE with a group of likeminded volunteers in 2010, worked with the W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative on educational materials for teaching web accessibility in better ways, and started to teach a lecture about “Accessibility & Multi-Screen Design” at FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria.

After moving back to Germany in 2011 he founded a web design and accessibility consultancy called “outline”.

With Knowbility he is responsible for leading the tech team, setting the standards for audits and making sure that clients get practical advice that allows them to make their websites and applications more accessible.

When he’s not thinking about accessibility, he enjoys listening to podcasts, watching Doctor Who, or playing pool.

Inclusive Design Seminar Schedule · Thursday, September 3, 2020

Start time is at 9:30 AM CT, San Francisco — 7:30 AM, New York — 10:30 AM, London — 3:30 PM, Berlin — 4:30 PM.

Detailed schedule coming soon.

After Registration

Once registered, an order confirmation arrives in your email. A few moments later after you have registered, the person assigned the ticket receives an event details email that includes, among other things:

A calendar invite to add the event to your calendar
Shortly before the conference, a unique link to join the event on the day of the conference

Also, as the event draws near, ticket holders will receive email reminders, so they don’t miss a thing!

On the day of the online event, enjoy and learn! Don’t worry if you can’t make it at the scheduled time. In one to two weeks after the event, you will be notified that recordings have been posted so you can review and share with your team.

Have any questions?

Feel free to contact us if there’s anything else you’d like to know.