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IT Accessibility 2001 Conference Program
NIST Gaithersburg Campus
Administration Building (101)
Red Auditorium
Conference Agenda:
Last Updated: May 20, 2001
Tuesday, May 22: Morning
7:30 Registration, Red Auditorium
8:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30 Karen Brown,
Acting Director, NIST
8:40 William Mehuron,
Director, ITL
NIST
8:50 Session 1: Opening Session
Session Chair: Leslie Collica, IAD, NIST
8:50 Gregg Vanderheiden
Director, Trace R&D Center,
University of Wisconsin
Universal Access: Tomorrow's Dream vs. Today's Reality
9:30 Janina Sajka
Director, Technology Research and Development
Governmental Relations Group
American Foundation for the Blind
Revisioning Value in Accessible technology: How to Think out of the box When You Can't Even Find the Box You're In
10:00 Rex Lint
Consultant
Information Technology Association of America
TBA
10:30 Morning Break
11:00 Session 2: Section 508
Session Chair: Sharon Laskowski, NIST
11:00 Mary Lou Mobley
Attorney Advisor
Department of Justice
Section 508 - History and Law
11:30 David Baquis
Accessibility Specialist
U.S. Access Board
Access Board's Standards
12:00 Terry Weaver
Director, Center for IT Accommodation
GSA
Current Federal IT Accessibility Initiative Activities
12:30 Joe Tozzi
Director, Assistive Technology Program
Department of Education
Section 508 - Appropriation Approval
1:00 Lunch
Tuesday, May 22: Afternoon
2:00 Session 3: Industry Perspective
Session Chair: Shirley Smits (ITAA)
2:00 Marney Beard
Manager, Accessibility Program Office
Sun Microsystems
Built In vs. Bolted On: Some Thoughts on Accessibility
2:30 Madelyn Bryant McIntyre
Director of Accessibility Product Team
Microsoft
Evolving Accessibility: Keeping Pace with Changing Expectations
3:00 John Godfrey
Senior Director, Technology Policy
Information Technology Industry Council
TBA
3:30 Coffee Break
4:00 Session 4: Education/Technical Resources
Session Chair: Martin Herman, IAD, NIST
4:00 Larry Goldberg
Director, National Center for Accessible
Media (NCAM)
Media: Now and the Future
4:30 Tom Wlodkowski
Project Manager
National Center for Accessible Media
Access to DTV and Convergent Media
5:00 John Goldthwaithe
Research Scientist
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center
Training and Technical Assistance Resources for Accessible Design
5:30 - 7:00 Evening Reception & Exhibits: (at NIST)
Red Auditorium Foyer, Administration Bldg.
Wednesday, May 23: Morning
7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 Session 5: Opening Session
Session Chair: Martin Herman, IAD, NIST
8:15 Jim Fruchterman
President & CEO
The Benetech Initative
"I Have a Dream about Software"
8:45 Dr. Diane Cordry Golden
Director
Missouri Assistive Technology
and
Deborah V. Buck
NYS Office of Technology
New York State Capitol
IT Access in State and Local Government
9:15 George Kerscher
Senior Officer, Accessible Information
DAISY Consortium
Digital Talking Books and ePublishing,Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
9:45 Session 6: Industry Perspective
Session Chair: Shirley Smits, ITAA
9:45 Connie Myers
Accessibility Manager
Oracle Corporation
Oracle's Accessibility Program
10:15 Paul Snayd
Program Director
Corporate Accessibility Center
A Strategy for Global Accessibility
10:45 Morning Break
11:15 Session 6: Industry Perspective (continued)
11:15 Kate Walser
Senior Technologies
American Management Systems Inc.
and
Jennifer Burrowes
Senior Business Consultant
American Management Systems, Inc.
Accessibility: An Industry Case Study
11:45 Ruth Shapiro
Senior Internet Technology
DynCorp eBusiness
and
Catherine D. Gaddy
Senior Human Factors Expert
Human Factors International
National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke A Case Study on Web Site Accessibility
12:15 Jim Fruchterman
President & CEO
The Benetech Initative
The Business Case for Adaptive Technology
12:45 Jim Tobias
President
Inclusive Technologies
Organizational and Market challenges in Mainstream and Assistive Technology Industries
1:15 Lunch
2:15 Session 7: Research
Session Chair: Sharon Laskowski, NIST
2:15 Gregg Vanderheiden
Director
Trace R&D Center
Underlying Access Principles an Strategies to Address Access Today and Tomorrow
2:30 Sheela Sethuraman
Senior Instructional Technology Designer
CAST
Universal Design: Perspectives, Products, Practices
3:00 Carol Cohen
Program Manager
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
and
Bill Peterson
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Accessibility Initiatives at the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Dept. of Education
3:25 Jim Tobias
President
Inclusive Technologies
Industry Consortium on Disability Statistics and Market Research
3:45 Afternoon Break
4:15 Session 8: Policies, Standards, & Guidelines
Session Chair: John Roberts, NIST
4:15 Karen Peltz-Strauss
Deputy Bureau Chief
Consumer Information Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Ensuring Information Technology Access for People with Disabilities
4:45 Mike Paciello
Founder/CTO
WebABLE
Web Accessibility - WAIng the User Standard
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