IT Accessibility Review
Volume 1, Number 6
Special Events
NCIL Conference
The National Council on Independent Living will hold their 2005 annual conference in Washington, D.C. from July 11-14.
For additional information or to register, visit their website at:
www.ncil.org.
First European SignWriting Symposium 2005, July 21-22, 2005
For information:
http://signwriting.org/symposium/2005/
Kennedy Center´s Accessibility Conference to be Held in Phoenix
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts´ LEAD conference leaves Washington D.C. and heads west to Arizona. The 2005 conference will be held at The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and Mesa Arts Center on September 29th through October 1st, 2005. Accessibility in the arts focuses on making the arts (theater, museums, etc.) better able to be enjoyed by people with hearing loss, sight or vision impairment and issues of mobility.
For more information, contact Eileen Bagnall at ARTability at (602) 757-8118 or (520) 631-6253.
2005 USBLN Annual Conference
The U.S. Business Leadership Network´s annual conference is scheduled for November 1-3, 2005 in Pittsburgh, PA, and is hosted by the PABLN Chapter.
Details will be posted at:
http://www.usbln.com/events/index.htm
8th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference
Disability Services at the University of Colorado at Boulder presents: 8th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference
November 8 - 11, 2005
Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of Assistive Technology in the university and college setting for sensory, physical and learning disabilities. Other topics include legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance, and making campus media and information resources-- including Web pages and library resources-- accessible.
Also, this year the Conference offers a special business track featuring accessibility workshops for commercial media designers.
For conference registration and general information, please visit:
www.colorado.edu/ATconference
IDEAS 2005 Conference
When:
Sept. 28-29, 2005
Where:
Washington Convention Center, Hall D
Washington, D.C.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ideas508.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Custom.Content&MenuID=1000
eAccessibility Conference
When:
21 October 2005
Where:
Landmark Hotel
Marylebone, London
Details are posted at:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/
publicwebsite/public_eaccessconference.hcsp
