Dennis and special guests Jennison Asuncion (@Jennison) and Jared Smith (@jared_w_smith) discuss the upcoming CSUN conference in San Diego, California, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, March 14-19, 2011. The official title and website is: 26th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference.
NOTE: Apologies for the poor quality. (But the content is outstanding!)
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Sponsor:
Project:Possibility is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating open source software that benefits the disabilities community, and educating students on accessibility and universal design concepts. This is accomplished with the SS12 Code for a Cause: an opportunity for students to make a profound difference by developing innovative, empowering projects for persons with disabilities, as well as the chance to work with industry professionals.
Jennison presenting:
- Building IT Accessibility Awareness and Community Using the Barcamp/Unconference Format. Wednesday, 9:20.
- Do We Need to Change the Web Accessibility Game Plan? Panel with John Foliot, Sandi Wassmer, and Jennison. Thursday, 3:10.
Jared presenting:
- HTML5/ARIA pre-conference workshop w/ Steven Faulkner and Hans Hillen of TPG. All day Tuesday.
- Screen Reader Web Accessibility Face-off. Wednesday, 3:10.
- Do We Need to Change the Web Accessibility Game Plan? Panel with John Foliot, Sandi Wassmer, and Jennison. Thursday, 3:10.
- WebAIM’s Screen Reader User Surveys: Data and Trends. Friday, 8am.
- Preview of WAVE 5 on Friday, 10:40.
More info:
- There is a (now annual) CSUN Tweet-up Thursday at 6pm. Lightning talks, food, and fun! (Contact Jared if you want to sponsor.)
- The Twitter hash tag for the event is “#CSUN11”.
- Exhibit Hall-Only entry will be free once again.
- CSUN On Lanyrd
- CSUN11 on LinkedIn
- CSUN11 on Facebook
- Saturday morning: Dennis on a panel of judges (Sat morn) for the SS12 Code-A-Thon finals!
- Register for CSUN11