The Accessbility Conference - Solutions for Inclusion - May 28-29, 2013 - University of Guelph

The Guelph Accessibility Conference

News

May 17, 2013

Conference Full!

The 2013 Accessibility Conference Full! and conference registration is closed.

The Workshops are open and space is available in "Creating More Accessible Documents" and "Doing Responsive Right" Visit the workshop registration form.

May 16, 2013

Project Re•Vision

Join Carla Rice and Dawn Matheson who will screen six short films indicative of the fierce ways women with disabilities and differences talk back to cultural expectations of disability by creating their own representations. Wednesday at 11:00 - Visit to the session description.

May 8, 2013

Workshop on Doing Responsive Right

Join Derek Featherstone on Monday, May 27 for a full day workshop on Doing Responsive Right: Accessibility Lessons from the Field. Learn tools and techniques to create responsive designs. Download the workshop description.

May 2, 2013

Workshop on Creating Accessible Word Documents

Join Karen McCall on Monday, May 27 for a full day workshop on Creating More Accessible Microsoft Word Documents

New Session: Assistive Technologist & Transcriptionist Open Discussion Forum (Wednesday at 8:45 am)

Welcome to AccessAbility Advantage, a new exhibitor at the conference this year.

April 23, 2013

Welcome Ontario Public Service!

OPS staff will be joining the conference this year! Sessions are posted under Sessions 2013. The schedule is in progress and will be posted by the end of April.

OPS staff can register with the OPS registration form - register now!

Welcome to the Bronze Sponsor Canadialog! new to the conference this year.

April 22, 2013

More Sessions posted

Visit Sessions 2013 to view the session titles, presenters and descriptions. New sessions include:

  • Rethinking Realtime Captioning as an Interactive Environment for Access and Learning, with Charles Silverman and Steve Hockema
  • A DIY Approach to Video Description for Classroom Accommodation with Charles Silverman
  • If you are planning to attend Overcoming Obstacles to Accessible Videos with Ann Ludbrook and Diane Michaud, complete the following survey to give the presenters an idea of your experience with attempts to make videos more accessible - open survey 

Welcome to Tactile Vision for their continued sponsoring of the conference!

Registration is open - visit the registration page.

March 28, 2013

Sessions posted

Visit Sessions 2013 to view the session titles, presenters and descriptions. The schedule will be posted at the end of April.

Thanks to Accessibil-IT for sponsoring the conference again this year!

Registration is open - visit the registration page.

March 6, 2013

Registration is Open

The online registration forms are posted.

Sessions will be posted near the end of March as presenters are confirmed.

Proceedings

The Accessibility Conference posts one or two sessions each year. If there's a topic of interest, visit the 2012 speaker's session descriptions in the past proceedings. Many of the speakers have included contact information and information links.

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Sponsors

Accessible Media Inc

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is a not-for-profit multimedia organization operating two broadcast services, AMI-audio and AMI-tv.

Accessibil-it

The leader in Accessible PDF and electronic document accessibility solutions is proud to continue to support the Accessibility Conference at the University of Guelph.

Silver Sponsors

Inclusive Media

AODA Info&Comm Consulting and Training, Innovation in Captioning, Description Real Time Remote Captioning, Web Accessibility Audits

Red Car Service

Airport Shuttle and Custom Tours

Bronze Sponsors

RKD Web Studios

RKD Web Studios - We create Web experiences that people love! Websites, applications, hosting, SEO, Adwords, Social Media, Video

Tactile Vision Inc

Tactile Vision Inc. provides the services of Braille Translation of Documents and production of Tactile Representations of Graphics.

Canadialog

Canadialog is a sales and support organization which provides assistive technology to the low vision and blind community.

Exhibitors

Cecitech

CECITECH is a leading company in assistive technology that is dedicated to offering products and services that allow equal access to individuals with visual or learning disabilities.

CHS

A society where people are respected; have full access to communication; and are able to participate without social, economic or emotional barriers.

Frontier Computing

 

Accessibility Action

AccessAbility Advantage is a one-stop-shop supporting organizations with accessible design for built environments, and compliance across all AODA Standards.

Microcomputer Science Centre Inc.

Humanware

HumanWare is the global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled and provides products to people who are blind, low vision and with learning disabilities.

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For More Information

Email: info@OpenEd.uoguelph.ca
Phone: 519-767-5000
Fax: 519-767-1114
Web: www.OpenEd.uoguelph.ca

Open Learning and Educational Support
160 Johnston Hall
University of Guelph
Guelph ON N1G 2W1



In-kind contributions provided by the departments serving on the Accessibility Conference Planning Committee:

Library Accessibility Services Human Rights and Equity Office
Open Learning and Educational Support Centre for Students with Disabilities