Accessibility Presentations & Industry Articles

Festival of Accessibility May 21 2021

The Future of A11Y

https://accessibility-festival.vfairs.com/en/#agenda

Deque’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day ‘After Party’ May 21, 2021

Featuring guest speaker Lainey Feinlgold and moderated by Jennison Asuncion (GAAD co-founder) and Jonathan Thurston, Head of Accessibility at Atlassian.

https://accessibility.deque.com/gaad-2020-after-party-panel-of-experts

BISG Thought Leader Series April 2019

Let's Make Things Easier: Simplicity Through Partnership

https://bisg.org/news/447587/Lets-Make-Things-Easier-Simplicity-Through-Partnership.htm

CSUN 2019

Accessibility Initiatives and Commitments from Major Higher Ed Publishers https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2019/sessions/index.php/public/presentations/view/1038

Accessing Higher Ground Conference 2018

More Accessible Than You Realize: What the Big 5 publishers Provide

https://bit.ly/2lXsoYl

AHEAD Conference 2018

Puzzled or Frustrated by Accessible Procurement? How to Get Results Through Smart Policies and Savvy Partnerships with Publishers and Other Vendors

https://bit.ly/2kfNi4y

IMS Learning Impact 2018

Accessibilities’ Ariadne's Thread: Solving the Labyrinth for Accessible Course Materials

https://bit.ly/2jX5hfT

BISG: Voices Of Accessibility

Amnet Thought Leader Series 11/3/18

https://amnet-systems.com/voices-accessibility-jonathan-thurston/

BISG: The Future of Publishing Accessibility Partnerships in Higher Education Adoption https://bisg.org/news/425494/Accessibility-Partnerships-in-Higher-Education-Adoption.htm

Book Business "How Accessible Content Can Unlock New & Diverse Audiences" Webinar https://www.bookbusinessmag.com/webinar/accessible-content-can-unlock-new-diverse-audiences/

CSUN 2017

An Accessible Textbook Ecosystem in a Time of Improving Requirements http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2017/sessions/index.php/public/presentations/view/72

National Federation for the Blind eBooks and EPUB Accessibility: Seminar in Baltimore 3/6/2017 http://www.daisy.org/news-archive?page=1

IMS Global Accessibility Key Principles For Digital eText Materials (EPUB)

https://www.imsglobal.org/accessibility-key-principles

DAM New York 2017 Accessibility

DAM and Metadata: Opportunities and Challenges in the Pursuit of Equality

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Jonathan Thurston outlines the benefits of implementing Accessibility Metadata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwzO1XDFbHA

PSP 2017 Accessibility – The Publishers Speak!

https://psp2017conf.com/pre-conference/

atLIVEedu- Kurzweil Education Webinar Why ePUB 3 is the Gold Standard for Accessibility

https://bit.ly/2kpqZt5

Accessing Higher Ground 2016

Vendor Tips on Accessible Procurement

https://accessinghigherground.org/vendor-tips-on-accessible-procurement/

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Be A Power Player at the Procurement Table! Tips from the Vendor's Chair

http://accessinghigherground.org/power-player-procurement-table-tips-vendors-chair/

AHEAD Conference 2016

Industry and Higher Ed: Partnering to drive accessibility in technology products used on campus

https://www.ahead.org/conferences/2016/concurrent

Accessibility Executive Breakfast at Carnegie Hall, New York 6/9/16

"Embracing the Change"

http://accessibility2016.com/agenda-2/