Design + Accessibility Summit
Day 1: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific - Accessibility 101 - Enid Brown
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific - The Power of Inclusion - Susan Parker
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific - Writing with Accessibility in Mind - Sheri Byrne-Haber
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific - Lunch and Informal Meetup
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific - Screen Readers: Design and Testing Fundamentals - Dax Castro
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific - Alt Text: Fundamentals + Workflow - Caroline Desrosiers
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Pacific - Getting Creative with Accessible Color - Colleen Gratzer
Day 2: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific - Foundations of Accessible Type - Carie Fisher
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific - Where It All Starts: Creating Accessible Word Docs - Shawn Jordison
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific - InDesign Accessibility: First Steps - Chad Chelius
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific - Lunch and Informal Meetup
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific - InDesign Accessibility: Next Steps - Chad Chelius
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific - Walking the Tags Tree - Dax Castro
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Pacific - Document Tune-Up: PDF Remediation - Chad Chelius
Day 3: Thursday, November 16, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific - Accessible Infographics: More Than Alt Text - Dax Castro
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific - Building Accessible Tables - Dax Castro
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific - Creating Accessible Forms: You Can Do It! - Chad Chelius
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific - Lunch and Informal Meetup
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific - Accessible Social Media - Emily Lucht
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific - Bringing Media to Life with Captions, Transcripts, and Descriptive Audio - Robert Smelser
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Pacific - AI + Accessibility: Imagining What’s Possible - Caroline Desrosiers
Day 4: Friday, November 17, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific - Accessible PowerPoint?! A Look at WCAG 2.2 - Stephy Hogan
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific - So You’ve Got an Accessible Slide Deck: Now What?! - Stephy Hogan
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific - Breaking Barriers: Microsoft’s Approach to Accessibility - Hafsa Azaz, Laurie Allen
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific - Lunch and Informal Meetup
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific - Designing Awesomely Accessible Emails - Najee Taylor
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific - Designing for Web Accessibility - Colleen Gratzer
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Pacific - Accessibility ToolKit + Wrap Up - Kathryn Collins
Join us at the 3rd annual Design + Accessibility Summit, the essential HOW-TO event for design professionals who need to master accessibility, coming to a device near you November 14–17, 2023.
It’s no secret that accessibility is a hot topic. In fact, ensuring your documents are accessible is not just a good idea: it’s the law. Whether you’re extending your company’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) focus, expanding your market to include the estimated 25% of the population who have disabilities, or safeguarding your company against legal risks, it’s important to make accessibility a business priority.
Creative professionals must learn how to design documents that are accessible for people with vision and hearing impairments, mobility challenges, cognitive, and other disabilities. And those who ramp up their knowledge and expertise in accessibility will find themselves in high demand supporting their business’ efforts; while those who don’t will risk falling behind.
At The Design + Accessibility Summit, you will learn practical techniques for building accessible documents with InDesign, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and other tools widely used by creative professionals.
