<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">This email is to serve as a Call for Proposals for </span><a shape="rect" href="https://www.nypl.org/blog/2025/05/01/call-proposals-nypls-accessible-technology-conference-2025-connect-innovate-act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">NYPL\u2019s Accessible Technology Conference 2025: Connect, Innovate, Act</span></a></font></p><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a shape="rect" href="https://forms.gle/xNjizzEXS5UPmYH26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><b>Click to Submit</b></font></span></a></p><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Our theme this year centers around Creative Collaboration Across Communities, focusing on proposals from the following areas</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Community Building &amp; Peer Support</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Creativity in Tech</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">New and Emerging Technology</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Systems of Resilience</font></span></p></li></ul><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Proposals should be 15, 30, 60, or 75 minutes in length, and we are encouraging proposals from first-time presenters</font></span></p><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Taking place Saturday, October 18\u2013Sunday, October 19 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, The New York Public Library\u2019s Accessible Technology Conference is a free and inclusive conference focused on the impact, affordances, and evolution of accessible technologies used by Blind, low-vision, and print-disabled people.</font></span></p><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">The conference is open to all community members and is free to presenters and participants alike. Our conference team commits to a fully accessible conference, including providing accessible conference materials, hybrid participation, and other access needs. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">Please email <a shape="rect" href="mailto:atconference@nypl.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">atconference@nypl.org</a> with any questions.</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit"><br clear="none"></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" style="background-color:inherit">All the best,</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4">The Andrew Heiskell Team</font></p><br clear="none"></div><div><br style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Chancey S. Fleet<br></div>Assistive Technology Coordinator<br></div>Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library<br></div>(212) 621-0627<br><br><br></div></div></div></div>