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<h1><b>NFB eBooks and EPUB Accessibility</b></h1>Thursday, March 23, 8:00
a.m. 5:00 p.m.<br>
200 E. Wells Street,<br>
at Jernigan Place<br>
Baltimore, MD 21230<br><br>
If you are interested in learning more about making any type of
publication accessible, or in learning about the changes to the
now-ubiquitous EPUB format for eBooks, time is running out to sign up for
the upcoming eBooks and EPUB Accessibility Seminar. Registration will
close <b>Friday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. </b>The full agenda
is now available and listed below: <br>
<h2><b>Agenda<br><br>
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</b></h2><h3><b>Plenary sessions</b></h3>
<ul>
<li>8:00 a.m.: Welcome Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation
of the Blind (virtual), Anil Lewis, Executive Director of the Jernigan
Institute, National Federation of the Blind
<li>8:30-9:30 a.m.: Ushering in the Born Accessible Era George Kerscher
(International Digital Publishing Forum, DAISY Consortium)
<li>9:30-10:00 a.m.: Break
<li>10:00-11:00 a.m.: Accessibility Its Never Been Easier to Achieve
and Never More Important Bill Kasdorf (Apex CoVantage)
<li>11:00 a.m.-noon: Toward a Born Accessible World Brad Turner
(Benetech)
<li>Noon-1:30 p.m.: Lunch
</ul><br>
<h3><b>Creation track</b></h3>
<ul>
<li>1:30-2:30 p.m.: End to End Accessibility: From Creation to the User,
and in Between. An Update on What Is Possible Rick Johnson
(VitalSource)
<li>2:30-2:45 p.m.: Break
<li>2:45-3:45 p.m.: Content Beyond Text: Making Images Accessible Sue
Ann Ma (Benetech)
<li>3:45-4:00 p.m.: Break
<li>4:00-5:00 p.m.: EPUB Conversion for Higher Ed. Students: Tips,
Challenges, and What Works Lora-Beth Allan (AMAC Accessibility
Solutions & Research Center)
</ul><br>
<h3><b>Management track</b></h3>
<ul>
<li>1:30-2:30 p.m.: The Path to EPUB: AAP's Role in Publisher Policy and
Practice Allan Adler (Association of American Publishers)
<li>2:30-2:45 p.m.: Break
<li>2:45-3:45 p.m.: Choosing a Reading System: Your Silent Partner in
Accessibility Amy Mason (National Federation of the Blind)
<li>3:45-4:00 p.m.: Break
<li>4:00-5:00 p.m.: Challenges 2.0 Jonathan Thurston (Pearson Higher
Education)
</ul><br>
<h3><b>Registration </b></h3>To ensure you do not miss this unique
opportunity to interface with many of the leading experts in the field,
<a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6882&qid=1701695">
register now! </a>Registration is $100 (regular registration), and $25
(student registration with valid student ID).<br><br>
<h3><b>Further Information</b></h3>For further information please visit
the
<a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6883&qid=1701695">
NFB EPUB event page </a>, or contact Clara Van Gerven at
<a href="mailto:cvangerven@nfb.org">cvangerven@nfb.org</a>, or Ryan Pugh
at <a href="mailto:rpugh@nfb.org">rpugh@nfb.org</a>.<br>
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This event will be hosted under the auspices of the National Federation
of the Blind (NFB) Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access to Education,
Public Information, and Commerce (CENA), with financial support through
the Non-Visual Accessibility Initiative grant from the State of Maryland.
The CENA serves to share the considerable knowledge that the NFB and its
partners have of web accessibility and access technology in order to
bring about greater accessibility in government, education, and business;
to promote best practices nationally; and to build Marylands status as
leader in the field.<br>
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.<br>
National Federation of the Blind<br>
200 East Wells Street<br>
Baltimore, MD 21230<br>
United States<br>
(410) 659-9314
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