Senses Working Overtime: Equivalent experiences in data viz for accessibility

Curious about how to make rich data visualizations accessible? Doug Schepers will share some of his work on how to create equivalent data viz experiences.

Images, charts, and diagrams are an important part of the web, but often
hide critical information from people with disabilities of vision,
cognition, and others. But there are many ways to provide inclusive
affordances that use other senses, especially hearing and touch, to
convey complex information. This talk will explore some of the
challenges and different methods to overcome them using advanced
techniques like text equivalents, sonification, haptics and tactiles,
and more.

Event begins at 6:00pm; join early starting at 5:45pm for networking.

Agenda:
5:45–6:00pm Networking
6:00–6:15pm Introductions & announcements
6:15–7:00pm Presentations
7:00–7:30pm Q&A and discussion
7:30–7:45pm Wrap up

Accommodation requests:
If you have any accommodation requests, please contact us in advance of the event to discuss.

About the presenter:
Doug Schepers is the founder and director of Fizz Studio (https://fizz.studio/), an accessible data visualization startup in Chapel Hill, NC, USA. He develop his ideas and early prototypes for accessible charts while working with the accessibility community at W3C. As a developer who defined Web technologies and standards at W3C for a decade, he launched or worked on fundamental projects such as SVG (and the Accessible SVG Task Force), WebApps, Web Audio API, Touch Events and Pointer Events, Web Annotations, and many other technologies, as well as starting the W3C developer relations program. He believes in positive social change through building communities and interoperable open technology.