Name: Locking in Best Practices Early: Building PACNYC.org
Start: 2024-10-02T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-02T21:30:00-04:00
Location: 72 Spring St

**Important note for in-person attendees**

Please note this is on a Wednesday instead of Tuesday.

This event will be online and in-person. **The speaker and live stream starts at 7:30 pm ET**. In-person attendees may arrive as early as 7 pm ET.

**Description**
PAC NYC is a new performing arts venue in Lower Manhattan. In preparing for our opening, we had to build all of our digital platforms from scratch. While this was a unique and exciting opportunity to follow best practices in accessibility from the beginning, it did come with some challenges unique to startup environments.

This talk covers our approach of iterative accessibility improvements through the whole design process, from the initial website vendor selection through launch and subsequent feature releases. We will be joined by our web agency, Substrakt, to share our approach to digital accessibility.

There will be time for your questions.

**Presenter bio**
[Vlado Vince](https://vladovince.com) is a technologist with a decade of experience working in technology roles in the arts. While his background is in networking and backend infrastructure, he has developed a strong interest in building and applying technology solutions with a focus on end-user experience and accessibility. Vlado has recently helped open two new NYC arts venues: The Shed and Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)

Follow [Vlado on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlado-vince-60b63286/)

[Natalie Kertes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-kertes-63b3a852/) is the Director of Client Engagement at [Substrakt](https://substrakt.com/), a leading digital agency working exclusively in the arts and culture sector to build user-centered, accessible and beautiful websites and digital products. She has worked in Arts Administration for over a decade, leading literary and theatre programming and audience engagement for organizations like the Toronto Public Library and the Koffler Center of the Arts among others.

**Accessibility**
The presentation will have human captions [CC], not automatic captions. Please let us know about accessibility requirements two weeks before the event.

**Livestream**
[View on YouTube](https://youtu.be/usIRVfqwkzQ)
[Audio description](https://youtu.be/x3ZBXyoqqDE)

Provided by Internet Society Accessibility SIG.

**Location details**
The event is on the 4th floor. Everyone must be accompanied to the event on the 4th floor. Because everyone needs to be escorted, please arrive early or on time. When you enter the ground floor, ask for Ben Ogilvie from A11yNYC to get elevator access.

Attendees can enter on the third floor and go up the staircase, or request accommodation to go directly to the 4th floor. Thanks to Ben Ogilvie for making this possible! [Let us know](https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC) if you're coming!

The building is near several transit stops:

6 train

* Spring Street (non-accessible stop): 100 feet
* Canal Street (accessible stop): 0.4 miles

NQRW trains

* Prince Street (non-accessible stop): 0.2 miles
* Canal Street (accessible stop): 0.3 miles

M1 / M55 Bus lines

* Broadway/Spring Street stop: 500 feet

Cabs and rideshares can let passengers out right near the building entrance

**Accreditation**
All A11yNYC meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC).

**Sponsors**
Thanks to [AKQA](https://www.akqa.com/#:~:text=AKQA%20is%20an%20ideas%20and%20innovation), [Deque](https://www.deque.com/), [Evinced](https://www.evinced.com/), [Equal Entry](https://equalentry.com/), and [Fable](https://makeitfable.com/) for sponsoring. Want to be a sponsor? Contact meryl@equalentry.com

Thomas Logan

Cameron Cundiff

Ben Ogilvie

Meryl K. Evans

A11yNYC - Accessibility New York City

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