- Locking in Best Practices Early: Building PACNYC.org72 Spring St, New York, NY
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.
There will be time for your questions.
Presenter bio
Vlado Vince 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
Natalie Kertes is the Director of Client Engagement at Substrakt, 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
YouTube link coming soonProvided 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 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 Deque, Evinced, Equal Entry, and Fable for sponsoring. Want to be a sponsor? Contact meryl@equalentry.com
