a11ySD February Virtual Meetup

*** January event rescheduled to February 10th, sorry for the inconvenience! ***

Join us for our February virtual event and learn about accessible design and coding topics! We'll have 4 lightning talks and an opportunity for breakout room discussions and networking.
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The Why, What, and How of the GAAD Foundation

Jennison Asuncion co-founded Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with Joe Devon in 2012. In 2021, he co-launched the GAAD Foundation on the occasion of the tenth GAAD. Outside of GAAD and the Foundation, Jennison is Head of A11y Engineering Evangelism at LinkedIn, is founder and co-lead of the Bay Area A11y and Inclusive Design Meetup (A11yBay), in addition to being cook and chief bottle-washer of A11y Camp Bay Area.

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A11y with Color and Annotations — Seen through a design lens

Michelle Hebert has been studying design for over a decade and has lived and worked overseas with some truly wonderful organizations. She holds a MA in design from SCAD Hong Kong and is deeply passionate about inclusivity in design. Currently, Michelle works as UX designer at Oracle and supports a11y efforts in the design system. When she’s not mulling over typefaces and strategy, you can spot her hiking or paddle boarding on the bay with her dog, Banjo.

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Starting Your Accessibility Journey: A Developers Guide

Mark Steadman is a Senior Customer Success Engineer at Deque Systems. Mark has been working in the accessibility field for 7 years now. Mark’s main focus has been researching accessibility in JavaScript Frameworks (ReactJS, Angular, Vue) and creating automated accessibility solutions for development teams and organizations.

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Leftward Shift: Incorporating Accessibility Into the UX Design Process

Omar Bonilla is a Senior Accessibility Product Designer at ServiceNow. His areas of focus within a11y are in UX consultation and process improvement, with the human at the heart of everything he does.

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EVENT AGENDA (in Pacific time):

7:00 pm — Event begins, welcome new members. Accessibility job announcements & job seekers can introduce themselves.

7:10 pm — Lightning talks (each talk is 10-15 minutes)

8:15 pm — Socializing & networking using zoom breakout rooms, for anyone who wants to stay online and join in. (Optional)

Please let us know if you have any needs we can accommodate.

Whether you're an accessibility guru or are just curious about what exactly web accessibility and inclusive design are, this event is for you. This group is for designers, developers, project managers, execs... really anyone involved in building and supporting digital products. Let's get together, network, collaborate and learn from one another!

Special thanks to our sponsor Deque!