San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design December Meetup
Details
Come talk accessibility with us at Red Door Interactive! We'll have some amazing lightning talks and time for networking and hanging out.
We'll start the lightning talks around 7:00pm. We'll live stream the event. Food and drinks will be provided!
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Speakers & Topics
The Power of A11y and Inclusive Design on Marginalized Communities and Education
Lana Arcinas is a recent grad from UC San Diego in Interdisciplinary Computing. As the driving force behind UX design and marketing at The Hub Basic Needs Center, Lana is passionate about crafting innovative solutions for open-access education and inclusive design in underserved communities. At UC San Diego Library, she co-led and mentored a dynamic cohort of student designers, digitizing resources and reshaping information architecture. She hopes to pursue UX that transcends traditional boundaries, where UX is synonymous with positive change and inclusivity.
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Hard to Reach Audiences
Kris Angell, a senior user experience researcher with Amazon, will share how she finds hard to reach audiences for new product development. While at Hopscotch Labs, Kris worked with the City and Airport on key projects that they had to get right—potholes and wayfinding—and with SC Johnson-Ziplock on new kitchen products. Her work has led her around the world. Kris is an entrepreneur and UX community organizer focusing on human-centered design and generative research.
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Harnessing Emerging Virtual and Augmented Realities to Improve Accessibility
Kaheawai Kaonohi, a User Experience and Interface Designer at Red Door Interactive, has a passion for creating meaningful digital experiences. Kaheawai leverages self-taught skills and formal education to deliver transformative design solutions across diverse domains, showcasing expertise in design systems, user interfaces, and accessibility.
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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 IT products. Let's get together, network, collaborate and learn from one another!