Past Meetup
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017
This Meetup is past
130 people went
Adobe Campus in Fremont
801 N 34th St · Seattle, WA
How to find us
The entrance to the Adobe building can be found closer to the canal, under the Fremont Bridge. Parking is available on the street or in pay lots nearby. The closest bus routes are the 31, 32 and 40.
Details
To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017 (http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/), we're getting together as a community to share ideas and get inspired! Come learn about web accessibility perspectives and techniques from other Meetup members and make new friends.
We're so excited to see everyone! If your schedule changes closer to the event and you can't attend, please update your RSVP to allow people to join from the wait list. That will also help the food situation!
• Detailed Agenda (https://www.meetup.com/a11ysea/pages/23160294/GAAD_Agenda/)
Talks:
Introduction & Welcome
Marcy Sutton, Senior Engineer at Deque Systems
Adapting to Low Vision and Moving on With Your Life
Shawn Henning, Senior Project Manager at Deloitte Digital
Ode to an Accessibility Bug
Wendy Chisolm, Senior Accessibility Strategist at Microsoft
Visualizing Access - A Toolkit for Documenting Digital Accessibility Requirements
Jack Nicolai, Project Manager, Accessibility for Adobe Creative Cloud
–Live transcription will be provided by ACS, thanks to LJWatson Consulting (http://tink.uk).
–Catering from Metropolitan Market will be provided by Deque Systems (http://www.deque.com).
Event location:
Adobe Seattle
801 N. 34th St, Seattle WA
Note: Adobe requires attendees to sign an NDA to be in their office. Beware if that provides a conflict for your business.
Date & Time:
6-8:30pm Thursday, May 18
Interested in sponsoring this Meetup? Get in touch with Marcy Sutton by clicking "Contact" under Organizers.
