April 11, 2011
8:45 am - 4:15 pm
UIC Forum
725 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60608
Here is the 2011 UIC Digital Accessibility Expo Program Overview
Download this year's DAE Poster Here (pdf format)
The UIC Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, the UIC Office of the Chancellor, the Great Lakes ADA Center, and the Disability Resource Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Digital Accessibility Expo to be held on Monday, April 11, 2011 from 8:45 am to 4:15 pm at the UIC Forum (on the corner of Roosevelt Road and Halsted Street) in Chicago.
The Digital Accessibility Expo focuses on improving the access to digital materials both for all people including those with disabilities. Information and instructional materials that are developed with accessibility in mind are universally designed for everyone to access.
This year’s keynote speakers include Daniel Hubbell, Accessibility Technical Evangelist for Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing division, and Daniel Goldstein, Outside Counsel for the National Federation of the Blind.
An exhibit hall will demonstrate assistive technology and accessible information technology along with providing training opportunities on how digital information can be developed accessibly. The UIC Campus will demonstrate current resources available that promote accessible information technology and assistive technology.
Registration covers the cost of lunch, all exhibits, and presentations. Registration is $50. Registration for students with valid ID is $15.
Directions to the UIC Forum can be found at the UIC Forum Web Site.
Parking in Lot 5 is $8.50, They Accept Cash or Credit Cards on Entrance to the Lot. Map to Lot 5 parking is a block west of the UIC Forum:
Google Map: http://bit.ly/cTcZDQ
Covered Parking is available in the Maxwell Street Parking Garage for $12.50 They Accept Cash or Credit Cards when exiting the lot at a paystation. It is about 2 blocks south of the UIC Forum.
Google Map: http://bit.ly/9yJLyj
or
http://www.uicflames.com/facilities/ilch-maxwell-directions.html
Digital Accessibility Expo SPONSORS INCLUDE:
UIC Office of the Chancellor
UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of
Persons with Disabilities
Great Lakes ADA Center
Illinois Board of Higher Education
UIC Office for Access and Equity
UIC Web Accessibility Committee
Microcomputer Science Centre Inc.
Marucco, Stoddard, Ferenbach & Walsh, Inc. (MSF&W)
Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC)
Digital Accessibility Expo Executive Organizing Committee:
Mark Goedert, Senior Research Programmer, ACCC
Joann Gras, Special Assistant to the Associate Chancellor, Office for Access and Equity
Alanna O'Connor, Resource and Policy Analyst, Academic and Enrollment Services
Kurt Okimoto, Special Projects Coordinator, Academic Communications
Janet Peters, Project Coordinator for Education and Assistive Technology, Great Lakes ADA Center
Kevin Price, Chair, Assistive Technologist, Disability Resource Center
Kevin Shalla, Associate Director, Information and Technical Services, Office of Admissions and RecordsÂ
Roxana Stupp, Director, Disability Resource Center
