AccessibilityCampDC
Event details
We will be doing Accessibility Camp DC like any other BarCamp, but just goinng to focus on web accessibility. Below you will find more details about the event. You can also go to the AccessibilityCampDC.org website I case we missed anything here. Registartion will be opened up sometime after the Labor Day weekend.
When
October 9th, 2010
Registration at 9:30 - 10:00 AM
Starts at 10:00 AM
Ends at 5:00 PM
Bar hopping after clean-up, probably around 6:00 PM.
Where
Martin Luther King (MLK) Library
901 G St NW, Room 215
Washington, DC 20001-4531
Getting There
Downtown parking is at a premium.
Metro + walk: Take the Red, Yellow, or Green line to the Gallery Place/Chinatown metro stop and walk about one minute walk from Portrait Gallery exit at 9th and G St. (?).
Who
150 accessibility experts/developers/designers/geeks/nerds from the Greater Washington DC area. Registration soon to come.
Sponsors
If you're interested, e-mail - info@AccessibilityCampDC.org
Possible Topic Areas
The main idea of this event is to get a whole lot of smart people together to learn and teach each other how to improve the web and make it accessible to all.
Some suggestions for talks we had in mind are listed below. If you have other ideas send them to us or add them to the wiki, once we have that ready.
- 508 Compliance
- Practical Ways to Make Your Website Accessible
- Accessible PDF's
- Making Flash Accessible
- what is WAI-ARIA - (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications)
- Accessible Video and Transcription
- Panel Discussion on “Issues Effecting Individuals with Disabilities on the Web”
- Captioning
Please provide topics for that you plan on presenting.
Contact Information
E-mail - info@AccessibilityCampDC.org
Twitter - @AccessCampDC
Organizers
John F Croston III
Patrick Timony
Volunteers
William Lawrence
Jimmy Chandler
Leslie Bobbitt
Jennison Asuncion
