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Schedule & Recordings

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Day 1: May 12

Time Category Title (with video link) Speaker(s) Materials
10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Remarks

Introduction and Opening Remarks

Cynthia Clinton-Brown
DHS OAST Executive Director
No materials
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Remarks Keynote Remarks Eric Hysen
DHS Chief Information Officer (CIO)
No materials
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Remarks Keynote Remarks Katherine Culliton-González
DHS Officer for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL)
No materials
11:00 – 11:05 a.m. Break Break    
11:05 – 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion The Value 508 Office Brings to an Agency Brooke Aiken (FDIC)
Allen Hoffman (Deque)
John Sullivan (GSA)
PDF Briefing about Agency's DEIA Efforts
11:45 a.m.  –  12:20 p.m. Presentation Accessible Virtual Platforms Brandon Pace
DHS HQ Section 508 Program Manager
PowerPoint Slides for Accessible Virtual Platforms
12:20 – 1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion Day 1 Panel Discussion: Building a Culture of Accessibility Andrew Nielson (GSA), Moderator
Panelists from Technology Partners: Adobe and Microsoft
No materials
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.  Break Lunch Break    
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Presentation Greater Accessibility with Adobe Connect 11.2 Erik Rodriguez & Michael Murtha
Adobe
PowerPoint Slides for Adobe
2:00 – 2:40 p.m. Presentation Trusted Tester Working Session: ANDI Training Vince Prentice
DHS OAST Senior Accessibility Technician
PowerPoint Slides for ANDI
2:40 – 3:10 p.m. Presentation Work-Life in COVID-19, Lessons Learned and New Accessibility Capabilities Dean Halstead
Microsoft
PowerPoint Slides for Microsoft
3:10 – 3:15 p.m. Break Break    
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Presentation Automate Trusted Tester and Verify with Deque's Accessibility Tools Allen HoffmanNoah Mashni
Deque
PowerPoint Slides for Deque
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Presentation Accessibility at Work (video not available) Dean Hudson
Apple
No materials
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Remarks Closing Remarks Cynthia Clinton-Brown
DHS OAST Executive Director
No materials

 

Day 2: May 13

Time Category Title (with video link) Speaker(s) Materials
10:00 – 10:05 a.m. Remarks Opening Remarks Cynthia Clinton-Brown
DHS OAST Executive Director
No materials
10:05 – 10:20 a.m. Remarks Keynote Remarks Michael Land
USCIS OIT Director of UX Design
No materials
10:20 – 10:40 a.m. Presentation Accessibility and the Public Web at DHS Matthew Harmon
DHS Office of Public Affairs
PowerPoint Slides for Public Web
10:40 – 11:00 a.m. Presentation Introduction of the DHS Section 508 Playbook Robert Baker
OAST Governance Division Director
PowerPoint Slides for Playbook
11:00 – 11:20 a.m. Presentation Services Update Nicshan Floyd
OAST Services Division Director
No Materials
11:20 – 11:25 a.m. Break Break    
11:25 – 11:35 a.m. Presentation Benefits of a Section 508 Compliance Dashboard Janice Fenlason
FEMA Section 508 Program Manager
PowerPoint Slides for FEMA
11:35 – 11:55 a.m. Presentation 508 Audit Performed at USCIS Ken Moser
USCIS Section 508 Program Manager
PowerPoint Slides for USCIS
11:55 a.m.  –  12:10 p.m. Presentation Progressive Governance and Section 508; Interdisciplinary Initiative Towards Cultural Action Dr. Eleanor E. Thompson
USCG Section 508 Program Manager
Word Document for USCG
12:10 – 12:45 p.m. Break Lunch Break    
12:45 – 1:00 p.m. Presentation Implementing 508 in an Agile Environment Soraj Nabangchang
TSA Test Automated Developer
PowerPoint Slides for TSA
1:00 – 1:20 p.m. Presentation How to Implement 508 into the ATO and Security Process Timothy Monaghan & Amanda Haney
CBP Section 508 Team
PowerPoint Slides for CBP
1:20 – 1:40 p.m. Presentation Would You Rather? Accessibility Edition Dominique Wheeler
DHS OAST Senior Accessibility Technician
PowerPoint Slides for Would You Rather?
1:40 – 2:20 p.m. Panel Discussion Day 2 Panel Discussion: Building Effective Partnerships to Promote Accessibility (Federal/Industry Partnerships)

Andrew Nielson (GSA), Moderator
Panelists from Technology Partners: Google, HP, and TPGi

No materials
2:20 – 2:25 p.m. Break Break    
2:25 – 2:55 p.m. Presentation Creative Initiative: How Designing for People With Disabilities Drives Product Innovation Sam Ogami & Jordan Ragan
HP Office of Aging & Accessibility
PowerPoint Slides for HP
2:55 – 3:25 p.m. Presentation Integrating Accessibility into the Development Process Kent Boucher
Oracle Accessibility Program
PowerPoint Slides for Oracle
3:25 – 3:55 p.m. Presentation Unpacking An Optimal User Journey For Screenreader Users Ryan Jones
TPGi
PowerPoint Slides for TPGi
3:55 – 4:25 p.m. Presentation Accessibility at Google Chris Patnoe
Google Accessibility
PowerPoint Slides for Google
4:25 – 4:30 p.m. Remarks Closing Remarks Cynthia Clinton-Brown
DHS OAST Executive Director
No materials
Last Updated: 01/27/2022
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