All right.
Good morning, everybody.
Hopefully you can see me,
and I'm hopeful that you can hear me also.
Let's do a quick check for the audio.
Please do me a favor...
...and can you put a one in the chat to validate that you can hear me... and see me?
The ones are coming in hot and heavy.
All right.
So let me say first,
Welcome to the 4th annual DHS Accessibility Day 2023.
Hello, my name is Vince Prentice and I work for the Accessible and Usability, formerly known as the
Office of Accessible Systems and Technology, aka OAST.
Well, I will be your MC for the next two days.
All right, so...
What exactly is Accessibility Day?
DHS Accessibility Day 2023 is the ultimate event for
anyone who believes that everyone deserves equal access
to information and services.
Our jam-packed schedule includes thought-provoking discussions,
interactive workshops, and inspiring keynote speakers
who will share their stories and expertise on the latest accessibility trends and best practices.
We will have two days of presentations and panel discussions, so please be ready,
pay attention, there's going to be a lot of great information.
Each day will start at approximately 10 a.m. and end by 3 p.m.
Please note, if you have any accommodation needs
or questions or concerns, please email them to accessibility@hq.dhs.gov.
So, a couple of things I want to go through here, just for housekeeping.
Please, please, again, all of your questions in the Teams chat window,
so if you do not have the Teams chat window open, please make sure that you go to the top of Teams,
click on that,
and make sure that it's open so that way you can participate
in any type of interactive things that we're doing today or if you have any questions.
Please make sure that you add your questions inside of the Teams chat.
Again, if you have any questions and you're not able to use the Teams chat,
please send all of your questions and concerns to accessibility@hq.dhs.gov.
If anybody has captioning needs, please go to dhs.gov/cc.
Be mindful that this is a professional working event.
Presenters, please keep your microphones muted
until you have been introduced.
We will not break for lunch,
but we will have numerous breaks during the day.
So let's have fun,
let's look forward to hearing a lot of great information,
and again, it is my pleasure now to introduce Mr. Nicshan Floyd.