**IT Accessibility 2001 Conference**

**May 22- 23, 2001**

*Table of Contents*

Karen Brown, Acting Director, NIST

***Welcoming Remarks***

**Session 1:** **[Opening Session]{.underline}**

Gregg Vanderheiden, Director, Trace R&D Center, University of Wisconsin

***Universal Access: Tomorrow\'s Dream vs. Today\'s Reality***

Janina Sajka, Director, Technology R&D, Governmental Relations

Group,American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

***Revisioning Value in Accessible Technology: How to Think Out of the
Box***

***When You Can\'t Even Find the Box You\'re In***

Rex Lint, Consultant, Information Technology Association of America

***Section 508***

**Session 2: [Section 508]{.underline}**

Mary Lou Mobley, Attorney Advisor, Department of Justice

***Section 508 - History and Law***

> David Baquis, Accessibility Specialist, U.S. Access Board
>
> ***Access Board\'s Standards***

Terry Weaver, Director, Center for IT Accommodation, GSA

***Current Federal IT Accessibility Initiative Activities***

> Joe Tozzi, Director, Assistive Technology Program, Department of
> Education

***U.S. Department of Education Assistive Technology Program***

**Session 3: [Industry Perspective]{.underline}**

> Marney Beard, Manager, Accessibility Program Office, Sun Microsystems

***Built In vs. Bolted On: Some Thoughts on Accessibility***

Madelyn Bryant McIntyre, Director of Accessibility Product Team,
Microsoft

***Evolving Accessibility: Keeping Pace with Changing Expectations***

> John Godfrey, Senior Director, Technology Policy, Information
> Technology Industry Council

***Industry Perspective of Section 508***

**Session 4: [Education/Technical Resources]{.underline}**

> Larry Goldberg, Director, National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)

***Media: Now and the Future***

Tom Wlodkowski, Project Manager, National Center for Accessible Media
***Access to DTV and Convergent Media***

> John Goldthwaithe, Research Scientist, Information Technology
> Technical Assistance and Training Center

***Training and Technical Assistance Resources for Accessible Design***

**Session 5: [Opening Session]{.underline}**

> Jim Fruchterman, President & CEO, The Benetech Initative

***\"I Have a Dream about Software\"***

> Dr. Diane Cordry Golden, Director, Missouri Assistive Technology and

Deborah V. Buck, NYS Office of Technology, New York State Capitol

***IT Access in State and Local Government***

> George Kerscher, Senior Officer, Accessible Information, DAISY
> Consortium
>
> ***Digital Talking Books and ePublishing, Opportunities for Persons
> with Disabilities***

**Session 6: [Industry Perspective]{.underline}**

Connie Myers, Accessibility Manager, Oracle Corporation

***Oracle\'s Accessibility Program***

Paul Snayd, Program Director, Corporate Accessibility Center

***A Strategy for Global Accessibility***

> Kate Walser, Senior Technologies, American Management Systems Inc. and
>
> Jennifer Burrowes, Senior Business Consultant, American Management
> Systems, Inc.

***Accessibility: An Industry Case Study***

Ruth Shapiro, Senior Internet Technology, DynCorp eBusiness and

> Catherine D. Gaddy, Senior Human Factors Expert, Human Factors
> International
>
> ***National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Neurological
> Disorders and Stroke A Case Study on Web Site Accessibility***

Jim Fruchterman, President & CEO, The Benetech Initative

***The Business Case for Adaptive Technology***

Jim Tobias, President, Inclusive Technologies

> ***Organizational and Market Challenges in Mainstream and Assistive
> Technology Industries***

**Session 7: [Research]{.underline}**

> Carol Cohen, Program Manager, National Institute on Disability and
> Rehabilitation and

Bill Peterson, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation

> ***Accessibility Initiatives at the National Institute on Disability
> and Rehabilitation Research, Dept. of Education***
>
> Gregg Vanderheiden, Director, Trace R&D Center, University of
> Wisconsin
>
> ***Underlying Access Principles an Strategies to Address Access Today
> and Tomorrow***
>
> Gregg Vanderheiden, Director, Trace R&D Center, University of
> Wisconsin
>
> ***Alternative Interface Access Protocols (AIAP) for Assistive
> Technology: Controlling Next Generation Technologies from Assistive
> Technologies***

Sheela Sethuraman, Senior Instructional Technology Designer, CAST

> ***Universal Design: Perspectives, Products, Practices***

Jim Tobias, President, Inclusive Technologies

> ***Industry Consortium on Disability Statistics and Market Research***

**Session 8: [Policies, Standards, & Guidelines]{.underline}**

> Karen Peltz-Strauss, Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer Information Bureau
> Federal Communications Commission

***Ensuring Information Technology Access for People with
Disabilities***

Mike Paciello, Founder/CTO, WebABLE

***Web Accessibility - WAIng the User Standard***