Friday, 10.18 Plenary Sessions

All sessions will take place in the RISD Auditorium at 15 Canal Walk. See the conference map for location information.

Welcome, Statement of Goals for the Day & International Perspective

9:00 - 10:00 am
Welcome - Roger Mandle (President, RISD)
Goals - Hans van Dijk (RISD) &
Valerie Fletcher (Adaptive Environments)
International Perspective - Judy Brewer (Director, World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative)

Motivation/Rationale for User-Centered Design

10:00 am
John Rheinfrank & Shelley Evenson (SeeSpace)

A detailed outline of this presentation is available. It will be updated periodically as more information becomes available.

[coffee break]

Industry Presentations

11:00 am
Bob Regan (Macromedia)
Greg Pisocky (Adobe)

Information Design and Accessibility

11:30 am
Krzysztof Lenk (RISD)

[Noon - 2:00 pm: Lunch]

Accessible Design & Recruiting Business Commitment

2:00 pm
Eric Velleman & Drempels Weg (ICT Foundation, The Netherlands)

The PowerPoint slide show from this presentation is available for download. An HTML version of the slide show will be posted here soon.

AIGA Commitment

2:45 pm
Ric Grefe (AIGA)

[Tea break]

User-Based Design Methods & Examples

3:15 pm
Terry Swack (AIGA) & Kim Ducharme (National Center for Accessible Media, WGBH)

Bringing Design and Access Together:
The WGBH Story

3:45 pm
Larry Goldberg & Kim Ducharme (National Center for Accessible Media, WGBH)

Access in the Academy

4:30 pm
Sarah Horton (Web Access Group (WAG), Dartmouth College)

Closing Panel - Next Steps

5:15 - 6:15 pm
Moderator:
Hans van Dijk (RISD, Professor of Graphic Design)
Terry Swack (Board of Directors, AIGA)
Dawn Barrett (Dean of Architecture and Design)
Bill Seaman (Director, new Digital Media Program, RISD)
Jan Kubasiewicz (Professor of Graphic Design, Massachusetts College of Art)
Eric Velleman (ICT Foundation, The Netherlands)

Reception at Market Square

6:15 - 7:15 pm
Market Square is located next to the RISD Auditorium, which can be found on the conference map.
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