August 3, 2014 | Chicago, IL
We’re reconvening in Chicago this summer, building on the great discussions started in D.C. last year.
Are you coming? What do you want to talk about?
Now this looks interesting:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/call-for-participants-building-an-accessible-future/52433
YOU!
What an amazing collection of caring, smart, dedicated people – who really know how to network! If you couldn’t be there, join in the network now, here.
Over the next few days and week, we will be posting Doodles, presentations, videos, a follow-up survey, and ideas for maintaining the energy and creating a path forward for all of the innovations and collaborations that emerged at Tech@LEAD.
For now, thanks again for being there, for putting in the time and effort and for supporting new ways to think about culture and inclusion. And here are a few Doodles just to make you smile (again).
Check it out at 3:55 in this morning’s broadcast: http://www.marketplace.org/node/106326/player/popout
Marketplace doing stories on accessible and assistive technology all week.
Longer version of my interview here: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/one-persons-mobile-coupon-app-anothers-seeing-eye-dog
Here’s the Tech@LEAD Daybook in Word and pdf versions (warning: large files).
PDF: Tech at Lead Daybook for site
Docx: Tech@LEAD Daybook (Word)
Addendum and updates: Tech@LEAD Daybook-addendum
This is the first annual Tech@Lead Conference, to be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on August 20, 2013.
This conference will bring together leaders in the fields of design, art, technology, museums, and gaming to create a focused conversation at how they can work together to make art of all forms accessible to the disabled community.
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Annuska Perkins, independent consultant
Center for the Future of Museums
Federal Communications Commission
Halsey Burgund, artist
James Neal, recent graduate, Masters in Library Science
JP Morgan Chase
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Northern Virginia Resource Center
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Amanda Cachia - UC San Diego (http://exhibits.haverford.edu/whatcanabodydo/)
Universal Usability Laboratory, Towson University
Utah State University, WebAIM
WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media
“SETTING THE STAGE” – Guiding Questions for Tech@LEAD
Pairing #1: “Visible, audible, touchable” - Lightning Talks and Discussion with Sina Bahram and Will Mayo
Pairing #2: “Music, sound, health” - Lightning Talks and Discussion with Dr. Lisa Wong and Halsey Burgund
BREAK (with “Technology Petting Zoo”)
Problems and Solutions #1: “Getting to Touch: tables, kiosks, screens, devices” - Facilitator – John Tobiason, New Media Technology Specialist at the National Park Service
LUNCH
Pairing #3: “Gaming your life/Fun First” - Lightning Talks and Discussion with Dr. Lotfi Merabet and Mark Barlet.
Pairing #4: “The Future – is it here yet?” - Lightning Talks and Discussion with Marc Check and Greg Hlibok
BREAK (with “Technology Petting Zoo”)
Problems and Solutions #2: “Bring your own devices” - Facilitator – Tracy Gray, Managing Director, AIR (American Institutes for Research)
Conclusions and Wrap-up - Facilitator – Chris Hass – Mad*Pow Design
“Tech@LEAD” is part of the LEAD conference – a place where leaders and newcomers in the field of access to the cultural arts for individuals with disabilities and older adults can meet and mingle with peers, learn about the latest technological advances, get the straight talk on legal issues, and contribute to the collective knowledge base for building and engaging audiences, patrons, and visitors of all ages and abilities. See: http://www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility/education/lead/conference.html