Schedule
Join us online! Each session includes a pre-recorded presentation with live chat-based Q&A.
Attendees will have on-demand access through Tuesday, August 11, 2026, via this website. DigiCol paid members will have long-term access through the Professional Development Library.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Your time zone: (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
| Track | Name | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 9:55 AM (CDT) | |||
| Keynote | Welcome and Keynote | Reginé Gilbert — New York University | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM (CDT) | |||
| Digital accessibility tools and specialized topics | Shifting Left with Cypress End-to-End Accessibility Tests | Carly Gerard — Western Washington University | |
| Strategy, policy and governance | Beyond the Dashboard: What Automated Accessibility Misses in Higher Education | Chris Smith, Ed.D. — North Carolina Central University Jennifer Goubeaud — RaLytics | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM (CDT) | |||
| Break | Visit Sponsors | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM (CDT) | |||
| Digital accessibility tools and specialized topics | From Description Key to Practice: Advancing Audio Description in Higher Education | Aimee Brown-Shadduck — Penn State University Cindy Camp — The Described and Captioned Media Program | |
| Strategy, policy and governance | “Not As Hard As I Thought”: A Framework for Building a Culture of Accessibility | Dr. Lee Ann Dickerson — Penn State University Jen Wagner — Penn State University | |
| 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM (CDT) | |||
| Poster | Using Chatbots to increase student engagement: Exploring the usage of AI as an accessibility tool | Heather Cowherd — University of Kentucky | |
| Poster | VPAT Evaluator Clear and Easy-to-Read Accessibility Reports | Rebecca McNulty — University of Central Florida | |
| Poster | Recurring Accessibility Failures in Data Storytelling — and How to Fix Them | Angel Morgan — Arizona State University | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM (CDT) | |||
| Designing for everyone: Foundations of accessible design and content | 10 Ways To Offer an Accessible Experience to Your Campus Community | ||
| Digital accessibility tools and specialized topics | From “Accessible Enough” to Actually Accessible: Email in Higher Ed | Kelsey Smith — Purdue University | |
| Strategy, policy and governance | Managing Expectations for Accessibility Remediation | Darin Givens — Georgia Tech | |
| 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM (CDT) | |||
| Break | Break | ||
| 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM (CDT) | |||
| Digital accessibility tools and specialized topics | A Practical Guide to Accessible Math | Nicholas McNab — Harvard University John Williams — Harvard University | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM (CDT) | |||
| Digital accessibility tools and specialized topics | From LaTeX and Pandoc to Accessible Document | Elizabeth J Pyatt — Penn State | |
| Strategy, policy and governance | Just Say No….to PDFs | Pablo Moore — Purdue University Kerri Richardson — Purdue University | |