Time

Description

9:00 AM

Welcome 

Jose Arrieta, HHS Office of the Secretary, Chief Information Officer, Health and Human Services (HHS)

9:15 AM

Keynote: The Right Talent, Right Now

Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Assistant Secretary, ODEP, DOL

9:45 AM

Keynote: Accessibility is a Business Priority

James Gfrerer, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and CIO, VA

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

General session: Future Directions of Inclusive Technologies

Moderator: Betsy Sirk, Information Technology and Section 508 Program Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Panelists: 

• Dean Halstead, Director of Cloud, Collaboration and Accessibility, U.S. Microsoft Public Sector; 
• Seamus McAteer, General Manager, Otter.ai; 
• Keith Nakasone, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition Management, IT Category, General Services Administration (GSA); 
• John Rochford, Director, INDEX Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, and Faculty, University of Massachusetts Medical School; 
• Debra Ruh, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Ruh Global Communications (RGC); 
• Paul Schroeder, Public Policy and Strategic Alliances, Aira Tech Corporation; 
• Corinne Weible, Co-Director, Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT), DOL

12:00 PM

Lunch / Exhibits 

2:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

Session 1: Section 508 Web Testing: Trusted Tester and Configuring Automated Tools

Moderator: Michael Horton, Accessible Design and Development Advisor, Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), GSA

Panelists:

• Cynthia Clinton-Brown, Executive Director, Office of Accessible Systems and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS);
• Katherine Eng, Senior ICT Accessibility Specialist, U.S. Access Board

Session 2: Challenges and Successes Developing Accessibility Conformance Reports

Moderator: Brooke Aiken, Section 508 Compliance Program Manager, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Panelists:

• Antonio Haileselassie, ICT Accessibility Specialist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA;
• Chris M. Law, President, Accessibility Track Consulting LLC;
• Glenn Meyer, Program Director, Office of Aging and Accessibility, HP Inc.

Session 3: Panel Discussion: Disability Concerns

Moderator: Yvette Gibson, Section 508 Program Training Director, OGP, GSA

Panelists:

• Teresa Booher, IT Specialist, Three Blind Mice Founder, National Institutes of Health (NIH);
• Michelle Clark, IT Specialist and Section 508 Team Member, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA);
• Robert McConnell, Communications Accessibility and Policy Analyst, Federal Communications Commission (FCC);
• Scott Michael Robertson, Ph.D., Policy Advisor, ODEP, DOL

3:00 PM

Exhibits / Networking

3:45 PM

Keynote: Authentic Inclusion Drives Disruptive Innovation

Frances West, Global Strategy Advisor, Former IBM Chief Accessibility Officer

4:15 PM

Day in Review

John Sullivan, Director, Office of Information Resources Management, and Director, Government-wide IT Accessibility Program, GSA

Time

Description

9:00 AM

Welcome

Jessica Salmoiraghi, Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy, GSA

9:15 AM

Keynote: The Americans with Disabilities Act - Then and Now 

Tony Coelho, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th district (January 3, 1979 - June 15, 1989)

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Keynote: Introducing Accessibility to Children at Thika Primary School for the Blind

Irene Mbari-Kirika, founder and Executive Director, inABLE.org

11:00 AM

Lunch / Exhibits 

1:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

Session 1: The Impact of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century Idea) and the U.S. Web Design System

Moderator: Michael Horton, Accessible Design and Development Advisor, GSA

Panelists:

• Ammie Farraj-Feijoo, Government-wide Coordinator, 21st Century IDEA, Technology Transformation Services, GSA;
• Larry Gillick, Deputy Director of Digital Strategy, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI);
• Matt Harmon, Director of Web Communications, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Session 2: Section 508 in the Acquisition Lifecycle

Moderator: Timothy Creagan, Senior Accessibility Specialist, U.S. Access Board

Panelists:

• Yolonda Humphrey, Program Manager and Section 508 Coordinator, Internal Revenue Service (IRS);
• Betsy Sirk, NASA;
• John Sullivan, GSA

Session 3: Securing Internal Support for 508 Programs

Moderator: Yvette Gibson, Section 508 Program Training Director, GSA

Panelists:

• Nicshan Floyd, Team Lead of Management Services, Office of Accessibility Systems and Technology, DHS;
• Pat Sheehan, Director, Section 508 Program Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);
• William C. Warren Jr., Management and Program Analyst, Communications, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

Session 4: Website Accessibility Testing and Evaluation

Moderator: Shawn Garmer, 508 Program Manager, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Panelists:

• Alan King, Senior Accessibility Specialist, DHS;
• David Stenger, Senior Innovation Specialist, Technology Transformation Service, GSA;
• Mark Urban, Section 508 Coordinator and 508 Co-Chair, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

2:00 PM

Break

2:15 PM

Keynote: A Balancing Act: National Security and Accessibility Needs

Douglas Cossa, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

2: 45 PM

Wrap-up and Thank You

Kate Sweeney, HHS and OS Section 508 Program Manager, Office of the Secretary (OS), HHS

John Sullivan, Director, Government-wide IT Accessibility Program, GSA