Did you miss out attending accessibility and inclusive design conferences this year, due to the COVID outbreak?
I know I canceled plans for attending several events, which I was looking forward to participating in.
Enter a new kind of online conference, A Future Date, that takes place April 21 to April 23, 2020.
Organized by volunteers, A Future Date offers three days of curated accessibility and inclusive design sessions by experts. The sessions were canceled at the major conferences planned this year.
Shoutout to the organizers and the speakers that have worked together to make A Future Date happen!
You’ll want to set aside time this week to attend the event. All sessions will be presented on YouTube, captioning will be provided.
Read on for more details.
A Future Date
The conference starts Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 11AM Eastern Time (confirm your time zone).
Each day of the conference runs til 5PM Eastern Time, with sessions starting at different times throughout the day.
You’ll want to check the schedule to confirm times for the sessions you want to attend.
For example, I noticed some of the sessions I want to attend start at 2:30PM or 2:40PM, depending on the day.
The first day of the conference, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, kicks off with the Digital Accessibility Legal Update keynote address by Lainey Feingold and Tim Elder.
Other sessions include:
- Respecting User Preferences on the Web
- Amplifying Your Accessibility With Better Authoring Tools
- Why Add People with Disabilities to Your Workforce?
- No Team? No Problem! Implementing Accessibility with No Dedicated Resources
- Retrofitting Captions Compliance
and many more.
Mark your calendar with the sessions you want to attend.
What You Need to Know
A Future Date is a free three-day online conference on April 21 to April 23, 2020 that you can watch from YouTube.
No registration is required.
Subscribe to the YouTube channel to be notified of each day’s sessions.
Or visit the YouTube channel to watch the sessions.
Wrapping Up
A Future Date is a great opportunity to expand your accessibility and inclusive design knowledge.
All the sessions will be recorded and captioned, so you can return to them if your schedule doesn’t allow you to attend in-person.
I’ll be attending and live tweeting the sessions I attend with the hashtag #AFutureDate. Follow A Future Date on Twitter for conference updates.
