<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Dear ATHEN Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">I am writing to invite you to
attend the 28<sup>th</sup> Annual Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media,
Web & Technology Conference, which will take place at the Hilton Denver
City Center, Denver, Colorado, November 17 -21, 2025. </span></p>
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ADA Title II Requirements and the Opportunities and Challenges of AI</span></b></p>
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a 10% discount</span></span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(37,64,97)"><span style="color:windowtext"> off registration fees</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(37,64,97)"><span style="color:windowtext">.</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(37,64,97)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">This year’s event includes over
42 virtual and 110 onsite sessions on specific topics such as creating accessible
Office documents, PDFs, video, and Canvas pages. In addition, the upcoming ADA
Title II requirements and the opportunities and challenges of AI will be a
particular focus.</span></p>
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complete list of sessions in list</a> or <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2025/#cs_2025-11-19" style="color:blue">calendar
format</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Highlights from this year’s
event: </span></i></b></p>
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descriptions) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Pre-Conference</span></i></b></p>
<p class="gmail-speaker1" style="margin:0in 0.5in 6pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/1-day-accessibility-testing-workshop-2025-update/" style="color:blue">1-day Accessibility
Testing Workshop (2025 update)</a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">,
Karl Groves, Accessibility Consultant, AFixt</span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
(1-day workshop)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-speaker1" style="margin:0in 0.5in 6pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-office-365-word-powerpoint-and-excel-2025/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">Create accessible documents in Office 365: Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel (2025)</a>, George Joeckel, Online Training Program
Manager, Utah State University / WebAIM, (1-day Certificate)</span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-speaker1" style="margin:5pt 0.5in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-the-screen-reader-ropes-course-demystifying-screen-reader-use-for-manual-testing-precon/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">Introduction to the Screen Reader Ropes
Course: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing</a></span><b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, </span></b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Deneb Pulsipher, Captain
Accessible, SeaMonster Studios<b></b></span></p>
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Create Effective Alternate Format</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">, Susan Kelmer, Alternate Format
Production Program Manager, University of Colorado Boulder (2-day lab)</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Main Conference</span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/accessibility-testing-for-everyone-getting-started/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">Accessibility testing for everyone – getting
started</a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;break-after:auto;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Becky Gibson, Lead Accessibility Specialist,
UKG</span></p>
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and other digital material</a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;text-indent:0in;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Craig Boassaly, President, Eliquo Training & Development
Incorporated</span></p>
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The Hopeful</a></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/when-access-needs-collide-an-interactive-discussion-on-navigating-inclusive-classroom-practices/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">When
Access Needs Collide: An Interactive Discussion on Navigating Inclusive
Classroom Practices</a>, Deanna Ferrante, Executive Accessibility
Project Manager, Macmillan Learning</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/from-commitment-to-continuity-advancing-a-holistic-digital-accessibility-plan-in-higher-education/" title="proposal description" style="color:blue">From Commitment to Continuity: Advancing a
Holistic Digital Accessibility Plan in Higher Education to Meet Title II
Compliance</a>, Binky Lush, Manager, Discovery, Access and Web Services, Penn
State University Libraries</span></p>
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full 5-day agenda</a> or <a href="https://cvent.me/Ava9MW" style="color:blue">register here</a>.</span></p>
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site: <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:blue">https://accessinghigherground.org/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Questions: Contact Howard Kramer, 720-351-8668 or
<a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org" style="color:blue">hkramer@ahead.org</a>.</span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,</div><div>Howard</div><div><br></div><div>Howard Kramer</div>AHG Conference Director<div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sign up to access the recordings from the </span></font><b style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/2024-post-conference-resources/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">2024 Accessing Higher Ground Conference</a>.</b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements</a>.<u></u></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Complete program information and registration is open for AHEAD's full line-up of <a href="https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2025-spring-webinar-series" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Spring 2025 webinars</a>. <u></u></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><a href="https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/conferences/ahead-2025" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Registration is open for the 2025 AHEAD Conference in Denver, CO</a>. July 14 - 18, 2025.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Not yet a member of AHEAD? <b><a href="http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">We welcome you to join AHEAD now.</span></a></b></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>