The 2008 South Carolina IT and Web Accessibility Conference

South Carolina Information Technology and Web Accessibility Conference 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina

Register for Conference

Agenda for Conference

Door Prize Information and Clues

Parking Information

The Park Street Garage is located directly across the street from the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, on the corner of Pendleton and Lincoln streets. You can access this garage by entrances on Pendleton or Park streets.For free parking, get your parking ticket stamped at the Information Booth in the AT Expo Exhibit Hall during the day. You can see a map that shows the Park Street Garage and the Convention Center at http://map.mapnetwork.com/destination/columbia/.

Where to go once you arrive

The registration table for the Web Conference is not located at the Expo Registration booth. Please go directly to Richland B and C rooms.

If you enter from the main entrance on the upper level, just take the escalator downstairs and follow the signs to the Web Accessibility Conference. You can also enter on the lower level from the parking lot next to the building.

This year's featured speaker is Debra Ruh.

Ms. Debra Ruh is the Founder of TecAccess, the leading provider of comprehensive accessible technology programs, disability employment services, and marketing solutions that allow organizations to better serve the worlds largest and fastest growing minority group of people with disabilities and the mature audience.

This year's conference will broaden its focus into more than just web accessibility. Sessions will include "Section 508 Compliance," "Return On Investment (ROI) of Accessibility," "Buying Accessible IT Products," and "Moving into the Future: The impact of total technology immersion in our everyday life"

We'll also talk to people who use assistive technology, about their challenges in accessing information technology and the Internet. You'll also have an opportunity to see exhibits of the latest assistive technology.

On March 20, 2008, we will have an additional training session by Debra Ruh. Leading the way in Accessibility: An Action Plan for South Carolina will be held at the SC Department of Archives and History.

Questions?

Contact one of the following members of the IT and Web Accessibility Conference Committee:

• Janet Jendron, South Carolina Assistive Technology Program (SCATP) (Chair of the 2008 Accessibility Conference Committee)
• Wendy Mullin, University of South Carolina
• Nancy Piester, South Carolina Department of Archives and History
• Cheryl Kirkpatrick, Midlands Technical College
• Larry Mallett, SC State Budget Control Board
• Don Cantrell, Director, Office of Internal Technology, South Carolina Department of Education
• Matt Braaten, Director Academic Web Based Communications, Office of Academic Affairs, Lander University
• Samuel Hahn, Assistant Webmaster, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Evelyn Evans, Director, SC Assistive Technology Program, USC School of Medicine, Center for Disabiity Resources