Pre-Conference Workshop Schedule : Games Accessibility Day
Posted by Ben Sawyer on 08-04-21Games Accessibility Day @ Games for Health
On May 7 at the Baltimore Hyatt Inner Harbor the Games for Health Project will host a pre-conference workshop on accessibility for games. The agenda for this great event is now complete. Tickets to the event itself are only $129.00 if you register only for the workshop and $99.00 if you register also for Games for Health. Tickets to the Games for Health Conference which follows on May 8-9 are $495.00.
Tickets to each event may be purchased directly at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=146432
Click through for schedule...
9:00 am - 10:00 am Accessibility for Games 101
Technologies, techniques, and the general state of accessibility for videogames
Michelle Hinn
10:00 am - 10:20 am Games Accessibility & Games for Health
Common Goals, Specific Needs, and Next Steps
Ben Sawyer
10:20 am -10:30 am 10 Minute Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Game Accessibility Research
Kevin Bierre
11:00 am - 11:10 am 10 Minute Break
11:10 am - 12:10 pm Able Gamers - Games Accessibility from the Players Standpoint
Mark Barlet
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm My Accessibility Story
Robert Florio
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch + Demos
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Modding Hardware to Improve Games Accessibility
Ben Heckerdon
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm 15 Minute Break
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Game Over: Learning by Dying
Creating Games That Are Universally Accessible
Giannis Georgalis
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm 15 Minute Break
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Games Accessibility, Classrooms, Children
At Kid Systems : Cosmo's Learning Systems
Lynn Marentette : Lessons for Classrooms
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm 15 Minute Break
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Accessible Game Case Studies
Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software
The Alert Project
Eric Walker
Ominous Development
Strange Attractors: Lessons from a Successful One Switch Game
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm "What Next?"
Optional Open Discussion for All Attendees