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HiSoftware to
Present Two Sessions on Web
Accessibility with Top Industry
Evangelists at CSUN 2008
Conference also to be the setting
for HiSoftware User Group Meeting
co-sponsored by HP and Microsoft
with industry expert Cynthia Waddell
as special guest speaker
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What: |
HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com), a
leading provider of software,
services and managed operation
solutions that monitor and optimize
Web content, quality and regulatory
compliance, will present two
sessions on Web site accessibility
at CSUN 2008, California State
University at Northridge’s annual
conference focusing on technology
and persons with disabilities. CSUN
is the longest-running and largest
annual university-sponsored
conference of its kind.
HiSoftware’s Vice President of
Business Development, Dana
Simberkoff and Dan Hubbell,
Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
Accessibility Business Unit, will
present a session titled “Building
Accessible Websites Using MOSS 2007
and the Accessibility Kit for
SharePoint.” Attendees will learn
how they can leverage the AKS, an
open source accessibility toolkit
for MOSS co-developed by Microsoft
and HiSoftware and outline how
HiSoftware’s solutions for MOSS can
further empower users to create
accessible Web sites.
Cynthia Waddell, JD, Executive
Director and Law, Policy and
Technology Consultant ,
International Center for Disability
Resources on the Internet (ICDRI),
Namesake for CynthiaSays™- a web
accessibility checker, will present
a session with HiSoftware titled
“Web Accessibility: Legal
ramifications and awareness within
Higher Education.” This presentation
will discuss the legal obligations
for entities operating both in the
US and overseas, the impact of the
UN treaty and steps for achieving
accessible Web.
HiSoftware will also hold its second
Education User Group Luncheon at
CSUN 2008. Co-sponsored by HP and
Microsoft, the meeting will focus on
the legal importance of building a
Web accessibility program, new
HiSoftware solutions and give
attendees the opportunity to share
user experiences over lunch. Special
guest speaker Cynthia Waddell, an
internationally recognized expert in
the field of electronic and
information technology as well as
employment and construction, will
lead a discussion on the legal
obligations for entities operating
both in the US and overseas, the
impact of the UN treaty and steps
for achieving accessible Web.
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Where: |
CSUN 2008
Session ID: OTH-2018 will be at the
Los Angeles Airport Renaissance
Hotel – Pacific
Session ID: WWW-2006 will be at the
Los Angeles Airport Marriot Hotel –
St. Louis
The HiSoftware User Meeting will be
at the Los Angeles Airport Marriot
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When: |
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 10:40
a.m. – Session ID: OTH-2018 “Web
Accessibility: Legal Ramifications
and Awareness within Higher
Education”
Saturday, March 15, 2008, 9:20 a.m.
– Session ID: WWW-2006 “Building
Accessible Websites Using MOSS 2007
and the Accessibility Kit for
SharePoint”
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 12:00
p.m., HiSoftware Education User
Group Luncheon
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About
HiSoftware: |
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a
leading provider of software,
services and On-Demand solutions
that test, repair, monitor and
enforce Web content, quality and
regulatory compliance. The company’s
solutions empower content
developers, Web site architects and
executives to work collaboratively
to create and manage corporate Web
standards for accessibility,
privacy, security, search engine
optimization (SEO), site quality and
performance, branding, competitive
intelligence and application
transaction testing. HiSoftware’s
customers boast many of the world’s
largest public and private sites
including U.S. and international
government agencies and Global 2000
companies such as Gateway, HP,
California State University, U.S.
Department of Transportation and
Microsoft. For more information
about HiSoftware visit
www.hisoftware.com. |
Company
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