I’m speaking on an accessibility panel at the upcoming New York Digital Government Summit (Thu 9/18)!
The audience will be IT directors, CIOs, and other civic tech leaders from across NY State and local government.
We’re planning to dig into:
- Compliance vs user experience
- Automated vs manual testing
- The role of automation in accessibility (and its limits)
- PDF accessibility
- VPATs/ACRs in procurement
- Common a11y gaps and strategies to address
- Mature process is more important than 100% compliance
- Standardizing user interface patterns (aka design systems)
I’ll be joined by accessibility champs like Jeffrey Knaack (OGS), Thierno Diallo (DMV), Theodore Huff (Accenture), and moderator James Sammons (OGS). We’ve already had a great prep session.
I’m curious — what accessibility question do you think is top of mind for most government tech leaders? And what’s one point about accessibility you’d want to make to a room full of decision-makers?