General Technology/Accessibility

Access is a two-day, free virtual event that brings together key industry leaders, experts, and professionals from various fields to delve into the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in media accessibility. The event is put on by 3Play Media, a company providing closed captioning, transcription, live captioning, audio description, and subtitling for video accessibility.

This is the annual conference of the American Academy of Audiology for audiology professionals, students, researchers, industry experts, and others. It features education and networking events and activities, as well as an interactive exhibit hall experience.

California State University, Northridge's Center on Disabilities sponsors this annual conference, providing a platform for researchers, practitioners, educators, exhibitors and more from around the world, to engage with each other and share knowledge, innovations and best practices to promote inclusion for all. Select presentations, sessions and chats will be livestreamed on CSUNACT TV .

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) VIRTUAL Conference is hosted by the Pacific ADA Center , which is part of the ADA Nation Network . The network consists of 10 Regional ADA Centers located throughout the United States. The ADA virtual conference has 3 separate tracks focusing on healthcare, employment, and state and local government related issues.

As part of the FCC's open meeting agenda, the Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that tentatively concludes that hearing aid compatibility (HAC) for 100% of wireless handset models is an achievable objective and seeks comment on proposals to implement this requirement. The FCC meeting will be streamed live with open captioning at www.fcc.gov/live . If you would like to…

The ASHA Convention is a professional development event for audiologists; speech-language pathologists; and speech, language, and hearing scientists. The convention offers more than 2,500 sessions covering the latest research, clinical skills, and techniques. The 2023 Convention will primarily be an in-person event, with a limited selection of virtual offerings.