Chris DeMars is a Developer Advocate at Split Software. He has over 20 years of technical experience and speaks all over the world on web accessibility, and CSS. For his community contributions, he holds awards as a Microsoft MVP, Google Developer Expert, Cloudinary Media Developer Expert, Auth0 Ambassador, and Progress Ninja. Chris advocates, teaches, and speaks on web accessibility as well as modern CSS; building applications with both at the forefront. When he is not working on making the web great and accessible you can find him writing blog posts, rating Detroit Style pizza, and watching Horror movies.
Accessibility in the Enterprise: The Relationship of A11y and ROI
As we build more and more things on the web, accessibility is gaining much more visibility. But what does it actually mean to you and your company? It means we HAVE to be cognizant of everyone, all the time, with no exceptions as we do our part in building awesome, accessible user experiences to people of all levels of ability while being mindful of our users' diversity of disability. Accessibility on the web is not a nice-to-have, but a requirement: leaving out at least 20% of your audience can be detrimental to your organization's return on investment and bottom line. Not sure what to do? Let's fix that! Let's talk about all of the reasons that accessibility is essential to your organization and your users. You'll learn ways to ensure you're providing the best possible experience for all your users by sharing real examples from my time building and testing accessible applications to ensure you're truly delivering inclusive experiences.
CONNECT.TECH is the largest multi-framework front-end conference in the USA.
A premium Web/HTML/CSS, Mobile, and Design conference at a community conference price!
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2023 Schedule
All times are listed in EST. Scroll horizontally to see all tracks.
Tuesday, October 24
| Time | Main room (AI) C202 | Vue.js C205 | React C204 | Angular C206 | Core/Advanced JS C207 | UI/UX/Design C208 | Practices and tools C209 | Node.js and Server-side C210 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Accessibility Auditing: Getting Started with AccessibilityTodd Libby | Lessons Learned from 10 Years in ReactCory House | Remix FundamentalsMatt Brophy | Solving Back End Mysteries for Front End DevelopersJeff Linwood | Leadership Workshop for the Reluctant LeaderDavid Neal | Automated Testing Made EasyMicah Wood |
Wednesday, October 25
Thursday, October 26
2023 Featured Track
The Rise of the Machines
A full AI track to level-up your skills and stay ahead of the robots
2023 Workshops
Full-day, deep dive, hands-on workshops
Get a full day of training on this topics from industry experts!
2023 All Sessions
CONNECT.TECH 2023 Sessions
Many more sessions to be announced soon!
Timeline
- May 1
2023 Kickoff
Call for Papers, Early Bird tickets sales (first 100 only, then prices +$100), sponsor sales, scholarship program all open
- June 1
CFP Close
CFP Closes
- July 1
Speakers Announced!
Speakers announced, regular ticket sales
- September 11
Late ticket sales
Late ticket sales, order now to get a swanky badge and tshirt
- October 24
Workshop day!
Connect.Tech 2023 starts with workshop day
- October 25
The big show!
Connect.Tech 2023 begins!