Chris DeMars is a Senior Developer Advocate II at DigitalOcean with over 20 years of technical experience. He speaks all over the world on web accessibility, feature flags, A/B testing, and CSS. For his community contributions, he holds awards as a Progress Champion and former Microsoft MVP, Google Developer Expert, Cloudinary Media Developer Expert, and Auth0 Ambassador. When he is not working on making the web great and accessible you can find him fishing, on the paintball field, rating Detroit Style pizza, and looking for UFO's.
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.
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Schedule
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Monday, November 18
| Time | Salon F: Vue/CoreJS | Salon A: React/Misc | Salon B: Angular/Misc | Salon C: AI/Misc | Salon D: Practices | Salon E: Web/HTML/CSS |
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| 8:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |||||
| 9:00 AM | Web performance workshop: hands-on tools and practicesSia Karamalegos | JS + AI: (BYOM) Build Your Own Model with TensorFlow.js!Will MarpleGant Laborde | Automated Testing Made EasyMicah Wood | Advanced React: Lessons from 10 YearsCory House | ||
| 10:30 AM | Morning Break | |||||
| 12:00 AM | Lunch | |||||
| 2:30 PM | Afternoon Break | |||||
Tuesday, November 19
Wednesday, November 20
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Timeline
- May 1
2024 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
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- November 18
Workshop day!
Connect.Tech 2024 starts with workshop day
- November 19
The big show!
Connect.Tech 2024 begins!
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