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Information Technology Laboratory

Information Access Division

AVTR Workshop Program

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EAC/NIST Accessible Voting Technology Research Workshop

Program

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Portrait Room

April 1-2, 2013

Presentations are linked after each corresponding speaker, and available in pdf and rtf formats where possible.

Day 1

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Welcome & Overview Charles Romine, Information Technology Lab (ITL) Director, NIST Pat Leahy, Senior Advisor, EAC
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM	Accessibility Research and Elections: Where are we now? Session Facilitator: Sharon Laskowski (NIST) Whitney Quesenbery – WQusability [pdf] [rtf] Mark Harniss & Deb Cook – University of Washington [pdf] [rtf] Doug Kruse & Lisa Schur – Rutgers University [pdf] [rtf] Juan Gilbert – Clemson University [rtf]
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM	Break
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM	Accessibility Experiences and Challenges During Elections Session Facilitator: Alice Miller (EAC) Don DeFord – Oregon Secretary of State Office Paul Herrnson – University of Maryland Terry Wagoner – Virginia State Board of Elections Christine Rzeszut – Montgomery County, MD Board of Elections Jim Dickson – National Council on Independent Living [pdf] [rtf] Doug Lewis – Election Center
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM	Lunch (cafeteria – not included in registration)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Technology Transfer & Voting System Manufacturers' Accessibility Experiences and Challenges Session Facilitator: John Wack (NIST) Larry Korb – Dominion Nick Coudsy – Everyone Counts [pdf] [rtf] Shari Little – ES&S [txt] Henry Wixon – Chief Counsel for NIST (Technology Transition presentation) [pdf] [rtf]
3:00 PM – 3:10 PM	Break
3:10 PM – 4:10 PM	Posters & Demos Madness Session Facilitator: Shaneé Dawkins (NIST) [pdf] [rtf]
4:10 PM – 6:00 PM	Poster & Demo Session

Day 2

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM	Designing for People with Cognitive Disabilities & Low Literacy Session Facilitator: Jon Sanford (Georgia Institute of Technology) Lynne Tamor – Center for Accessible Information [pdf] [rtf] Kathryn Summers – University of Baltimore [pdf] [rtf] Linda Harley – Georgia Tech Research Institute [rtf] Dan Gillette – representing University of California, Berkeley [txt]
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM	Ballot Design and the Emergence of Mobile Devices Session Facilitator: Whitney Quesenbery (WQusability) Drew Davies – Oxide Design Co. [pdf] [rtf] Jon Sanford – Georgia Institute of Technology[rtf] Sarah Swierenga – Michigan State University [pdf] [rtf] John Schmitt – Five Cedars Group, Inc. [pdf] [rtf]
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch (cafeteria – not included in registration)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM	Accessible Voting Interfaces and Technologies Session Facilitator: Linda Harley (Georgia Tech Research Institute) Steven Booth – National Federation of the Blind Sarah Swierenga – Michigan State University [pdf] [rtf] Dan Gillette – Carnegie Mellon University – Silicon Valley Campus [txt] Chris Crawford – Clemson University [rtf]
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Break
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Usability and Accessibility Testing Session Facilitator: Dana Chisnell (Usability Works)
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM	Open Discussion & Wrap up Session Facilitator: Sharon Laskowski (NIST)

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Created March 26, 2013, Updated August 25, 2016