Audio Description Project
Audio Description Project
ACB Audio Description Project
Audio
Description Workshop
Tuesday, July 4, 2:30- 5:30 PM
Workshop Facilitator: Joel Snyder, Ph.D., Director of the Audio
Description Project and President of Audio Description Associates, LLC
NOTE: This ADP workshop is being held in conjunction with the ACB 56th Annual Conference and Convention, "ACB Sparks Success," which takes place from June 30 through July 7, 2017, at the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada.
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Listen to the
2017 ADP Conference Audio Recording
Opening Remarks: Eric Bridges, Executive Director, ACB; Kim Charlson, President, ACB; Joel Snyder, Ph.D., Director, ADP
Session 1: Audio Description Accessibility and Technology;
Open Forum with Representatives from Major Providers and Streaming
Services
2:30- 4:00 PM
Pre-registration price: $6.
On-site convention price: $8
Panelists: Mark Lasser
(Charter/Spectrum) and John Herzog (AT&T) will discuss accessible
set-top boxes--what's available, current issues and accomplishments
(what's working and what needs improvement). Eric Bridges, ACB's
Executive Director, will share updates from other major providers. Peter
Korn (Amazon) will discuss a major development from Amazon. Carl
Richardson, Chair of ADP's media sub-committee, will share news about
other Internet streaming services. Alex Koren of Actiview will provide
the latest on the development and roll-out of a new app for audio
description reception in movie theaters and elsewhere.
Moderator:
Joel Snyder, Ph.D., Director, ADP
Sesson 2: Audio Description Advocacy
4:15- 5:30
PM
Pre-registration price: $6.
On-site convention price: $8
Panel #1: Promoting AD in National Parks, Performing Arts Venues,
Museums, and Educational Settings
Panelists: Mark Lasser of
Charter/Spectrum (performing arts), Margie Donovan, AD consumer and
advocate (parks), Susan Glass, Chair of ADP's BADIE sub-committee (BADIE
and education), Denise Decker, member, ADP Performing Arts/Museums
sub-committee (parks and museums)
Moderator: Susan Glass, Chair, ADP
BADIE sub-committee
5:00- 5:30 PM
Panel #2: Legislative Advocacy
Panelists: Kim Charlson, President, ACB; Tony Stephens, Director of
Advocacy & Governmental Affairs-ACB; Mark Richert, American Foundation
for the Blind; and Will Schell, FCC.
Moderator: Dan Spoone, Chair,
ADP Steering Committee
