Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of:

• Accessible media, Universal Design and Assistive Technology in the university, business and public setting;
• Legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance;
• The creation of accessible media and information resources, including Web pages and library resources.

For institutions of Higher Education:

• there is a strong focus on campus accommodation, Universal Design and curriculum accessibility.

For businesses and other audiences:

• there are numerous sessions on best practices for web design, reaching untapped audiences through accessible design, and compliance with existing and anticipated Section 508 and ADA stipulations.

A student’s successful quest for economic upward mobility almost never ends with a community college credential.   Building clear, efficient program pathways to university transfer, along with strong advising to support them, can produce dramatic improvements in transfer outcomes and equity. Jo-Carol Fabianke, a Pathways coach and retired Vice Chancellor at the Alamo Colleges, will moderate a discussion with senior leaders from community colleges leading the way in this work.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to grow in relevance in the automotive industry.

In this free, 60-minute webinar, experts from Continental, IBM, and Zeiss present a general introduction to the technology and explain how to leverage it to predict upcoming road conditions. The experts will also explain how to turn data sources like weather forecasts into relevant information for drivers and vehicles.

Key topics and takeaways:

• What is AI, and how does Machine Learning work?
• Use case: how AI is used to predict upcoming road conditions reliably
• The role of weather forecast data and other factors impacting the road conditions

To cope with the complexity of new technologies in today’s increasingly connected and electrified cars, stakeholders utilize virtual testing and validation software when carrying out the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) development process.

In this free, 60-minute webinar, AVL experts explain how virtual MiL and SiL integration environments can replace traditional vehicle integration and HiL tests. The experts also discuss how software verification, system optimization and functional safety tests can be performed in a consistent and open development process, from software system design to large-scale virtual validation in the cloud.

Key topics and takeaways:

• It’s all virtual: from software specification to ECU integration and validation
• The importance of having a virtual ECU available in the MiL and SiL environment
• Functional safety tests performed in a virtual open-loop environment
• High fidelity, real-time simulation models enabling closed-loop virtual validation

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together individuals with significant disabilities and their allies to share resources and success stories, learn about field-driven best practices, and network within a community engaged in shared values. The conference is attended by passionate advocates, leaders, and subject matter experts from every corner of the disability community. Conference attendees play an important role in supporting individuals with significant disabilities to overcome various barriers in order to live their best lives. Central to this work is the premise that individuals reach their optimal potential only when they are given the opportunity to live, work and thrive across the lifespan in the same communities we are all members of. The conference is intentionally designed to support the interests of professors and researchers from leading institutions; those involved in local, state, and federal governments and public policy; special and general educators, and school administrators; home and community-based service providers; students, family members, and most importantly, self-advocates with lived experience.

Cell-based and gene therapy products are a growing area and becoming a major component of the biotechnology industry. The Workforce Expansion in Biomanufacturing Emerging Technologies (WEBET) project, funded by NIIMBL, brings six institutions and their regional industry partners together to identify the technical skills and knowledge needed for the development, manufacture, and testing of these advanced therapies.

Labor market needs, technical skill standards, course requirements, and newly developed lab-based curriculum will be discussed in the webinar.

The Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, supported by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), and hosted by iKeepSafe, brings together members of the K12 educational ecosystem in support of growing the cybersecurity workforce of the future.

In an effort to be mindful of the disparate long term impacts of COVID-19, and based on the conference's continued commitment to equity and inclusion, the 2021 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference will be a fully virtual event!

The ADAS to Automated Driving Digital Summit will help vet industry needs and solutions that are affordable for consumers and profitable for car makers. The ADAS to Automated Driving Digital Summit will address the recent advancements in connectivity, system engineering and machine learning systems that are transforming ADAS and automated vehicle systems research creating a new era of integrated and cooperative automated driving.

The ITS America Annual Meeting is a meeting place for intelligent transportation professionals to network, connect, and form the partnerships this environment requires. This event will bring together the entire intelligent transportation community for four days of thought-provoking education, networking, technical tours, and demonstrations exploring products, emerging technologies, and solutions that will enable a better future transformed by intelligent mobility.  

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (OET) and ISKME are hosting the #GoOpen Initiative’s one-day virtual convening. The event will occur on Zoom and is free of charge.

Program highlights for the half-day agenda include a keynote conversation facilitated by OET’s Ji Soo Song, and featuring Angela DeBarger, Program Officer, Education, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Jemelleh Coes, Director of Teacher Leadership at Mount Holyoke College and former Teacher of the Year, Georgia; and, Lisa Petrides, CEO and Founder of ISKME. Also on the program are a series of lightning talks inspired by the new #GoOpen Pledge, break-out discussions, and a presentation from OET’s Kevin Johnstun.

RADC, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and in partnership with For the Win Robotics, offers this educational drone sporting event focusing on hands-on, student-centered learning. Four Drones made up of two Alliances fly around the field to attain a higher score than the opposing alliance.

Northland is welcoming the community to stop in and check out the ultra-modern Aerospace facility. Stop by and browse the 86,000 square-foot campus and see the program offerings. There will be hands-on activities for all ages, including:

• Learn how to fly drones!
• Experience Virtual Reality!
• See and sit in airplanes!
• Try out riveting
• Watch a live RADC drone tournament!
• And more!
  
  This is a FREE event and is open to the general public. There will be food and beverages available for purchase through the PAMA Club.

EvaluATE webchats are an opportunity for small groups of ATE evaluation community members to come together to share and learn from each other in real-time. Anyone interested in evaluation is welcome to attend. Participants are encouraged to turn on their webcams and join in the conversation, offering a great opportunity to network.

This webinar is the first of two sessions highlighting accessible technology on smartphones and tablets for persons with disabilities. In this session speakers will highlight mobile apps used by persons who are blind or have low vision. The session will include apps used for way finding, social media and more. The session will also explore built-in accessibility features of iOS and Android operating platforms. There will be time following the presentation for questions.

Using qualitative data in an evaluation can lead to a deeper understanding of why and how a project works. Quotations and stories can share participants’ lived experiences in their own voices. Still, qualitative information can be difficult to integrate effectively into an evaluation report. In this webinar, presenters will share strategies for increasing the trustworthiness and transparency of qualitative data, as well as data visualization and design suggestions for communicating qualitative data to multiple stakeholder groups.

Presenters: Lyssa Wilson Becho, Emma Binder

The three-day event will focus on the sustainability challenges and the innovative solutions to pursue. Presenters will highlight legislative and international efforts, innovations in the field of energy efficiency and Building Automation Systems, and strategies and opportunities for educators and industry. 

Organizers encourage college educators and students in building science and energy management programs; teachers of high school physics, technical, and engineering courses; and building engineers, technicians, and facilities managers to attend.

The Western Academy Support and Training Center winter conference is for information communication technology educators and their industry partners. Cost is $50 per attendee. This includes presentations, chat room discussions, raffles & on-demand access will be available until January 14, 2022.

This webinar is hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Community of Practice. In this presentation, Dr Daniella Levy-Pinto will talk about the experiences of being provided inaccessible journal articles, eBooks, and other scholarly materials. She will comment on the consequences badly produced reading material has for the blind community and the scholarly community more broadly. Daniella will then describe the work of the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS). The work of NNELS to advance the born-accessible paradigm has been recognized by the Accessible Books Consortium, through the International Excellence Award on Accessible Publishing  in the initiatives category.  Daniella will highlight what librarians in all capacities can do to remove barriers to reading.

Experience the energy of Photonics West as everyone gathers for an exciting year in San Francisco. Get ready to enjoy real conversations, hear the latest breakthroughs, and make important connections in person. Hear cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, and more. Attend technical presentations, courses, two world-class exhibitions, plenary presentations, and a variety of networking activities. Meet up with the optics and photonics community at the Moscone Center.

Electronics, energy, construction, medicine, agriculture, consumer products, and even fashion are all benefiting from innovations at the nanoscale. STEM education cannot ignore this integral avenue of research and career advancement. Discover activities and content you can use to create your NGSS-aligned lessons or workforce development programming.

Free, virtual workshop on six consecutive Fridays from January 28 – March 4, 2022, noon – 2:00 pm ET, via Zoom. Asynchronous option available.

The Toyota Mirai 2 is a mid-size hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) and represents the second generation of the famous Toyota FCV platform for mass-production and commercial sales. Among other OEM specifications, the impressive range of 650km at a price of €60.000 make the Mirai 2 a candidate to be the benchmark mid-sized electric vehicle. But will real-world performance match Toyota’s claims? In this free, 60-minute webinar, AVL’s Wolfgang Fritz will evaluate the Mirai 2’s fuel cell technology and overall performance and discuss how it measures up to its rivals and state-of-the-art BEVs.

What is interactive process? Who should be involved in the process? How does the interactive process intersect with assessing when a fundamental alteration exists? This session will explore the interactive process and its use in evaluating when a fundamental alteration is present. The request for “remote attendance” as an accommodation will be used as an example of how to navigate the interactive process and fundamental alteration exploration.

NCCE is leading, engaging and assisting educational communities in the Pacific Northwest to reach higher levels of student and educator success through the use of 21st century technology.

Don't miss the opportunity to connect face-to-face with educators seeking information and solutions to fit their expanding needs. NCCE draws district and school administrators, IT and curriculum directors, teacher-librarians and many others who are directly involved with the implementation of technology in the classroom.

The Demand Analysis has been developed to identify critical workforce trends and opportunities in Transportation. RealTime Talent has used traditional LMI data and job posting data to elaborate the current and future opportunities in Transportation detailed by each career sector including: Aviation, Collision Repair, Diesel Equipment and Truck, Marine and Powersports, and Professional Truck Driving.

In this free, 60-minute webinar, MAHLE Powertrain’s Dr Mike Bassett and Jonathan Hall present a low storage-capacity battery pack that utilizes a novel battery cell technology to enable ultra-fast charging of electric urban delivery vehicles. The experts will explain how the technology allows vehicles to recharge fully in just a few minutes, eliminating the need for a large battery pack and making it ideal for urban delivery applications.

Has your college been an ATE or another NSF program grantee?  Keep the momentum going! The ATE program encourages you to expand and build on your recent or current ATE grant efforts and/or move into a different area of technology. ATE-funded projects enable you to move up to larger scope of work or shift the focus of your work to another area of technician education. How do requirements and reviewer expectations change when you take the next step? Where can you get help to make your proposal more competitive? Learn the answers to these questions along with strategies, insider tips, and mistakes to avoid in seeking your next ATE grant.

Michael DiPilato, Airport Research Specialist at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City New Jersey will share information on FAA UAS Airport Applications Research. Following Mike’s presentation, Terrence Hicks, Managing Principal of Metro Strategies, Inc. will discuss caged drones and confined space Inspections technology. Participants will also receive updated information from the FAA which includes plans for this year’s Drone Safety Awareness events as well as other news and updates. 

As part of the ongoing Workforce for Industry 4.0 Webinar Series, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will present the webinar “Community Colleges and ATE Programs Addressing Workforce for Industry 4.0.” The webinar will feature comments from ATE Program Director Celeste Carter, a short talk by Stanley Black and Decker VP Marty Guay, and a moderated panel featuring PIs from five ATE centers. Attendees will also receive information about collaboration resources and new funding opportunities.

The National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT) is excited to host the RADC 2021-22 Challenge: Downdraft 2. The RADC Tournament is open to middle and high school students, with families and friends welcome to spectate the event. Doors will open at 7:30 AM with team check-in beginning at 8:00 AM. The winner of this tournament will earn a spot to the Worlds Competition. 

Listen to keynote briefings from leading US military UAV program leaders. Hear from key allied military leaders working in their national UAV field. Learn about the new procurement and development projects of new UAV and C-UAV platforms. Benefit from the extensive networking opportunities at the conference and meet your fellow peers at dedicated networking lunches and drinks receptions. Discover the new trends and updates in the military UAV market and learn how to integrate these new technologies to enhance your operational effectiveness. The agenda will include presentations covering the US and international UAV development programs, certification and regulation, stealth technology, the latest in drone R&D, future force design using these hi-tech military assets, UAV maritime and border surveillance requirements, next generation UAV weaponization, developing training and tactics for UAV operations, and much more.