ACB Media Calendar

Amazon obsesses about customer delight, and that includes customers with disabilities. In this session, Amazon accessibility experts will discuss the latest accessibility features for Fire TV, Fire tablet, Echo Show, Kindle, smart glasses and more. We will also review the suite of award-winning Fire OS accessibility features that have been delighting Amazon’s customers with disabilities for years. Speaker: Peter Korn, Director of Accessibility, Amazon Devices and Services

The invention of artificial intelligence has been with us for decades but now it is becoming pivotal in the lives of those that utilize technology. Learn from a panel of technology experts, users, and enthusiasts about the current state of AI. We will focus on using this technology ethically and responsibly, but what does that even mean? We will answer the question if AI is a game changer for those with disabilities and what role does it play in the lives of professionals, students, and those of us that utilize this technology in our daily lives at home. Lastly, we discuss what role we all play in driving change in the areas of AI and accessibility to improve the world around us. Learn how AI will achieve greatness if driven appropriately by technology companies and users alike. Co-sponsored by BITS and the Employment Committee

Representatives from each school will give updates. (double session)

Over the last 24 months, Prime Video has been working with customers and advocacy groups to make our content more accessible by improving the availability and quality of audio description. We continue progressing towards our north star of making high-quality Audio Description as commonly available as Captioning. In this session, we will present our learnings on this journey and the evolving mental models on quality across scripting, mixing and voicing of Audio Description. Speakers: Christopher Nooney, Principal Product Manager, Technology, Prime Video and Dr. Josh Miele, Principal Accessibility Researcher, Amazon Devices and Services

Learn how it works and the nuts and bolts of starting one locally.

Representatives from each school will give updates. (double session)

Lucinda Moody, AB8WF, the Handiham Program Coordinator, will be speaking to us about the Handiham program and about ham radio in general.

Your iOS device is a powerful computer that fits right in the palm of your hand, and it comes preloaded with a number of apps that can help you work smarter, not harder. In this session, iBug Today members Sandhya Rao and Brad Snyder show how you can master the power of your iOS device to increase your productivity and efficiency, and maybe have some fun at the same time.

Talking Book libraries can do much more than send out books and magazines. Come hear how Floridians can access locally produced books and periodicals, videos, and how to work in collaboration with your local talking book library to enhance services. You will also hear how a “Friends of the Library” group in Florida has worked with their talking book library to support existing programming and to help finance fun and exciting new projects. How do they work together and what do they hope to achieve in the future.

Panelists will share firsthand and research-based strategies and techniques for providing audio description for dance performances.

Some Talking Book library users are also proud card carrying public library users. Come and learn how you might take advantage of your local public library to access services that could reduce your reliance on pay to play services to access books, music, videos and more. This session will include a short demonstration of the Libby online service offered by many public libraries around the country.

Participating in a Lions Club or another organization can be very rewarding, but successful leadership demands time, dedication and hard work. Our first panelist, Arkansas native Rev. David Moose, has been a Lion for almost 56 years and has sponsored over 80 new Lions. He has been a member of 11 clubs and a President of five. He has attended 21 International Conventions, 13 USA/Canada Forums, and too many district and state conventions to remember. His service has included all local club offices, District Governor (twice in Arkansas, once in Kentucky); Council Chair; and Chair of Multiple District committees. Our second panelist is Darren Van Duyn, currently the Global Leadership Team leader for the state of Illinois. He has served in a multitude of capacities since joining the Lions in 2009, including Club President, Zone Chair, First and Second Vice District Governor, and District Governor. He has attended several USA/Canada Forums and was a facilitator at the 2020 and 2024 Forums.

Join Chris Peterson, Swatha Nandhakumar, and Dianna Leonard as they help us prepare for any networking event. They’ll guide us through an interactive P.R.E.P session to learn how to plan, research, navigate an event, and pursue leads. Then join us at our in-person event on July 6th to practice what you’ve P.R.E.P’d and where various affiliate and ACB committee members will attend to network with.