HiSoftware’s Vice President of Business Development, Dana Simberkoff and Dan Hubbell, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Accessibility Business Unit, will present a session titled “Building Accessible Websites Using MOSS 2007 and the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint.” Attendees will learn how they can leverage the AKS, an open source accessibility toolkit for MOSS co-developed by Microsoft and HiSoftware and outline how HiSoftware’s solutions for MOSS can further empower users to create accessible Web sites.

Cynthia Waddell, JD, Executive Director and Law, Policy and Technology Consultant , International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI), Namesake for CynthiaSays™- a web accessibility checker, will present a session with HiSoftware titled “Web Accessibility: Legal ramifications and awareness within Higher Education.” This presentation will discuss the legal obligations for entities operating both in the US and overseas, the impact of the UN treaty and steps for achieving accessible Web.

HiSoftware will also hold its second Education User Group Luncheon at CSUN 2008. Co-sponsored by HP and Microsoft, the meeting will focus on the legal importance of building a Web accessibility program, new HiSoftware solutions and give attendees the opportunity to share user experiences over lunch. Special guest speaker Cynthia Waddell, an internationally recognized expert in the field of electronic and information technology as well as employment and construction, will lead a discussion on the legal obligations for entities operating both in the US and overseas, the impact of the UN treaty and steps for achieving accessible Web.

Where:

CSUN 2008

Session ID: OTH-2018 will be at the Los Angeles Airport Renaissance Hotel – Pacific

Session ID: WWW-2006 will be at the Los Angeles Airport Marriot Hotel – St. Louis

The HiSoftware User Meeting will be at the Los Angeles Airport Marriot

When:

Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 10:40 a.m. – Session ID: OTH-2018 “Web Accessibility: Legal Ramifications and Awareness within Higher Education”

Thursday, March 22, 2007, 3:05 p.m. – Session ID: WWW-2006 “Using Technology to Ensure Campus-Wide Accessibility Compliance”

Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 12:00 p.m., HiSoftware Education User Group Luncheon

About HiSoftware:

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a leading provider of software, services and On-Demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality and regulatory compliance. The company’s solutions empower content developers, Web site architects and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimization (SEO), site quality and performance, branding, competitive intelligence and application transaction testing. HiSoftware’s customers boast many of the world’s largest public and private sites including U.S. and international government agencies and Global 2000 companies such as Gateway, HP, California State University, U.S. Department of Transportation and Microsoft. For more information about HiSoftware visit www.hisoftware.com.