{{conference}} is committed to providing an inclusive environment
and we will do our best to accommodate requests for special assistance.
This page describes the accessibility features of {{conference}}, to
help you make an informed decision about whether the conference will be
accessible to you. Please contact us if your question is not answered
here, or if the conference arrangements as described are not enough to
allow you to attend. We will work with you to the best of our ability,
to make the conference accessible.
The {{contact_role}} for {{conference}} is {{contact_name}}, whose goal is to ensure the conference is accessible to everyone. When you register for the conference, there will be a registration question labeled "{{registration_question_label}}". In your response, please indicate any accessibility needs such as wheelchair access, sign language interpretation, or a guide. The {{contact_role}} will follow up with you to clarify your needs. You can contact them directly at any time by emailing {{contact_email}}.
Please contact {{venue_contact}} on {{venue_phone}} or email {{venue_email}} to discuss your specific needs with the venue directly.
If there is specific accessibility information you would like to see here, or if you wish to discuss any conference accessibility requirements, please contact our {{contact_role}}, {{contact_name}} by email: {{contact_email}}, and someone will respond to you shortly.
The conference will provide a team of sign language interpreters or captioners if requested by any attendees during the early registration period. Please make your request as early as possible. Our {{contact_role}} will follow up with you to discuss your needs in more detail. After {{early_registration_deadline}} (the deadline for early registration), a best effort will be made to accommodate requests, but we cannot guarantee that interpreters or captioners will be available.
Student volunteers will be available to assist attendees with disabilities with navigation, meal service, or other accessibility needs. If you will need volunteer assistance at the conference, please indicate this on your conference registration form.
{{/sv_available}}
{{^sv_available}}
We are unable to provide student volunteers to assist attendees with disabilities. If you will need volunteer assistance at the conference, please contact us before registering.
{{/sv_available}}
Attendees who require personal care assistance should bring their own assistant. {{assistant_policy}}
{{#wheelchair_access}}
Yes, the conference will be accessible to wheelchair users. {{wheelchair_access_description}}
{{/wheelchair_access}}
{{^wheelchair_access}}
Wheelchair users will face challenges attending {{conference}}. {{wheelchair_access_description}}
{{/wheelchair_access}}
{{wheelchair_presenter_description}}
{{emergency_evacuation}}
For more information about wheelchair accessibility at {{venue_name}}, please contact {{venue_contact}} on {{venue_phone}} or {{venue_email}}.
If you would like a student volunteer to operate slides or guide you onto and off the stage, or have other accessibility requests please contact {{contact_name}} at {{contact_email}} by {{early_registration_deadline}}.
Yes! Guide dogs and other service animals are welcome at {{conference}}. There will be a relief area with water available. {{pet_relief_area}} Please indicate on your registration form if you anticipate bringing a service animal to the conference.
The conference can accommodate up to {{nrobots}} virtual attendees, and slots will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Please contact {{contact_name}} at {{contact_email}} to reserve a space. You must make your own arrangements to have the robot shipped to and from the conference, and pay a reduced registration fee to cover conference participation and robot handling. Robot attendees will be able to move freely around the poster and break sessions. During main presentations, robots should be positioned at the side of the room near the front so as not to block the view for other participants.
{{#offsite_events}}
Robots will not be transported to the offsite events, as there will be no Internet connectivity at these locations.
{{/offsite_events}}
{{/robot}}
{{^robot}}
We are sorry, but {{conference}} will not be able to accommodate remote attendance by robot.
{{#mikes_for_speakers}}
Yes, microphones will be used for all speakers.
{{/mikes_for_speakers}}
{{^mikes_for_speakers}}
No, speakers will not be using microphones.
{{/mikes_for_speakers}}
{{#mikes_for_questions}}
Attendees with questions will be requested to use a microphone so that their question is more easily heard.
{{/mikes_for_questions}}
{{^mikes_for_questions}}
There will not be a microphone for attendees, but speakers will be asked to repeat questions from the audience.
{{/mikes_for_questions}}
The conference will provide {{food}}. Dishes will be labeled. For more detailed information please contact {{catering_contact}} at {{catering_contact_email}}. If you have special dietary needs, please indicate these clearly on your registration form.
Yes. Attendees who indicate special dietary requirements on their registration form will be provided with special meals when the conference catering does not accommodate them. If you have a severe allergy please indicate this on your registration form. For more detailed information please contact {{catering_contact}} at {{catering_contact_email}}.
In case of emergency call {{number_for_emergencies}} for an ambulance. {{hospital_distance}} If you require non-urgent medical care, please contact {{contact_name}} at {{contact_email}} or ask any student volunteer. They will provide you with information about local doctors, specialists, chiropractors, etc. For non-resident attendees, buying travel insurance that covers medical expenses is strongly recommended as fees for emergency treatment can be very high.
This FAQ has been generated using the Accessibility FAQ Generator tool provided by ACM SIGACCESS. Event organizers are welcome to modify and reuse this template for other events. Please contact SIGACCESS for more information.
One way conferences can support attendees with disabilities is by providing accessibility information about the conference in advance. This can take the form of an accessibility FAQ on the conference website, often located on a ‘conference.org/access’ page.
To make the process of generating the code for an Accessibility FAQ page easier, we provide here a form where you can fill out the fields in our Accessibility FAQ page template and generate HTML code for your own Accessibility FAQ page with the values you enter. We have grouped related fields into sections to make it easier to navigate.
When you submit the form, the HTML code for your Accessibility FAQ page will be generated and displayed below the form. You can then copy the code and edit it as you please.
Notes:
This form does not verify that the input entered is correct. It will only populate the fields in the Accessibility FAQ page template with the values you enter.
It is very important to ensure that the final published FAQ reflects the conference situation and policies accurately. The boilerplate text of the generated FAQ asserts some accessibility features that we hope any conference will be willing and able to provide. For example, assistance from student volunteers for attendees with disabilities, labels on food, and provision of water for service animals. If the boilerplate text does not reflect what your conference can provide, be sure to edit accordingly before publishing.
You don’t have to fill out all the fields to generate the code. Default entries have been provided wherever possible. A preliminary FAQ can be generated after just filling out the first three sections.
You can submit the form at any time and multiple times.
Accessibility FAQ Template Form
Please fill in the form fields below with the information for your conference then press ‘Submit’ to generate HTML for your conference website/access page.
Conference Details
Conference Venue
Requesting Accomodations
We recommend using the conference early registration deadline as the deadline for attendees to make accommodation requests.
Assistance at the Conference
Map and Description of Conference Space
This section should provide a map of the conference space that shows the following information:
The location of stairs, escalators, elevators, restrooms and wheelchair-accessible restrooms.
Walking distance between sessions and need to use stairs.
Places to sit and rest.
Whether there will be a quiet place where hard of hearing people can talk.
Whether there will be a private room where an attendee could rest or nurse a baby.
Where a guide dog can be taken to relieve itself.
For the benefit of those who cannot see the map, a textual description should also be included.
Wheelchair and Power Scooter Access
This section should provide information for wheelchair and power scooter users, including:
Wheelchair access routes into the conference venue.
Wheelchair route from the entrance or lobby to the meeting rooms and/or guest accommodation.
If venue is a hotel – wheelchair route from the hotel rooms to the meeting space.
Location of wheelchair-accessible restrooms.
Warnings about any steps or stairs between conference locations.
Where to get more detailed information about accessibility at the venue.
If there will be a raised stage, will there be a ramp onto it?
Wheelchair access and transportation for any offsite events. (Fields regarding offsite event accessibility can be found below in the section titled Accessibility Information for Off-site Events.)
Walking
This section should describe:
How far it is from the conference space to the elevator,
How far to the nearest accessible bathroom, and
Mention any ramp that is needed to move between parts of the space.
Restroom Directions and Access
Arrangements for Presenters with Accessibility Needs
Service Animals
Attending by Robot
Induction Loops
Microphones
Food
Smoking & Smoking-free Areas
Quiet Space & Sensory Impact
Accessibility Information for Off-site Events
City Accessibility
For Emergencies
Transportation
This form provides an example of one description of a transport option, but attendees needs will vary. We recommend adding more options where they are available. Be sure to include one that is accessible to people with bulky power wheelchairs.
Note: When describing a public transportation option, you should include:
Link to web page for accessibility information provided by the service itself, if one exists.
Contact email, phone and TTY numbers for the service.
Where to find it in the airport.
How much it costs.
Whether the service is accessible for people using manual or larger powered wheelchairs.
Whether the service is accessible to a person using a larger electric scooter.
Whether wheelchair users need to call ahead to reserve.
Whether the service requires walking a long distance or up and down steps.
Whether service animals are accepted.
How long the journey typically takes.
Where the service drops passengers relative to the conference venue.
How to get from the dropping-off point to the conference venue in a wheelchair, or without using steps, and how far it is to walk.
Sushant is currently a Software Engineer at Google, working in the field of natural language understanding and information retrieval. He completed his PhD at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he specialized in accessibility for people with disabilities, human-computer interaction and computational linguistics. He is interested in building machine learning (ML) systems that model human communication with a goal to enhance human-to-human or human-to-machine interaction.