2025
March
March 13, 2025
Maryland State Arts Council meeting
March 15-17, 2025
Audio Description Session – SXSW – TENTATIVE
Austin, TX
March 19-22, 2024
Sponsor/Presenter – ARSAD-Advanced Research Seminar in Audio Description
Barcelona, SPAIN
March 27-30, 2025
Audio Description Session – Associated Writers Program Conference – TENTATIVE
Los Angeles, CA
April
April 3-6, 2024
Audio Description Session – Society for Cinema and Media Studies – TENTATIVE
Chicago, IL
April 15-16, 2024
Audio Description Session – PacRim Conference on Disability – TENTIATIVE – VIA ZOOM
Honolulu, HI
May
May 2-4, 2024
Audio Description Session – Abilities Expo – TENTATIVE
New York, NY
May 28-30, 2025
Audio Description Presentation – Media4All – TENTATIVE
HONG KONG
June
June 5, 2025
Maryland State Arts Council meeting
June 15-18, 2025
Audio Description Session-ADA National Conference
Atlanta, GA
June 23-27, 2025
Audio Description Session-World Blind Union General Assembly
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
June 30-July 4, 2025
Audio Description Workshop – European Society of Translators
Leeds, UK
July
July 8-12, 2025
Audio Description Session – National Federation of the Blind – TENTATIVE
New Orleans, LA
August
August 18-22, 2025
Audio Description Session – LEAD – TENTATIVE
Cleveland, OH
November
November 25-29, 2025
Keynote at TAV Conference
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2024
January
January 19-21, 2024
Audio Description Training – Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Milwaukee, WI
February
February 13, 2024
Maryland Arts Day – meet with First Lady of Maryland, Mrs. Dawn Moore
Annapolis, MD
March
March 7, 2024
Audio Description Webinar – AVT MasterClass
Warsaw, POLAND – via ZOOM
March 13-14, 2024
Maryland State Arts Council – ARTS RETREAT
Annapolis, MD
March 18-20, 2024
Audio Description Training – Shenandoah National Park-NPS
Luray, VA
March 18-20, 2024
Audio Description Training – Shenandoah National Park-NPS
Luray, VA
April
April 2-4, 2024
Audio Description Training – Reykjavik City/Art Museums
Reykjavik, ICELAND – VIA ZOOM
April 8-12, 2024
23rd Audio Description Institute – VIA ZOOM
April 15, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – NAB/Broadcast Education Association
Las Vegas, NV
April 19, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – Strong Museum of Play
Rochester, NY
April 30-May 1, 2024
Arts Connect Application Review – Mid-Atlantic Arts – VIA ZOOM
May
May 18-26, 2024
Keynote Presentation – Third Congreso Internacional de Traduccion e Interpretacion
Lima, PERU
May 27-28, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – Accessible Canada, Accessible World
Montreal, CANADA – VIA ZOOM
June
June 6, 2024
Maryland State Arts Council meeting
Frederick, MD
June 7, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – Maplewood Place
Bethesda, MD
June 28, 2024
Lead panel on AD and AI – ADP Conference – VIA ZOOM
July
July 5-7, 2024
Audio Description and A.I. – NeTTT Conference
Varna, BULGARIA
July 9-15, 2024
50th Wedding Anniversary!
Corfu, GREECE
July 19, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – AHEAD Conference
Baltimore, MD
July 25, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – AD and Literacy – AERBVI Conference
Charlotte, NC
July 28, 2024
Audio Description Presentation – BROADWAYCON
New York, NY
August
August 1, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – Asso. of Theater and Higher Education
Atlanta, GA
August 9-11, 2024
Audio Description Workshops – One Voice USA and Envision
Dallas, TX
August 16-18, 2024
Audio Description Training – Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Miami, FL
September
September 2-3, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference
Bali, INDONESIA – VIA ZOOM
September 9-13, 2024
24th Audio Description Institute – VIA ZOOM
September 7, 14, 17, 2024
Master Class in Audio Description – University di Macerata, Italy
Accessibility to Media, Ats, and Culture (AMAC) – VIA ZOOM
September 12, 2024
Maryland State Arts Council meeting – VIA ZOOM
September 23-25, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – AFB Conference
Minneapolis, MN
September 26, 2024
Audio Description Premiere – “Mark: A Call To Action”
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
September 27, 2024
Interview – “Describer Cafe”, Vancouver, CANADA – VIA ZOOM
September 28, 2024
“Introduction to Audio Description”, Lagos, AFRICA – VIA ZOOM
October
October 5-7, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – International Visual Literacy Association
San Diego, CA
October 15, 2024
Audio Description and AI session – M-Enabling Conference
Washington, DC
October 17, 2024
Address on Audio Description
Australian AD Symposium
Perth, AUSTRALIA – VIA ZOOM
October 23-26, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – AD and the State Arts Agencies – NASAA Conference
San Juan, PUERTO RICO
November
November 6, 2024
Audio Description and Higher Education
UC Davis, Davis, CA – VIA ZOOM
November 13-15, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – AD and AI – Languages and the Media Conference
Budapest, HUNGARY
November 16-21, 2024
Audio Description Training – Uzbekistan Department of Tourism
Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN
November 22-25
Audio Description Workshop
Skopje, NORTH MACEDONIA
November 26-29
Audio Description Workshop
Belgrade, SERBIA
December
December 5-7, 2024
Audio Description Workshop – SOVAS-Society of Vocal Arts & Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
2023
January
January 7-8, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Training
Arts and Disability Association of Hong Kong
January 9-11, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Training – Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawaii
January 16, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD at the WordPress Accessibility MeetUp
February
February 1, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Guest Speaker – “Ask The Sensei”
Audio Description and Voice Artists
February 4, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
University of Macerata – ITALY
February 24-26, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Lead Audio Description Institute-American Council of the Blind
February 28, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description – Israel Translators Association – Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
March
March 2, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Conduct workshop on Audio Description
Audio Description Association – Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
March 2, 2023
Meet re. establishment of Dr. Joel Snyder Audio Description Archive
George Mason University – Fairfax, VA
March 3, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Albert Einstein HS Career Day
Kensington, MD
March 5, 2023 – via ZOOM
Annual Review of Audio Description Project
ACB Leadership Meeting
March 16-18, 2023
Speak on Audio Description at CSUN Conference
Los Angeles, CA
March 23-25, 2023
Speak on Audio Description at Northeast Modern Language Association conference
Niagara Falls, NY
March 28, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description at Professional Communication and Translation conference
Timasoara, ROMANIA
April
April 1, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description at Concerned Citizens with Low Vision International (Delaware)
April 12, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Interviewed by graduate student-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)
April 17, 2023
Interviewed by Dr. Crispin Thurlow, Language professor, University of Bern
April 18, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description-Entertainmemt Globalization Association podcast
April 21-23, 2023
Speak at ARSAD-Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description/interviewed by graduate student-UAB Barcelona, SPAIN
April 25, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak at the Including Disability Global Summit-University of Maryland
April 28, 2023
Attend seminar of museum audio description-National Portrait Gallery
Washington, DC
May
May 11, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on history of Audio Description
History and Translation Network – Tallinn, ESTONIA
May 17, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description – European Blind Association
May 22-23, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – ADA Symposium
Kansas City, MO
May 24, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description – Access Israel-Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
May 25-27, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Non-Professional Interpretation and Translation
Nicosia, CYPRUS
May 29-31, 2023 – TENTATIVE
Speak on Audio Description – Inclusive Africa
Nairobi, KENYA
June
June 6-8, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Maryland Arts Summit
Baltimore, MD
June 14-15, 2023
Speak on Audio Description and Dance – Dance USA conference
Atlanta, GA
June 19-20, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – International Thespian Festival
Indiana University-Bloomington, IN
June 22-24, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Moderate panels on Audio Description – Audio Description Project conference
July
July 6-7, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Media For All 10 conference
Antwerp, BELGIUM
July 10, 2023 – TENTATIVE
Speak on Audio Description – Luxembourg Association of the Blind
Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
July 11-12, 2023 – TENTATIVE
Speak on Audio Description – University of Bern
Bern, SWITZERLAND
July 20-21, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – AHEAD conference
Kansas City, MO
July 24, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Alaska Center for the Blind
Anchorage, AK
August
August 8, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Claymont Boys Program
Charles Town, WV
August 14-18, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Lead Audio Description Institute-American Council of the Blind
August 21-25, 2023
Audio Description Training – Rosa Matsushita
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
August 29-31, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – LEAD Conference
Boston, MA
September
September 1, 6, 2023 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Training – University of Illinois
Champaign/Urbana, IL
September 13-14, 2023
Speak on Audio Description – Human Development and Capabilities Association conference
Sofia, BULGARIA
September 15-18, 2023
Audio Description Training – Theatre Tsvete
Sofia, BULGARIA
September 19-21, 2023
Speak on Audio Description and Release of Italian edition of “The Visual Made Verbal” – ARTIS Project
Rome, ITALY
October
October 4-6, 2023
Audio Description Training – University of Illinois
Champaign/Urbana, IL
November
November 14, 2023 – ONLINE
3rd Annual Audio Description Gala
December
December 7-8, 2023
Present awards/conduct audio description session – SOVAS (Society of Voice Arts & Sciences)
Los Angeles, CA
2022
February
February 10-11, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Unlimited!3 Conference
Antwerp, BELGIUM
February 11, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
New Zealand Disability Studies Conference
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
March
March 13-18, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description: There’s An App For That (joint session on Spectrum Access)
CSUN
Anaheim, CA
March 19, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD at Annual Graduate Conference on Translation Studies
Glendon, CANADA
March 21-26, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
ACB Audio Description Institute
April
April 1, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – International Conference On Accessible Intersemiotic Translation
Parma, ITALY
April 2, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
ATISA X – American Translating and Interpreting Studies Association
Santa Barbara, CA
April 9, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Society for Disability Studies
Columbus, OH
April 12, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Multiple Perspectives Conference at OSU
Columbus, OH
April 20, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
NAB/BEA Conference
Las Vegas, NV
May
May 9-11, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Live AD for MS Ability Summit
May 13, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – National ADA Symposium
Kansas City, MO
June
June 4, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Live AD for HRC Gala
Columbus, OH
June 7, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
AD Workshop-Liminal Access
Athens, GREECE
June 11-14, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Live AD for Microsoft Xbox
June 16, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Conduct IAAP Webinar on AD
June 16, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Accessibility Summer Camp
Kansas City, MO
June 23, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – European Society for Translation Studies
Oslo, NORWAY
June 25, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
ACB Conference – Self-Description panel
Omaha, NE
June 27-28, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Seventh International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies
Kerala, INDIA
June 28, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Live AD – Microsoft Employee Town Hall
July
July 4-6, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Arts in Society Conference
Zaragoza, SPAIN
July 8, 2022
Audio Description Workshop
VISION 2022
Dublin, IRELAND
August
August 8-12, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
ACB/ADP 20th Audio Description Institute
August 19, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Translation Forum Russia
Yekaterinburg, RUSSIA
September
September 2, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – The Semiotics of Translation Conference
Thessaloniki, GREECE
September 6-7, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
AD Training – Dicapta Foundation
September 12, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Webinar of Audio Description – AHEAD
September 20, 2002 – VIA ZOOM
AD for Museum Access – Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC
September 21, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference
Antwerp, BELGIUM
October
October 5-7, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD/Objectivity – The Limits of Objectivity Conference
Hildesheim, GERMANY
October 18-20-25, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
AD Training – Newfields/Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, IN
October 19-22-26-29, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
AD Training – Arts and Disabilities Association
Hong Kong, CHINA
October 20, 2022
Ceremony-receiving 2022 Communications Award – UMD Alumni
College Park, MD
October 24, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
ACVREP Open Forum re AD Certification
October 26, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – Missouri Department of Health, Education and Welfare
October 27-30, 2022
Audiovisual Division *Distinguished Speaker* Presentation
American Translators Association
Los Angeles, CA
November
November 3-5, 2022
Audio Description Presentation
American Studies Association Conference
New Orleans, LA
November 14-18, 2022
Speak on AD/Conduct workshop
Accessing Higher Ground Conference
Denver, CO
December
December 3-4, 2022 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on AD – 2nd International Conference on Media & Digital Communication
Colombo, SRI LANKA
2021
January
January 25-30, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentations
Media for All 9
Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description-ARSAD
Barcelona, SPAIN
January 27, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Universitat Technologica Nacional
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
March
March 1-5, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
18th Audio Description Institute
March 2, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
“Audio Description As An Aesthetic Innovation”
Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
Honolulu, HI
March 3-7, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Louisville, KY
March 18, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
International Listening Association Conferencee
Seattle, WA
March 19, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
Society for Applied Anthropology
Norfolk, VA
March 25, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Workshop
Professional Communications and Translation Studies Conference
Timisoara, ROMANIA
March 30-31, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Training
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
April
DATES TBD
Audio Description Presentation
American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association Conference
Santa Barbara, CA
April 12-14, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
University of Maryland Disability Summit
College Park, MD
April 20, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Multiple Perspectives Conference-Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
April 29, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Vision Service Alliance
St. Louis, MO
May
May 5, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
ADA30 – Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
May 25-27, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Accessibility Conference – University of Guelph
Guelph, CANADA
May 27-28, 2021 – VIA ZOOM – TENTATIVE
Audio Description: An Aid To Literacy
International Easy Language Day Conference
Germersheim, GERMANY
June
June 24-25, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Picturebooks … in education and translation: Mediation and multimodality
Madrid, SPAIN
June 24-26, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Symposium of (Im)Politeness/iMean
Basal, SWITZERLAND
June 28-29, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentations
World Blind Union General Assembly and the
International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment Madrid, SPAIN
June 29-July 2, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
IATIS
Barcelona, SPAIN
July
July 2, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Information, Medium & Society: Nineteenth International Conference on
Publishing Studies
Madrid, SPAIN
July 6, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #1 (two sessions)
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
July 10, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #1
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
July 10-12, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Disability Studies Conference 2021
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
July 16, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #2
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
July 16-23, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
ACB Conference and Convention
19th Audio Description Institute
July 23, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #2
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
July 29, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #3
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
July 29, 2021-August 1, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Translation Forum Russia
Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIA
July 31, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #3
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
August
August 2-6, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
19th Audio Description Institute
Washington, DC
August 6-8, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Knoxville, TN
August 10, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #4
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
August 12, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation #4
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
August 24-26, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
International Conference on Translation
Universiti Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA
August 25, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Federal Government Distance Learning Association
Washington, DC
September
September 2, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning
Winterthur, SWITZERLAND
September 7, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Record Presentation on Audio Description
Inclusion Discourse Series
Athens, GREECE
September 12 and 18, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Conduct LIVE Audio Description
Microsoft/Xbox Special Olympics
Redmond, WA
September 14-17, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop and Presentation on Audio Description
IATIS Congress
Barcelona, SPAIN
September 17, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Prevention of Blindness Association
Washington, DC
September 19, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Pennsylvania Council of the Blind
Harrisburg, PA
September 20-23, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Languages and the Media
Berlin, GERMANY
September 21, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
International Conference on the Arts and Humanities
Colombo, SRI LANKA
September 21, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
Perez Art Museum
Miami, FL
September 23, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
TIC – Translation, Interpretation, and Culture 2
Banská Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
September 23, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Interview on Audio Description
The Jeff Moyer Show
Cleveland, OH
September 27-October 1, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Training
Society for the Blind
Manila, PHILIPPINES
October
October 5, 2021
Presentation on Audio Description with Spectrum Access
M-Enabling Conference
Washington, DC
October 7-8, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
International Edition Translation Symposium
Palermo, ITALY
October 14, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Michigan Council of the Blind
October 16, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Live Audio Description
Minecraft Live – Microsoft
October 22, 2021
Awards Presenter
24th Annual TIVA Awards
Springfield, VA
October 27-29, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Second Congress of the POCLANDE International Network:
Sustainable Development Promoting Languages, Leveraging Cultures
Involving People
Nairobi, KENYA
October 29-31, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Keynote Address on Audio Description–Workshop and Presentation
TAV Congress
Guadalajara, MEXICO
November
November 2, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Wexner Center – Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
November 3, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
November 11-12, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Keynote Presentation on Audio Description
World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference
Colombo, SRI LANKA
November 15-19, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Accessing Higher Ground
Denver, CO
November 18, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Present AD Gala Awards
ACB/ADP Audio Description Gala
November 19, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
AUSIT-Australian Society of Interpreters and Translators
Perth, AUSTRALIA
November 21, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Moderate Sessions on Voiceover/Audio Description
Society for Vocal Arts and Sciences
New York, NY
November 29, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
University College
London, UK
December
December 3, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
Inclusion Discourse Series
Athens, GREECE
December 3-4, 2021 – VIA ZOOM
Presentation on Audio Description
UNiversity of Malaga
Malaga, SPAIN
December 19, 2021
Presenting Audio Description Awards
SOVAS-Society for Vocal Arts and Sciences
Guggenheim Museum
New York, NY
2020
February
February 18, 2020
Audio Description Presentation
ICVEVI-International Council for Education of People w/ Visual Impairment
West Asia – VIA PRE-RECORDED POWERPOINT VIDEO
Kathmandu, NEPAL
February 22-24, 2020
ACB-ADP Audio Description Institute
Alexandria, VA
February 26, 2020
Meeting – Member of the FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Washington, DC
March
March 10-13, 2020
Speak on Audio Description Certification
CSUN Conference
Anaheim, CA
March 26, 2020
Interview on Speaking Out for the Blind
ACB Radio
March 25-27, 2020 – POSTPONED TO 2021
Audio Description Workshop
International Listening Association Conferencee
Seattle, WA
April
April 5, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
“The Color of Paradise: Analysis of an Audio Description”
Society for Disability Studies Anniual Conference
April 7, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
“Audio Description As An Aesthetic Innovation”
Ohio State University Multiple Perspectives Conference
April 14, 2020 – VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Interview – conducted by Dr. Francisco Lima
Recife, BRAZIL
April 24-26, 2020
Audio Description Presentation – POSTPONED TO 2021
American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association Conference
Santa Barbara, CA
April 25, 2020
Panel Discussion – VIA ZOOM
“New Opportunities and Challenges for Experts in the Field of Inclusion
in Transition Period”
Moscow, RUSSIA
May
May 1-5, 2020
Audio Description Presentation – POSTPONED
CITI 2020–Third International Translation and Interpreting Conference
Lima, PERU
May 7, 2020 – BY REMOTE
Live Audio Description of Inside Xbox
Microsoft
May 26-29, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Maryland Arts Summit
May 30, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Interview for Podcast – “Picture This”
June
June 2-5, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Presentation
Theatre Communications Group – Re:Emergence:Convening
June 6-7, 2020 – POSTPONED
Speak on Audio Description
Association for Translation Studies in Africa
Accra, GHANA
June 6, 2020
Interview for Podcast – Audio Description Narrators of America
June 8-10, 2020 – POSTPONED to September 20-22, 2021
Speak on Audio Description
Languages and the Media
Berlin, GERMANY
June 18-24, 2020 – POSTPONED to May 21-26, 2021
Audio Description Presentations
World Blind Union General Assembly and the
International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment Madrid, SPAIN
June 29-July 4, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
“Audio Description As An Aesthtic Innovation”
3rd Conference on Barrier-free Communication
Zurich, SWITZERLAN
July
July 4-10, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
American Council of the Blind/Audio Description Project Conference
July 12-16, 2020 – POSTPONED TO July 11-15, 2021
Workshop – “Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal”
13th International Low Vision Conference by the International Society
for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation
Dublin, IRELAND
July 22-25, 2020 – POSTPONED TO July 20-24, 2022
Workshop – “Audio Description: If Your Eyes Could Speak”
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually
Impaired-AERBVI International Conference
St, Louis, MO
August
APPOINTED MEMBER – Biden Campaign Policy Committees for Arts and Disabilities
August 6-7, 2020 – POSTPONED TO 2021
Speak on Audio Description
Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Anchorage, AK
September
September 8, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
ACCESS ISRAEL 2020
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
September 16, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
Cultura Inglesia
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
September 26, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description
North Carolina Council of the Blind
October
October 7, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Webinar on Audio Description
American Translators Association
October 22, 2020 – VIA MS TEAMS
Live Audio Description
CELA Summit – MICROSOFT
October 27, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Interview on Tuesday Topics
ACB Radio
November
November 5, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference
Colombo, SRI LANKA
November 12, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description As An Aesthetic Innovation
Accessing Higher Ground Conference
Boulder, CO
November 13, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
WCNY
Syracuse, NY
November 14, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Speak on Audio Description
Virginia Council of the Blind
November 20, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
University of Mississippi
November 24, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Interview on Audio Description
Polytechnic University
LEIRIA, PORTUGAL
December
December 3, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Workshop on Audio Description
2020 TASH Conference
Baltimore, MD
December 14-16, 2020 – POSTPONED TO 9/20-22/21
“Are You A CAD? (Certified Audio Describer)”
Languages and the Media
Berlin, GERMANY
December 17, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Interview with Roy Samuelson re BADIE
Podcast-Audio Description Narrators of America
December 24, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Audio Description Christmas Eve Special
ACB Radio
2019
January
January 24-26, 2019
Audio Description Training
Point 360
Los Angeles, CA
February
February 4-5, 2019
Live Audio Description for Microsoft Xbox Expo
Washington, DC
February 21, 2019
Presentation on Audio Description
Prevention of Blindness Society
Washington, DC
February 23-25, 2019
Fifteenth ACB-ADP Audio Description Institute
ACB Presidents Meeting
Alexandria, VA (Washington, DC area)
February 27-March 2, 2019
Conduct Workshop on Audio Description
SETC-Southeastern Theater Conference
Knoxville, TN
March
March 8-10, 2019
Audio Description Training–focus on dance/movement
Jess Curtis/GRAVITY
San Francisco, CA
March 11-12, 2019
Live Audio Description for Microsoft Xbox Expo
Washington, DC
March 18-22, 2019
Speak at/Conduct Workshop on Audio Description and Audio Description Training
ARSAD-Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description
Barcelona, SPAIN
April
April 11, 2019
Meeting-Members of FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Washington, DC
April 15-16, 2019
Live Audio Description for Microsoft Xbox Expo
Washington, DC
April 28-30, 2019
Live Audio Description
Microsoft CELA Summit
Bellevue, WA
May
May 16-19, 2019
Audio Description Training
Indianapolis, IN
May 18, 2019
Audio Description Presentation via SKYPE
Florida Council of the Blind
Orlando, FL
June
June 6-8, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
Maryland Arts Summit
Baltimore, MD
June 9-10, 2019
Live Audio Description for Microsoft Xbox Expo
Washington, DC
June 17-19, 2019
Speak at/Conduct Workshop on Audio Description
Media for All Conference
Stockholm, SWEDEN
June 21-22, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
American Association of Community Theater
Gettysburg, PA
July
July 10-12, 2019
Sixteenth ACB/ADP Audio Description Institute
ACB annual Conference
Rochester, NY
August
September
September 3, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
Specialised Training & Disability Resource Centre
The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon
Colombo, SRI LANKA
September 6-7, 2019
Audio Description Training
Ability Foundation
Chennai, INDIA
September 9-12, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
Special gathering on access/Nepal Society of the BLind
Kathmandu, NEPAL
September 9-12, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
ITU telecom World
Budapest, HUNGARY
October
October 22-26, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
American Translators Association
Palm Springs, CA
November
December
December 4-6, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
Accessible Europe–International Telecommunications Union
Valetta, MALTA
December 9-20, 2019
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD – Audio Description Training
Liminal Access
Athens, GREECE
December 22-26, 2019
Speak on Audio Description
Ukrainian Society of the Blind
Kiev, UKRAINE
2018
January
January 4 and 25, 2018
FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Video Programming Sub-Committee meetings
Washington, DC
February
February 14, 2018
Meeting
Montgomery County Commission on Disability
Rockville, MD
February 15, 2018
AD Research Event
COMCAST
Washington, DC
February 21-22, 2018
AD Consultation
9/11 Memorial and Museum
New York, NY
February 24-26, 2018
Conduct Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind-Audio Description Project
Washington, DC
March
March 8-9, 2018
AD Site Visit–AD Tour preparation (Joyce Adams)
Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod, MA
March 10, 2018
Conduct Audio Description Seminar
“Profession of an Audiovisual Translator from A to Z”
Moscow, RUSSIA – via SKYPE
March 20-23, 2018
Speak at CSUN Conference
San Diego, CA
March 21, 2018
Meet with AIRA representatives
CSUN Conference
San Diego, CA
March 22, 2018
FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Video Programming Sub-Committee meetings
via SKYPE
March 27-30, 2018
Conduct Audio Description Training
Steamboat National Park
Scranton, PA
April
April 6, 2018
Speak at the Cinema, Economy in English-Speaking Countries Conference
Nantes, FRANCE
via SKYPE
April 14, 2018
Speak at the Iowa Council of the Blind Conference
via SKYPE
April 17-20, 2018
Consult/Develop AD Tour
Olympics Museum
Colorado Springs, CO – TENTATIVE
April 24, 2018
AD Consultation
9/11 Memorial and Museum
New York, NY
April 26, 2018
FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Video Programming Sub-Committee meetings
Washington, DC
April 27-May 1, 2018
Speak at Access Israel
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
May
May 14-16, 2018
Conduct audio description workshop
John Slatin AccessU
Austin, TX
May 24, 2018
FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Video Programming Sub-Committee meetings
Washington, DC
May 28-30, 2018
Speak at Canadian Association of Translation Studies conference
University of Regina – Saskatchewan, CANADA
June
June 4-7, 2018
Speak at UMAQ (Understanding Media Access Quality)
Speak at ACT/Unlimited! 2 Symposium (Accessible Culture and Training)
Barcelona, SPAIN
June 8-15, 2018
Personal Travel
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem, ISRAEL
June 11-13, 2018
Produce AD for the M-Enabling Conference
Washington, DC
June 28, 2018
FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Video Programming Sub-Committee meetings
Washington, DC
July
July 1-3, 2018
Host Audio Description Project Conference
American Council of the Blind
St. Louis, MO
July 4-6, 2018
Conduct Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind-Audio Description Project
St. Louis, MO
July 27-28, 2018
Conduct Audio Description Workshop
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired-International Conference
Reno, NV
August
August 14-15, 2018
Personal Travel
New York, NY
August 26, 2018
Speak to NFB Writer’s Division
Washington, DC
September
September 12, 2018
Conduct AD seminar
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Shepherdstown WV
September 19-20, 2018
Speak on Audio Description
Russian Congress on Accessibility
Sevastopol, Crimea UKRAINE – SKYPE
September 21-22, 2018
Speak on Audio Description
International Lions Congress
Columbus, OH
September 23-24, 2018
Keynote Address
Texas Council of the Blind
Houston, TX
September 26-30, 2018
Guest Speaker
Translation, Interpreting and Culture: New Approaches and Old Dogmas Nitra, SLOVAKIA
October
October 1-2, 2018
Speak at Destinations for All Conference
Brussels, BELGIUM
October 3-6, 2018
Speak at/Conduct Workshop on Audio Description
Languages and the Media Conference
Berlin, GERMANY
October 6-7, 2018
Speak at (with Esther Geiger) AD and Dance for Parkinsons Disease–
Access, Inclusion and Translation – Mark Morris Dance Group
New York, NY
October 23, 2018
Conduct Workshop in Audio Description
The Examined Life Conference
Iowa City, IA
October 25-29, 2018
Keynote Address-Conduct Training in Audio Description
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Taichung, TAIWAN
October 30-November 8, 2018
AD Presentations in SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG and BRUNEI
November
November 10-11, 2018
Perform Live Audio Description for “Inside Xbox”
Microsoft Corporation
Redland, WA
November 13-14, 2018
Guest Speaker on Audio Description
Accessing Higher Ground Conference
Denver, CO
November 28-29, 2018
Panelist on Audio Description
Federal Government Distance Learning Conference
Washington, DC
November 30, 2018
Speak on Audio Description
North America-Caribbean Assembly of the World Blind Union
Washington, DC
2017
January
January 10, 2017
Meet re. Audio Description
“Blind Cinema” by Britt Hatzius
New York, NY
January 20, 2017
Provide live Audio Description
Presidential Inauguration–ABC-TV
New York, NY
January 20, 2017
Provide live on-site Audio Description
Presidential Inauguration Parade
Washington, DC
January 30-31, 2017
Site Visit for audio described tour
Roger Williams National Memorial
Providence, RI
February
February 15-17, 2017
Conduct Audio Description training
Overbrook Educational Center
Philadelphia, PA
February 25-27, 2017
Conduct Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Washington, DC
March
March 16-17, 2017
Present “History of Audio Description”
ARSAD-Association for Research and Study of Audio Description
Barcelona, SPAIN
March 18-20, 2017
Meet re. Audio Description
Organisation Alaouite pour la Protection des Aveugles au Maroc
Rabat, MOROCCO
April
April 11-15, 2017
Conduct Audio Description training
APPLE
Sunnyvale, CA
April 21-30, 2017
Speak on Audio Description / Conduct Audio Description training
IAPTI Conference – Encontro Audio Description
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA and Recife, BRAZIL
May
May 2-6, 2017
Site Visit for audio described tour
Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Center
Fairbanks, Alaska
May 8-9, 2017
Meet re. Audio Description in NYC
Art Beyond Sight-NFB-ACB
New York, NY
May 17-20, 2017
Conduct Workshop on Audio Description
Language Centre-University of Trieste
Trieste, ITALY
May 23-24, 2017
Meet re. AD tours
Lions Club / museums
Louisville, KY
July
July 3-7, 2017
Conduct Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Reno, NV
July 19-20, 2017
On-site test of AD tour–Roger Williams National Memorial
Providence, RI
July 24, 2017
Audio Description Workshop-DC Actors’ Center
Washington, DC
August
August 7-8, 2017
On-site test of AD tour–Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
Hodgenville, KY
October
October 9-11, 2017
AD Workshop–Elon College
Elon, NC
October 24-28, 2017
AD Workshop–Mexico/Lebanon Chamber of Commerce
Mexico City, MEXICO
November
October 29-November 3, 2017
Speak on AD and Tourism–Sobre Conferencia de Turismo
Panama City, PANAMA
December
December 7, 2017
Conduct Blind Awareness/Audio Description workshop
United States Holocaust memorial and Museum
Washington, DC
December 12-14, 2017
Plenary Speaker–I International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Total Communication:
Education, Healthcare and Interpreting within Disability Settings
Malaga, SPAIN
December 18, 2017
Consultation on Audio Description-American Language Center
Casablanca, MOROCCO
2016
January
January 19-22, 2016
On-site test of AD tour–Dry Tortugas
Fort Jefferson, FL (west of Key West)
February
February 14-16, 2016
On-site test of AD tour–Saguaro National Park
Tucson, AZ
February 27-29, 2016
Conduct Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Washington, DC
March
March 15, 2016
Conduct on-line AD webinar–Great Lakes ADA Center
April
April 11-13, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Ohio State University “Multiple Perspectives Conference”
Columbus, OH
April 20, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Grounds for Sculpture
Trenton, NJ
April 25, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Centre for Training and Research
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
April 27, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Latin American Blind Union of the World Blind Union
Montevideo, URUGUAY
May
May 2-6, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Encontro Nacional de Áudio-descrição em Estudo
Maceio, BRAZIL
May 9-May 13, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
University of Poznan
Poznan, POLAND
July
July 2-9, 2016:
Audio Description Project Conference/Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Minneapolis, MN
July 25-27, 2016:
Audio Description Training
Harris Center for the Arts
Folsom, CA
July 29-31, 2016:
Audio Description Training
Mind’s Eye Radio Reading
St. Louis, MO
August
August 11-12, 2016:
Speak on Audio Description and Literacy
International Federation of Library Associations
Louisville, KY
August 22-25, 2016:
Conduct Seminar on Description
World Blind Union Congress
Orlando, FL
August 23, 2016
Conduct on-line AD webinar–International Association of Accessibility Professionals
September
September 6-10, 2016:
Site Visit for audio described tour
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Empire, MI
October
October 11, 2016:
Conduct presentation on Audio Description
2016 Section 508 Interagency Accessibility Forum
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
October 20-21, 2016:
Conduct presentation and demo on Audio Description
Pennsylania/Maryland Council of the Blind
Hershey, PA
October 26-30, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar
National Committee of Welfare for the Blind in Japan
Tokyo/Osaka, JAPAN
November
October 31-November 2, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar
Lao Association of the Blind
Vientiane, LAOS
November 3-7, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar and training
National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission
Bangkok, THAILAND
November 8-14, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar and training
Philippines Blind Union
Manila/Naga City, PHILIPPINES
November 18-20, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description training
Spencer Museum of Art / AudioReader
Lawrence, KS
November 26, 2016:
Speak on Audio Description as translation
Multi-Languages Corporation-2016 Conference
Toronto, CANADA
December
December 5-11, 2016:
Conduct Seminar on Description
Havana Film Festival
Havana, CUBA
2016
January
January 19-22, 2016
On-site test of AD tour–Dry Tortugas
Fort Jefferson, FL (west of Key West)
February
February 14-16, 2016
On-site test of AD tour–Saguaro National Park
Tucson, AZ
February 27-29, 2016
Conduct Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Washington, DC
March
March 15, 2016
Conduct on-line AD webinar–Great Lakes ADA Center
April
April 11-13, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Ohio State University “Multiple Perspectives Conference”
Columbus, OH
April 20, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Grounds for Sculpture
Trenton, NJ
April 25, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Centre for Training and Research
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
April 27, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Latin American Blind Union of the World Blind Union
Montevideo, URUGUAY
May
May 2-6, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
Encontro Nacional de Áudio-descrição em Estudo
Maceio, BRAZIL
May 9-May 13, 2016:
Guest Speaker / Conduct AD Workshop
University of Poznan
Poznan, POLAND
July
July 2-9, 2016:
Audio Description Project Conference/Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Minneapolis, MN
July 25-27, 2016:
Audio Description Training
Harris Center for the Arts
Folsom, CA
July 29-31, 2016:
Audio Description Training
Mind’s Eye Radio Reading
St. Louis, MO
August
August 11-12, 2016:
Speak on Audio Description and Literacy
International Federation of Library Associations
Louisville, KY
August 22-25, 2016:
Conduct Seminar on Description
World Blind Union Congress
Orlando, FL
August 23, 2016
Conduct on-line AD webinar–International Association of Accessibility Professionals
September
September 6-10, 2016:
Site Visit for audio described tour
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Empire, MI
October
October 11, 2016:
Conduct presentation on Audio Description
2016 Section 508 Interagency Accessibility Forum
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
October 20-21, 2016:
Conduct presentation and demo on Audio Description
Pennsylania/Maryland Council of the Blind
Hershey, PA
October 26-30, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar
National Committee of Welfare for the Blind in Japan
Tokyo/Osaka, JAPAN
November
October 31-November 2, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar
Lao Association of the Blind
Vientiane, LAOS
November 3-7, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar and training
National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission
Bangkok, THAILAND
November 8-14, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description seminar and training
Philippines Blind Union
Manila/Naga City, PHILIPPINES
November 18-20, 2016:
Conduct Audio Description training
Spencer Museum of Art / AudioReader
Lawrence, KS
November 26, 2016:
Speak on Audio Description as translation
Multi-Languages Corporation-2016 Conference
Toronto, CANADA
December
December 5-11, 2016:
Conduct Seminar on Description
Havana Film Festival
Havana, CUBA
2015
January
January 14, 2015:
AD Workshop
JUDD Foundation
New York, NY
January 23, 2015:
AD Workshops
Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind-Technology Symposium
Birmingham, AL
February
February 5-7, 2015:
Develop AD Tour
Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum
Oklahoma, OK
February 8-14, 2015:
AD Training
Meadows Museum of Art
Dallas, TX
February 22-24, 2015:
ACB AD Institute
Washington, DC
February 26, 2015:
AD Presentation
“We Are Takoma”, City of Takoma Park
Takoma Park, MD
March
March 10-16, 2015:
AD Training
Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
March 19-20, 2015:
Guest Speaker
Advanced Research Symposium on Audio Description (ARSAD)
Barcelona, SPAIN
March 21-22, 2015:
Conduct Audio Description demonstration
Masreya Media
Cairo, EGYPT
March 23-24, 2015:
Guest Speaker
Sixth Annual International Translation Conference: Translating the Gulf: Beyond Fault Lines
Doha, QATAR
March 27, 2015:
Conduct Audio Description demonstration
Rashid Centre for the Disabled
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
March 29-31, 2015:
Conduct Audio Description Seminar
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
April
April 9-11, 2015:
Conduct 2nd Annual AFB Audio Description Institute
American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Conference
Receive the AFB “Access Award”
Phoenix, Arizona
May
May 6-12, 2015:
AD Training /
Malaysia Council of the Blind
Kuala Lumpur and Penang, MALAYSIA
May 13-15, 2015:
Conduct AD Workshop /
Think Web/Indonesia Council of the Blind
Jakarta, INDONESIA
June
June 1-2, 2015:
Audio Description presentations – M-Enabling Summit
Washington, DC
June 4, 2015:
Audio Described Tour–Flight 93 National Memorial
National Park Service
Shanksville, PA
July
July 3-10, 2015:
ACB Conference / AD Institute
Dallas, TX
August
August 23-29, 2015:
AD Training Library for the Blind/School for Audio Description
Yekaterinburg, RUSSIA
August 30-31, 2015:
AD Workshop Society for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Baku, AZERBAIJAN
September
September 1-2, 2015:
AD Workshop Society for the Deaf-Blind
Moscow, RUSSIA
September 24-27, 2015:
Conduct Audio Description Seminar
University of Warsaw
Warsaw, POLAND
September 30, 2015:
Conduct Audio Description Seminar
Johns Hopkins University-John Astin Theater
Baltimore, MD
October
October 5-16, 2015:
Audio Described Tour–Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service
Cody, WY
November
November 7-19, 2015:
Conduct Audio Description Training and Workshops
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Recife and Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
November 23, 2015:
Audio Described Tour-second visit–Flight 93 National Memorial
National Park Service
Shanksville, PA
December
December 21-22, 2015:
Guest Speaker – AXSChat Internet: www.axschat.com
2014
January
January 30-31, 2014:
AD Training
Sheldon Museum of Art
Lincoln, NE
February
February 22, 2014:
Speak to American Council of the Blind mid-year meeting
Washington, DC
February 26-28, 2014:
AD Training American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Institute
New York, NY
March
March 9-11, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Carlsbad Caverns National Park
National Park Service
Carlsbad, NM
March 28-April 10, 2014:
Workshop-Audio Description
VISION 2014–Vision Australia
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Audio Description Training
Auckland, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
April
April 23-26, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Dry Tortugas National Historic Site
National Park Service
Key West, FL
April 27-29, 2014:
Presentation on Audio Description–Graphics
Visual Arts Volunteers of Florida
Orlando, FL
May
May 7, 2014:
Audio Described Tour-Franklin Museum – Visit #2
National Park Service-Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
May 14-18, 2014:
Audio Description Training
Las Vegas, NV
May 20-22, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Carlsbad Caverns National Park – Visit #2
National Park Service
Carlsbad, NM
June
June 9-10, 2014:
Audio Description / Parlamo presentation – M-Enabling Summit
Washington, DC
June 19-24, 2014:
Audio Description Training
Istanbul, TURKEY
July
July 13-18, 2014:
2014 Audio Description Project Conference-July 13-15
2014 Audio Description Institute–July 16-18
American Council of the Blind
Las Vegas, NV
July 26-August 2, 2014:
Audio Description Training
Thai National Institute for the Blind
Bangkok, THAILAND
August
August 2-6, 2014:
Audio Description Workshop
Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation
Hanoi, VIETNAM
August 7-12, 2014:
Audio Description Workshop
Association of the Blind in Cambodia/Krousar Thmey Blind School
Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
September
September 9-10, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Cowpens National Battlefield – Visit #1
National Park Service
Visit with Described and Captioned Media Program
Spartanburg, SC
September 13, 2014:
Audio Description Workshop
College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
September 19-21, 2014:
Guest Speaker
South Dakota Council of the Blind Annual Convention
Sioux Falls, SD
September 27, 2014:
Guest Speaker
Air Travel Accessibility Conference
Washington, DC
October
October 6-10, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Booker T. Washington National Monument – Visit #1
Audio Described Tour–Cape Lookout National Seashore – Visit #1
National Park Service
Roanoke, VA and Beaufort, NC
October 20-22, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Tall Grass Prairie National Preserve – Visit #1
National Park Service
Strong City, KS
October 27, 2014:
Chair, Museums and AD presentations
Art Beyond Sight “Crash Course”
New York, NY
November
November 4-8, 2014:
Guest Presenter
Languages and the Media 2014
Berlin, GERMANY
November 9-11, 2014:
AD Workshop
SYNTOLKNING NU and the Swedish Association of the Blind
Stockholm, SWEDEN
November 12-14, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Cape Hatteras National Seashore – Visit #1
National Park Service
Buxton, NC
December
December 3-5, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Cowpens National Battlefield – Visit #2
National Park Service
Gaffney, SC
December 7-9, 2014:
Audio Described Tour–Saguaro National Park – Visit #1
National Park Service
Tucson, AZ
December 16-17, 2014:
Audio Description Workshops
Missouri History Museum
St. Louis, MO
2013
January
January 8-9, 2013:
Introduction to Audio Description–Boys Town
Omaha, Nebraska
January 19, 2013:
Provide description for the Disability Inaugural Ball
Washington, DC
January 21, 2013:
Provide description for ABC-TV coverage of the presidential inauguration
New York, NY
January 21-22, 2013:
Provide description for Inaugural Parade and Prayer Service
Washington, DC
February
February 25-26, 2013:
Docent Training in Audio Description–Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia
March
March 13-14, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Advanced Research Seminar of Audio Description-ARSAD
Barcelona, SPAIN
March 21-22, 2013:
Meeting of Description Leadership Network–Video Description Research
and Development Center
San Francisco, CA
March 23, 2013:
Audio Description Training-Media–Audio Vision, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
April
April 15, 2013:
Advanced Audio Description Training
American Council of the Blind-Ohio
Columbus, OH
April 16-17, 2013:
Guest Speaker
Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Conference
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
April 18-20, 2013:
Audio Description Training
Las Vegas, NV
April 26-May 1, 2013:
Featured Speaker / Conduct Audio Description Training
Pac Rim International Conference on Disability and the
Hawaii Council of the Blind
Honolulu, HI
May
May 9-12, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Jewel Cave National Park
National Park Service
Rapid City, SD
May 19-21, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Big Horn National Forest-Shell Falls
US Forest Service
Sheridan, WY
June
June 8, 2013:
Guest Speaker/Panelist
D.C. Council of the Blind–100th Anniversary Celebration
Washington, DC
June 25-27, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
US National Park Service
Manteo, NC
July
July 8-13, 2013:
2013 Audio Description Institute
American Council of the Blind
Columbus, Ohio
July 19-21, 2013:
Guest Speaker
National Association of Parents with Visually Impaired Children
Boston, MA
July 28-August 1, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Big Horn National Forest-Shell Falls
US Forest Service – Sheridan, WY
Audio Described Tour-Jewel Cave National Park
National Park Service
Rapid City, SD
August
August 18-19, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Fort Raleigh National Park
National Park Service
Manteo, NC
August 23, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Franklin Museum
National Park Service-Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
September
September 12-14, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
Hyde Park, NY
September 16-18, 2013:
Audio Description Training
Shenandoah National Park
Luray, VA
September 22-24, 2013:
Audio Description PhD Committeee
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Barcelona, SPAIN
September 25-26, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Media For All Conference
Dubrovnik, CROATIA
October
September 30-October 1, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Audio Description Development
Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia
Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
October 16-18, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Audio Description
Mountain State Council of the Blind
Martinsburg, WV
October 19-20, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Audio Description
ACB of New York Annual Conference
Albany, NY
November
November 14, 2013:
Guest Speaker-Audio Description/Professional Theater
Albert Einstein High School
Kensington, MD
November 16, 2013:
Panelist–BLICK Film Festival Conference
via SKYPE
Gothenburg, SWEDEN
November 18-21, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Fort Smith National Historic Site
National Park Service
Fort Smith, AR
December
December 3-4, 2013:
Audio Described Tour-Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
National Park Service
Little Rock, AR
December 5-7, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Audio Description and Literacy
Getting in Touch with Literacy conference
Providence, Rhode Island
December 10, 2013:
Guest Speaker–Air Travel Accessibility Conference
Association for Airline Passenger Rights
Washington, DC
2012
January
January 3-4, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tours
Monocacy National Battlefield and Gettysburg National Battlefield-David Wills House Frederick, MD and Gettysburg, PA
January 6, 2012:
Guest Speaker–Association of Performing Arts Presenters
New York, NY
January 10-16, 2012:
AD Training–Icelandic Association of the Blind
Reykjavik, ICELAND
January 19, 2012:
International Telecommunications Union
conference call–Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
Barcelona, SPAIN
January 19-21, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour
Ft. Davis National Historic Site
Ft. Davis, TX
January 30-February 1, 2012:
Test-Audio Described Tour
Big Hole National Battlefield
Wisdom, MT
February
February 9, 2012:
Fourth Meeting of Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC
February 16:
Guest Speaker–“Visual Voices”–George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
February 25, 2012:
Speak at American Council of the Blind–Mid-Year Conference
Arlington, VA
March
February 27-March 3, 2012:
Speak at CSUN Conference–visits in LA
San Diego and Los Angeles, CA
March 5, 2012:
International Telecommunications Union
conference call–Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
New Delhi, INDIA
March 5-7, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour
Harry S Truman Memorial Site-Noland House
Independence, MO
March 16-17, 2012:
Speak at Americans for the Arts, Arts Marketing Conference
New York, NY
March 18-19, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour
Yorktown National Battlefield
Yorktown, VA
March 22-23, 2012:
Meeting of Description Leadership Network
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute San Francisco, CA
March 28-April 8, 2012:
AD Training, Nalaga’at Theater of the Deaf-Blind
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
April
April 12-14, 2012:
Speak on AD and Literacy–Council on Exceptional Children
Denver, CO
April 30-May 1, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour (Second Visit/Test)
Harry S Truman Memorial Site-Noland House
Independence, MO
May
May 6-7, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour (Second Visit/Test)
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis, TX
May 10-11, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour
Museum of Florida History
Tallahassee, FL
May 17-18, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour
Gulf Islands National Historic Site
Pensacola, FL
May 19-20, 2012:
Audio Description for AXIS Dance Company
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Washington, DC
May 29-June 1, 2012:
Speak at 25th Conference–Canadian Association for Translation Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University/University of Waterloo;
Speak at Ryerson University
Waterloo-Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
June
June 7-12, 2012:
Speak on AD and Dance–Motus Humanus Roundtable
Claremont, CA
July
July 8-14, 2012:
American Council of the Blind-Video Description Research and Development Center
Focus Groups and ADP AD Training Institute
Louisville, KY
July 24-27, 2012:
Speak at 4th Conference–Int’l Asso. for Translation and Intercultural Studies
Queen’s University
Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND, UK
August
August 27-30, 2012:
Preparation-Audio Described Tour
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley, CA
September
September 13-16, 2012:
Audio Description Training
Des Moines, IA
September 25-27, 2012:
Presentation at Int’l Telecommunication Union
Focus Group on AudioVisual Accessibililty
Toronto, CANADA
September 28-October 22, 2012:
Audio Description Training
Durban, Capetown and Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
October
October 25-26, 2012:
Speak at West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Wheeling, WV
October 30, 2012:
Presentation to theater community
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Omaha, Nebraska
November
November 2, 2012:
Speak at Annual Conference/Screen Film with Description
VisABILITIES 2012-Maryland Council of the Blind
Baltimore, MD
November 3-4, 2012:
Speak at Annual Conference
New York Council of the Blind
Long Island, NY
November 10, 2012:
Speak at Annual Conference
Old Dominion Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Falls Church, VA
November 17, 2012:
Audio Description Training
AudioVision
San Francisco, CA
November 20-24, 2012:
Audio Description Workshop
Media For All
Berlin, GERMANY
November 28-December 1, 2012:
Guest Speaker-TASH Conference
Long Beach, CA
2011
January
January 9-11, 2011:
Provide Audio Description for U.S. Department of Justice
Hearing on Rule-Making–Captions and Description in Movie Theaters
San Francisco, CA
January 13, 2011:
First Meeting of Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC
January 24-28, 2011:
Audio Description Training
Premier Captioning and Realtime, Ltd.
Dublin, IRELAND
January-June 2011:
Development of Audio Described Tour
The White House
Washington, DC
February
February 5-6, 2011:
Speak at the ReelAbilities Film Festival
New York, NY
February 17-20, 2011:
Conduct Workshop at Meeting of The Saksham Trust
New Delhi, INDIA
February 20-24, 2011:
Speak at/train describers for KL VISION 2011
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
February 27-March 2, 2011:
Conduct Workshop for Hong Kong Council of the Blind
Hong Kong, CHINA
March
March 10-12, 2011:
Train docents, Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
March 23-26, 2011:
Speak at Audio-Visual Translation Conference
Barcelona, SPAIN
April
April 4-6, 2011:
Train staff, Social Security Administration
Baltimore, MD
April 10, 2011:
Audio Description presentation, Beth Sholom Synagogue
Frederick, MD
May
May 3, 2011:
Speak at National Conference of Librarians Serving
Blind and Physically Handicapped Readers
Washington, DC
May 5, 2011:
Second Meeting of Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC
May 13, 2011:
Speak at International Association of Audio Information Services conference
St. Louis, MO
May 14, 2011:
Keynote Presentation
Pennsylvania Council of the Blind Philadelphia, PA
May 22-25, 2011:
Speak at American Association of Museums Conference
Houston, TX
June
June 1, 2011:
Speak via video conference ISCAPP-IPP “Translation for Inclusion” workshop
Porto, PORTUGAL
June 17-19, 2011:
Train describers for Victory Gardens Theatre
Chicago, IL
June 24-June 28, 2011:
AD Demonstration for the Icelandic Organization of the Visually Impaired
BIOVI) and the The Service Institute for the Blind in Iceland
Reykjavik, ICELAND
June 29-July 1, 2011:
Presentation at Media For All, 2011
London, ENGLAND
June 29, 2011:
webcast description from London, ENGLAND
July
July 12-16, 2010:
Speak at American Council of the Blind 50th Anniversary Convention
and Audio Description Project-ADP Training Institute
Reno, NV
July 26-August 9, 2011:
Audio Description Training
Bangkok, THAILAND; Hong Kong, CHINA; and Taipei, TAIWAN
August
August 24, 2011:
AD Webinar for Americans for the Arts
webcast from Washington, DC
September
September 15, 2011:
International Telecommunications Union
conference call–Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
Geneva, SWITZERLAND
September 16-17, 2011:
Speak at Mountain State Council of the Blind conference
Charleston, WV
October
October 5-6, 2011:
Test Audio Described Tour–Chalmette National Battlefield
New Orleans, LA
October 7, 2011:
Speak at “Accessibility Day”–Turner Broadcasting
Atlanta, GA
October 14-15, 2011:
Conduct AD Workshop/Spaek at “Points of View” Audio-Visual Translation Conference
Krakow, POLAND
October 21, 2011:
Speak at Audio Engineering Society Conference
New York, NY
October 26-28, 2011:
AD Training–Abilities, Inc.
Long Island, NY
October 31, 2011:
Speak at 10th Anniversary of Section 508
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
November
November 1, 2011:
Third Meeting of Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC
November 2-4, 2011:
AD Training–University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana, IL
November 7-9, 2011:
Research Audio Described Tour–Big Hole National Battlefield
Wisdom, MT
November 28, 2011:
AD Training–Montclair Art Museum
Montclair, NJ
November 29-December 3, 2011:
Speak at/conduct workshop at TASH 2011
Atlanta, GA
December
December 14-15, 2011:
Speak at International Seminar on Translation and Universal Accessibility
University of Granada
Granada, SPAIN