ASL interpretation and captions are available for every session.

Schedule is subject to change.

Thursday, October 9

Time Activity Presenters Location
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM HELD Space HELD Agency Studio 3
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Registration and check in N/A Lobby
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Remarks Emily Maxwell, Hope-Adina Adler Aki Studio
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Keynote Address Dr. Jill Andrew Aki Studio
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Making Space for Everyone: A Guide to Meaningful Accessibility

Creativity in the Evolving Art of Description

Nothing About Us Without Us: Partnering with Deaf-Led Theatre Companies | Jonathan Marriott from AccessNow

Christine Malec and JJ Hunt

Gaitrie Persaud-Killings | Aki Studio

Studio 1

Studio 2 | | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Funding Accessibility | Esther Desrosiers, Program Officer, Supporting Artistic Practice, Canada Council for the Arts, and Tiphaine Girault, Program Officer, Explore and Create, Canada Council for the Arts | Aki Studio | | 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Casting Disabled Artists

Accessible Marketing

Choreographing Care, Improvising through Crip/Mad Provocations | Moderator: David Connolly Panelists: Alexia Vassos, George Alevizos, Prince Amponsah, Yousef Kadoura

Moderator: Sadie Cahill Panelists: Bill Adair, Jessica Oddi

Jose Miguel 'Miggy' Esteban | Aki Studio

Studio 1

Studio 2 | | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Our Hands, Our Medicine: Revitalizing Oneida Sign Language | Marsha Ireland | Aki Studio | | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Industry Mixer | The Disability Collective | Lobby |

Friday, October 10

Time Activity Presenters Location
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM HELD Space HELD Agency Studio 3
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Registration and check in N/A Lobby
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Cross-Disability Collaboration Moderator: Emily Maxwell
Panelists: Carly Neis, Kelly MacDonald, Sage Lovell Aki Studio
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Cripping Your Workplace

Designing Decompression: How Active Listeners & Held Spaces Expand Accessibility

The Access Playbook: Accessibility as Everyday Practice for Presenters | Moderator: Marjorie Chan Panelists: Amelia Rose Griffin, Cyn Rozeboom, Kalyce Carter

Christeen Salik from HELD Agency

Lindsay Fisher from Creative Connector and Rachel Marks | Aki Studio

Studio 1

Studio 2 | | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Introduction to Disability Justice

Creative Accessibility in Performance Arts

Let’s Get Spicy: Relaxing the Work Environment for Neurodivergent Artsworkers | Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware, Theodore Walker Robinson

Erin Ball, Maxime Beauregard

Moderator: Heidi Persaud Panelists: Cleopatria Peterson, Lux Gow-Habrich, Nicole Crawford | Aki Studio

Studio 1

Studio 2 | | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Relaxed Performances

Integrating ASL into Performances

Better Backstages: Accessibility Hacks | Jack Hawk, Rachel Marks

Chris Dodd, Courage Bacchus, Juan Jaramillo

Meghan Sivani-Merrigan | Aki Studio

Studio 1

Studio 2 | | 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | Next Steps, Together: From Inspiration to Action | Kass Prus | Aki Studio | | 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | The Disability Collective | Aki Studio |