Joseph Lee

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A researcher+grad student during the week, a tech observer+accessibility advocate in the weekends. A blind 1.5-gen Korean American graduate student working at the intersection of organizational communication, technology, and disability studies, I constantly look for ways to learn about how people and organizations define, discuss, and practice accessibility.
Certified NVDA Expert, member of Cal State LA, CU Boulder, NVDA screen reader, and Windows Insider communities
PronounsHe/his/him
KeywordsOrganizational communication, communicating technology design, disability studies and accessibility
Languages (human and computing)English, Korean, Python, C++
Show threadJoseph Lee2d ago
@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @andrewleland @NVAccess I created NVDACon back in 2014, then chaired the organizing committee for 2015 and 2016. Derek Riemer led the 2017 edition, then there was another one in 2020 or 2021 (don't remember exactly). We also had regional and country specific versions as well.
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland The NVDA community hosted on groups.io should have messages from the 2016 conference planners.
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland I am unavailable for interviews until June 2026 at the earliest.
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland Sure. I also heard talks of an oral history project, and yes, I can answer some questions about NVDACon - after all, NVDACon was inspired by more established tech events like Apple's WWDC and the annual CSUN conference; NVDACon's keynote address presentation by NV Access was modeled after annual WWDC keynote by Apple executives.
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland In summary: event planning, especially planning a global virtual event is hard, and you need both a clear vision and a team of people to make this a success.
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland One last reason against organizing multiple conferences: the organizing comittee, especially the committee chair(s), must endure queries from arond the world about various aspects of the event; doing so for one conference is hard (trust me, I was bedridden in the middle of organizing NVDACon 2016 partly due to me chairing that conference and some extra work I did then).
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland Another reason for going against multiple conferences at once is conference fatigue - people need to rest between events, and attending multiple conferences in a really short time can be exhausting (I limit (academic) conference attendance to two to three a year because of this).
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@kaveinthran @DavidGoldfield @NVAccess @andrewleland Virtual gathering is a must unless local communities wish to organize something on their own (physical conference is no go for reasons including geopolitical ones). I advise against separate events for different user groups, or if you wish to do that, ask people to plan it on days when the conference won't be held (this works best if the conference is done over two weekends).
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@DavidGoldfield @kaveinthran @NVAccess @andrewleland Ideal timeline (cont):
* No later than a month after the event: publish the event recordings unless the presenter said no to recordings. Keynote presentation(s) should be published first.
Good luck. 9/
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@DavidGoldfield @kaveinthran @NVAccess @andrewleland Ideal timeline (cont):
* Throughout the event: monitor the venue, attend presentations, and anser questions and troubleshoot issues.
* Before the final event/presentation: start the post-event debrief planning, including lessons learned and what can be done better in the future.
* A week after the event: do a comittee-level debrief, thank presenters and attendees. 8/