Tuesday 28 March (pre-conference)
For participants traveling to KC the day before the conference begins, we will have an informal meet and greet at the hotel.
Wednesday 29 March
Location: University of Missouri-Kansas City Pierson Auditorium and Atterbury Student Success Center
| Time | Program | Speaker/Facilitator |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Shuttles to UMKC begin and run through 9:00 am | |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Breakfast Meet and Greet with NSF Program Officer | Dr. Christopher Atchison |
| Break | ||
| 10:00 – 11:30 am | Plenary Session | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 am | Welcome to UMKC | Dr. Chris Liu |
| 10:10 – 10:20 am | Welcome to the convening | Dr. Overtoun Jenda |
| 10:20 – 10:45 am | NFS’s Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative | Dr. Christopher Atchison |
| 10:45 – 11:15 am | Keynote: Navigating the Working World as a Disabled Person | Alexandra Dixon |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Student Panel | Dr. Tamara Massey-Garrett and students from the Southeast Hub |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Birds of a Feather Session (working lunch) | Dr. David Shannon and Dr. Linda Thurston |
| 1:00 – 2:45 pm | Student Hands-on Concurrent Sessions | |
| Accessibility Reviews of STEM Learning Environments | Dr. Scott Bellman | |
| Tornado Lab | Dr. Fengpeng Sun | |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Concurrent Sessions #1 | |
| Diversity, Intersectionality, and Disabilities: Making Visible the Invisible | Dr. Daniela Marghitu | |
| NSF Convergence Accelerator Project: MABLE (Mapping for Accessible Built Environments) | Dr. Nils Hakansson | |
| The Approach, The Conversation, The Outcomes: Advancing Equity and Access Through Administration | Dr. Carl Pettis | |
| 2:00 – 2:45 pm | Concurrent Sessions #2 | |
| Neurodiverse Edusystems: Proactively Accommodating Variability to Advance Campus Climate | Dr. Andrew Buck | |
| Understanding Student-Professor (mis)Communication | Dr. Jade Metzger-Riftkin | |
| The Team Approach: How Collaborating with your Campus Disability Office can Maximize Student Learning | Dr. Tamara Massey-Garrett and Dr. Jeff Traiger | |
| Break and move to Student Union Theater | ||
| 3:15 – 5:00 pm | Class of COVID-19: documentary screening and discussion with director and producer | Film Producer Dr. Donna Davis and Director Jon Brick |
| 5:00 – 5:15 pm | Reflections from day 1 | Dr. Ronda Jenson |
| 5:15 pm | Shuttles to hotel | |
| Dinner on your own | ||
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | After-hours Student Engagement – eSports gaming and social activities in the Student Union | |
| 8:00 pm | Shuttle for gamers to hotel |
