Accessibility

If you have special requests, please email primer@futures.design as soon as possible so that we can collaborate about how best to provide accessibility for you throughout the PRIMER21 conference and events.

For people with bodies.

When pivoting from a physical to a virtual conference, we intentionally spread the event out over a several days to better allow you to absorb and participate as the delightfully embodied creature you are. Each day of the virtual conference consists of a full day of talks (with breaks). We hope this scheduling allows all of us to move and care for ourselves as needed. Please take this time to fuel yourself mentally and physically.

Worried about missing out on the content?  We’ll be recording as much of virtual PRIMER21 talks as possible to share via our Vimeo account over the coming weeks and months. During the conference, be sure to take breaks in order to care for yourself. Pull out your headphones, do a few stretches and a few breathing exercises to get your body and mind moving and stimulated.

Blind and Visually Impaired.

Our schedule is available in large print on the PRIMER21 website as well as via PDF for physical printing/enlargement. Your feedback is incredibly valuable if you have any comments or suggestions.

(Encourage our attendees to download and use the “Be My Eyes” app. The app connects those without impairments via a live video call to “lend their eyesight and support with everyday tasks”)

Dyslexia.

Our detailed schedule will be available before the event to help you plan which sessions you wish to attend. Key information about the conference will be shared and updated in real-time via our Speculative Futures Slack Channel (to which all conference attendees are invited).

The emcee will provide verbal announcements at the beginning and/or end of sessions regarding these updates.

We are reminding workshop facilitators that not everyone will want to read out loud/share their notes and that this will not be required from any participants.

If you wish to record audio or video during workshops, rather than taking notes, email primer@futures.design as soon as possible to determine how we can best provide you accessibility to content.

General Help.

Throughout PRIMER21 volunteers will be available in the slack channel #_dfi-primer for general help & questions as well as virtual wayfinding and troubleshooting or send a slack direct message to @PRIMERhelp.

(Note: The word ‘virtual’ describing PRIMER21 does not mean you must be tech-savvy to attend!)

Additionally, PRIMER21 Staff as well as Design Futures Initiative Board Members and Directors will be clearly identifiable via their virtual profiles. While we don’t have all the answers to all the things, we can certainly connect you to the right team for help.

Other Needs?

PRIMER21, as a virtual conference, is a new format, but making PRIMER and Speculative Futures Meetups more accessible is an active, ongoing process. We welcome your suggestions and ideas and would like to learn from your experiences.

Please contact us at primer@futures.design

*Giving credit where credit is due: These guidelines have been modeled in part or in whole from MOZFEST. We are grateful for and inspired by their work to provide accessibility to all persons. The Design Futures Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit which produces the Speculative Futures Meetups and the PRIMER Conference, is continually striving to improve our means by which we include and provide access to all individuals.