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Industry Events

Round Table Conference

The upcoming Print Disability's Round Table conference has the theme “Inclusion and Access to Information in Our Changing World”, presenters will explore the ever-expanding opportunities presented to people with print disabilities for information access and creation, communication and learning.

The extensive high quality conference program includes renowned presenters from across the world. The conference will provide you with updates on accessible and inclusive practices and projects, braille education, innovative audio and artificial intelligence applications, and much much more.

The full program and registration details are available on the 2022 Round Table Conference Website

Conference Proper – Monday, 16 May to Tuesday, 17 May 2022.
Workshops - Wednesday, 18 May 2022.
Round Table AGM – Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 3:30pm AEST.

Intro to Digital Accessibility

In this seminar for GAAD week, Ronny Andrade (Digital Accessibility Lead, RMIT University), will cover the basics of digital accessibility, and will provide an introduction to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), an industry standard to create accessible digital content and experiences.

Held via Microsoft Teams Live from 12noon-1pm on Monday 16 May. Ronny is a CPACC, has a PhD, and has lived experience of low vision. As part of his doctoral research, he investigated accessibility in videogames for people with visual impairment.

Registration is free.

Embedding Accessibility in Procurement

Andrew Normand (Web Accessibility Lead, Melbourne University) presents a GAAD week online overview of the latest developments in Accessible ICT Procurement. Awareness has increased regarding the importance of embedding accessibility within the ICT Procurement Process, the challenge now is to identify meaningful procurement practices to ensure accessible ICT.

Held via Microsoft Teams Live from 12noon-1pm on Tuesday 17 May. Andrew will also examine tools that can be used, and the role of Product Owners, Procurement Officers, Project Managers and Business Analysts.

Registration is free.

Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Conference in the Asia-Pacific

Exclusive 30% discount code (AITCAP30WAI) for all OZeWAI members are now available for AITCAP 2022 to be held on 17, 19, 24 and 26 May. The event is 100% virtual and accessible and showcases innovative approaches to the increasingly valuable accessible and inclusive tourism market.

Get more information, including how to register, at the AITCAP web page.

OZeWAI is a partner sponsor of AITCAP. OZeWAI co-chair Bri Norton joins a panel at 1.40pm AEST (GMT+10) on 17 May to discuss accessible websites with Gian Wild from AccessibilityOz and Lorraine Woodward from Rentable with MC Graeme Innes AM.

TTC GAAD Webinar

TTC will be celebrating GAAD on Wednesday 18 May with a live webinar at 10am to discuss 'Usability Testing, User Research and Accessibility'. OZeWAI co-chair Bri Norton joins the panel that includes Kylie Pollock of TTC who will provide a flavour of TTC's Lived Experience training to bring to life some of the barriers people with disability encounter in our digital world and why it is important to learn from people with lived experience.

Register online to participate in this enlightening discussion!

Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Help celebrate the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Thursday 19 May by hosting and/or participating in events around the world designed to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the billion people living in the world with disabilities.

Get all the background information you need and get involved.

A11y Bytes 2022

A11y Bytes is back for its tenth year on 19 May celebrating GAAD in Australia with a series of lightning talks about digital accessibility and the needs and preferences of people with disabilities, posted on the A11y Bytes YouTube channel throughout the day. There will also be a live Q&A at 3pm AEST (GMT+10).

OZeWAI members Bri Norton and Gerry Neustatl are presenting this year.

You don’t have to be an accessibility aficionado to attend. Take part and connect, be inspired and have some fun as we talk, learn, grow and change the world.

The Evolution of Accessible Documents

ADWebKey (formerly Web Key IT) is also celebrating GAAD, with an online event featuring world-renowned document accessibility expert Dax Castro: Vice President of ADAlign for Documents, Trainer at AbleDocs and a popular speaker at OZeWAI 2020. The event will run from 9:30am–10:15am, (Perth time: GMT +8) on 19 May and includes a Q&A session.

Please join us to learn how document accessibility is evolving. Attendance is free, but places are limited - register now.

Inclusive Design 24

The Call For Presentations for Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is open now 5 June. This free 24-hour online event on 22 September for the global community celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between.

Save the date

After taking a hiatus in 2021, WordPress Accessibility Day returns 2-3 November with a free 24-hour global event focused on accessibility in WordPress.

Local Meetups

Upcoming meetup events

Perth Accessibility meetup: 21 June
Canberra Accessibility and Inclusive Design meetup: 26 May (GAAD retro)

Check the group meetup pages in your area for upcoming events:

Industry Jobs

Digital Accessibility Manager, CBA, Sydney
Frontend Software Engineer - Accessibility, Canva, Sydney
Stella Young Memorial - Artist in Residence, Northern Grampians Shire Council, Horsham
Inclusion and Access Coordinator - Accessibility Services, Tas Dept of Education, Hobart
APS6 Accessibility Advisor, Fed govt via Chandler Macleod, Melbourne
APS6 Accessibility Advisor, Fed govt via Chandler Macleod, Canberra
APS5 & APS6 Accessibility and Communications Advisor, Fed govt via Chandler Macleod, Brisbane
APS5 and APS6 Accessibility Advisor, Fed govt via Chandler Macleod, Adelaide
APS5 Accessibility Advisor, Fed govt via Chandler Macleod, Melbourne
APS5 Accessibility Advisor, Fed govt via Chandler Macleod, Canberra
Accessibility Manager, Sydney WorldPride, Sydney
AccessAbility Assistant, North Regional TAFE, Broome
AccessAbility Assistant, North Regional TAFE, Karratha
AccessAbility Adviser, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
Accessible Transport Fleet Scheduler, Link Community Transport, Melbourne
Accessibility Engagement Officer, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority, Brisbane
Accessibility Engineer, TPGi (USA), remote
Solutions Architect, TPGi (USA), remote
Senior Accessibility Consultant, Knowbility (USA), remote
Frontend Accessibility Engineer, NoRedInk (USA), remote

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