OZeWAI 2006 Programme (DRAFT)

Wednesday 29th November | Thursday 30th November | Friday 1st December

Wednesday 29 November - Conference Progamme

Times	Session	General Stream	HiSoftware Stream
8.30 am		Registration \| tea and coffee.
9.00 am		Opening session - welcome
9.15 am	1	OZeWAI W3C/WAI Technical Update Tutorials (90 mins) [Council Chamber] Topic 1: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.0 Topic 2: Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.0 Discussion	HiSoftware Tutorial 1 Part 1 (90 mins) [Computer Laboratory] Hands-on workshop using the software AccVerify and AccRepair to evaluate and repair content. All participants will be given a six months free licence to this software. Presenters: Rob Yonaitis, HiSoftware
10.30 am		Tea and coffee break
11.00 am	2a	Tutorial (40 mins) [Council Chamber] Manual Evaluation of Web Accessibility based around the open source AIS Toolbar and other techniques	HiSoftware Tutorial 1 Part 2 (90 mins) [Computer Laboratory] Hands-on workshop using the software AccVerify and AccRepair to evaluate and repair web content. All participants will be given a six months free licence to this software.
12.30pm		Lunch
2.00pm	3	Presentations (90 mins) [Council Chamber] "What are the challenges for Wikipaedia and what does Wikipaedia offer us?" (45 mins) "Accessibility for Older People" (45 mins)	HiSoftware Tutorial 2 Part 1 (90 mins) [Computer Laboratory] Hands-on workshop using the software AccMonitor to manage a site on an on-going basis using metadata generated using AccVerify. All participants will be given a six months free licence to this software.
3.30 pm		Tea and coffee break
4.00 pm	4	Plenary presentations: [Council Chamber] Making Accessibility Pervasive (45 mins) Presentation: Accessibility and the Commonwealth Games (30 mins)	HiSoftware Tutorial 2 Part 2 (90 mins) [Computer Laboratory] Hands-on workshop using the software AccMonitor to manage a site on an on-going basis using metadata generated using AccVerify. All participants will be given a six months free licence to this software.
6.00 - 8.00pm		OZeWAI BBQ, John Scott House, La Trobe

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Thursday 30 November

Times	Number	Session Description	Session Description
8.30 am		Registration \| tea and coffee.
9.00 am	5a	Keynote Plenary (45 mins) [Council Chamber] Keynote Speaker: Madeleine Rothberg - WGBH/National Center for Accessible Media Madeleine Rothberg is the Director of Research and Development for the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media. FAQ Session 1 - what is difficult if you are working on accessibility in Oz? The aim of the FAQ session is to record and provide advice in direct response to participants' issues. The FAQ will be documented on the OZeWAI website and available for all to use in the future.
10.30 am		Tea and coffee break
10.00 am	5b	Keynote (45 mins) [Council Chamber] "Accessibility in the corporate world" Keynote speaker: Johann de Boer, ANZ Bank Johann is Technology Accessibility Manager within Enterprise and Staff Technologies. He founded and chairs the ANZ Disability Network, and is a staff representative on the ANZ Diversity Council.
11.00am	6	Tutorial (40 mins) [Council Chamber] ...... Presenter - ....	Accessibility Metadata Standards Workshop Pt 1 (90 mins) [Room ?] AccessForAll workshop for ISO standards for education and Dublin Core standards for general use. In this session, the details of the standard will be described and participants will be invited to ask questions.
1.00pm		Lunch
2.00pm	7	Tutorial Session (90 mins) [Council Chamber] "Introduction to Usability"	Accessibility Metadata Standards Workshop Pt 2 (90 mins) [Room ?] In this session, some participants will be asked to critique the vocabularies and structure of the DC standard and technical participants will be invited to work on XML/RDF schema.
3.30 pm		Tea and coffee break
4.00pm	8	Plenary Session (45 mins) [Council Chamber] Keynote speaker: Andrew Arch - Vision Australia (45 mins)
4.45pm	8	Plenary Session (45 mins) [Council Chamber] "Moving Your Organisation to Web Standards" (45 mins) Invited speakers: Priscilla Brice-Weller, Matt Magain, WSG Matthew Magain will introduce the work of the Web Standards Group, and provide information on the resources available to web designers, and how you can be involved. Priscilla Brice-Weller will talk about the challenges faced when moving a large organisation to web standards, based on a real case study (Oxfam Australia).
6.30 - 9.30pm		OZeWAI Dinner, John Scott House Restaurant, La Trobe

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Friday 1 December

(including WANAU Program)

Times	Number	Session Description	Session Description
8.30 am		Registration \| tea and coffee.
9.00 am	10	Keynote Plenary (45 mins) [Council Chamber] "........." Presenter: Madeleine Rothberg - WGBH/National Center for Accessible Media Madeleine Rothberg is the Director of Research and Development for the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media.
10.00 am	11	FAQ Session 2 - what is difficult if you are working on accessibility in Oz? (90 mins) [Council Chamber] The aim of the FAQ session is to record and provide advice in direct response to participants' issues. The FAQ will be documented on the OZeWAI website and available for all to use in the future.	Accessible Podcasts (90 mins) [Room ?] The goal of this session is to identify and document the techniques for producing an accessible podcast.
10.30 am		Tea and coffee break
11.30am	12	Open Source Resources and Accessible Tools Panel (90 mins) [Room ...]
1.00pm		Lunch (WANAU Meeting Session)
2.00pm	13	Research Presentations (90 mins) [Rm 3] "Decision-making and accessibility " (60 mins) "Adapting content to the user's needs and interests" (30 mins)	Technical Challenges Session - (90 mins) [Council Chamber] "AJAX and Accessibility" (60 mins) "Converting scientific texts to braille" (30 mins)
3.30 pm		Tea and coffee break
4.00 pm	14	Plenary Session (90 mins) [Council Chamber] "Accessibility beyond screen readers, an implementor's perspective" (40 mins) Presenter: Charles McCathieNevile, Opera "Standards Australia and accessibility standards" (20 mins) Presenter: Samantha Walker, Standards Australia
5.00 - 6.00 pm		OZeWAI Closing Drinks, John Scott House, La Trobe