OZeWAI has had another busy year, with online events and in-person partnerships with conferences, as well as progress in our strategic governance and accessibility advocacy and projects. We’re pleased to share the highlights of 2025.
Ask the Professionals
OZeWAI’s “Ask the Professionals” sessions continue to be popular with members and subscribers, as attendees had the opportunity to ask questions of accessibility specialists.
The variety of specific digital accessibility related topics included accessibility design, testing, training and courses, gaming and virtual reality, neurodivergence and accessibility, inclusive research.
- Thank you to our experts who joined the panels this year: Andrew Downie, Rafal Charlampowicz, Sara Soueidan, Vithya Vijayakumare, Matthew Putland, Heather Jakubczyk, Paul van Workum, Genevieve Lake, Jaunita Flessas, Zoë Haughton, Jun Pataleta, Amelia Dowe, Darren Britten, Kim Neville, Adem Cifcioglu, Amanda Mace, Brigitta Norton, Charissa Ramirez, Rosie Putland, Amber Hinds, Mike Gifford, Ricky Blacker, Sheri Byrne-Haber, Julia Hine, Ross Mullen, Adam Zerner and Hidde de Vries.
- Thank you to our moderators: Amanda Mace, Bri Norton, Ricky Onsman, Greg Alchin, Russ Weakley and Gian Wild
You can view all past “Ask the Professionals” sessions on the online events page and check out the wonderful, animated demonstrations as part of the Get Online Week on our YouTube channel.
Make sure to keep an eye out for new topics in 2026.
Membership
Thank you to everyone who has become a member or supported OZeWAI.org this year and if you haven’t, please consider joining OZeWAI as a paid member so we can continue to provide services for our digital accessibility professional community.
This membership structure has allowed OZeWAI to improve revenue to assist with sponsorship of advocacy work and events, progressing project initiatives and has allowed OZeWAI to better serve their professional and organisational members with benefits including the consultant directory.
Strategic Plan and Project Activities
This year the committee met and developed Strategic Pillars for improving governance processes. We will be sharing more benefits for members as we role out the initiatives as part of our new Strategic Plan.
Get Involved
Remember if you want to get involved in any of the OZeWAI initiatives read more about the membership tiers and join as a member today.