OZeWAI newsletter

Australian Accessibility Conference

We are exploring options for the format and structure of the Australian Accessibility Conference. We're taking note of what has been working well (and not so well) for other conference organisers and inflecting that with our understanding and appreciation of our conference attendees.

We can say that the conference will be taking place on and around 10 December and that it will take place online. We have already confirmed our first keynote speaker - a highly respected international practitioner and tireless advocate for digital accessibility on a global scale. As you can imagine, we're pretty excited!

More news very soon!

Input

Have Your Say on OZeWAI

Thanks very much to those people who responded to our request for interviews on the future of OZeWAI, it’s heartening to see people willing to help us set our future direction. We'll be in touch again directly to set up the interviews and collate your thoughts. But we need more! So, we're preparing some info that will go out to every OZeWAI member giving them the chance to contribute their thoughts. It's not too late if you prefer to chat in an interview, though. Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

AS EN 301 549

Standards Australia has released a revision to AS EN 301 549 for public comment. This revision places WACG 2.1 at the centre of "Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services". There's only a few days left to comment: download a draft and make your comments.

Outreach

UX Australia 2020

OZeWAI will be conducting two online information sessions at Australia's biggest UX Design conference, each comprising a screen reader demonstration + a general digital accessibility Q&A. This is a chance to get our accessibility message in front of Australian designers.

Web Directions

We are also targeting the Web Directions series of events, aiming to set up similar screen reader demo + accessibility Q&A sessions, hopefully at Code in September (for developers and engineers), Product in November (designers) and Summit in early 2021 (the big one, all sorts of web tech).

Events

Inclusive Design 24

Annual free 24-hour online event for the global community on 17 September. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas via talks from people around the world non-stop for 24 hours. Quite a few OZeWAI members are involved, and the list of talks looks outstanding.

A11y Camp

Australia’s premier conference on accessibility and inclusion is on again from 12-13 November, fully online. With two days full of conference presentations, there's sure to be something for everyone.

Professional Development

Mobile Accessibility Testing Workshop

Join AccessibilityOz CEO Gian Wild on Friday 20 September at the Atlassian offices in Sydney for a full-day, hands-on Mobile Accessibility Testing workshop!

Introduction to Web Accessibility WCAG 2.1

Looking for an online course explaining the fundamentals of WCAG 2.1? Ross Mullen from CANAXESS has a nifty video course totalling 3 hours on Udemy that might be just what you need - and it's currently priced at a 75% discount!

OZeWAI Forum

Don’t forget that the OZeWAI Forum is an online channel for you to raise and discuss issues relevant to digital accessibility in Australia. Has something in this newsletter inspired you to make a comment or ask a question? Are you angry about something and want help to do something about it? Do you have an event you want to promote? Got an itch you just have to scratch?

Come and have your say!

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