A series of online panel discussions where OZeWAI members and invited guests chat about topics of interest to the digital accessibility industry. Check out the upcoming Ask the Professionals sessions.
17 July 2026 – Accessibility deep dive for developers
OZeWAI Committee member Ricky Onsman (TPGi, a Vispero Company), who moderates a panel featuring Eric Bailey (GitHub), Julie Grundy (Intopia) and Laurence Lewis (Telstra). Join us to hear from a11y experts on technical accessibility tips and tricks to help developers improve accessibility in their teams.
30 June 2026 – Accessibility news
OZeWAI Co-chair Amanda Mace (GrackleDocs) moderates a panel featuring David Kennedy (https://a11yweekly.com/), Jack McElaney (Accessibility in the News) and Ricky Onsman (Vispero). Find out more about where these wonderful people gather the best and most relevant accessibility news, so we don’t have to.
1 May 2026 – Accessible events
OZeWAI Committee member Ricky Onsman (Vispero) moderates a panel featuring Jennison Asuncion (GAAD founder), Julia Svaganovic (Intopia) and Rosie Putland (ModalityCo). Learn how to make online, offline and hybrid events, conferences and meetups more accessible.
20 March 2026 – Accessibility leaders and change-makers
OZeWAI Co-chair Amanda Mace (GrackleDocs Australasia) moderates a panel featuring Andrew Drummond (Maryland.gov), Ben Pintos-Oliver (Telstra) and Greg Alchin (NSW Department of Customer Service).
11 February 2026 – Accessibility and AI
Jaunita Flessas (Empower Accessibility) moderates a panel featuring Andrew Downie (UTS), Ricky Onsman (Vispero), and Wilco Fiers (Deque).
13 November 2025 – ARIA & Accessibility
Russ Weakley (Intopia) moderates a panel featuring Andrew Downie (UTS), Rafal Charlampowicz (AccessibilityOz), and Sara Soueidan.
24 October 2025 – Testing PDF Documents for Accessibility
Amanda Mace (OZeWAI) moderates a panel featuring Vithya Vijayakumare (Visability), Matthew Putland (Modality / NDIA), and Heather Jakubczyk (GrackleDocs).
11 September 2025 – Accessibility testing: mobile and apps
Gian Wild (AccessibilityOz) moderates a panel featuring Paul van Workum (Abra), Genevieve Lake (Telstra), Ricky Onsman (TPGi), and Rafal Charlampowicz (AccessibilityOz).
29 August 2025 – Embedding accessibility tips and tricks
OZeWAI Co-Chair Bri Norton (Ability Works) moderates a panel featuring Jaunita Flessas (Empower Accessibility), Zoë Haughton (Commonwealth Bank), and Jun Pataleta (Moodle).
30 July 2025 – Myth Busting Accessibility in Australian Tertiary Education
This joint webinar between ADCET and OZeWAI brings together a panel of staff from across the education sector to challenge common myths and misconceptions around accessibility and supporting students with disability. The panel featured Andrew Downie (University of Technology Sydney), Amelia Dowe (University of Tasmania), Darren Britten (ADCET), and Kim Neville (Australian National University).
20 June 2025 – For love of A11y: A look into local accessibility groups
OZeWAI Committee member Ricky Onsman moderates a panel featuring representatives of five Australian meetups that focus on digital accessibility and inclusion: Adem Cifcioglu (Melbourne), Amanda Mace (Perth), Brigitta Norton (Canberra), Charissa Ramirez (Sydney) and Rosie Putland (Hobart).
2 May 2025 – Accessible Content Management Systems (CMS)
OZeWAI Committee member Ricky Onsman (TPGi) moderates a panel featuring Amber Hinds (Equalize Digital), Mike Gifford (CivicActions) and Ricky Blacker (WPEngine).
14 February 2025 – Accessibility Maturity Models
OZeWAI Member Greg Alchin (Accessibility and Inclusion Lead, Service NSW) moderates a panel featuring Sheri Byrne-Haber (disabled) (multi-award winning US accessibility advocate), Brigitta Norton (Ability Works Australia Ltd) and Julia Hine (Australian Taxation Office).
29 January 2025 – Accessibility and design systems and patterns
OZeWAI Co-Chair Amanda Mace moderates a panel featuring Ross Mullen (CANAXESS), Adam Zerner (Macquarie Bank) and Hidde de Vries (freelance accessibility / design systems consultant).
4 December 2024 – Accessibility legislation and policy – USA timezone
OZeWAI Co-chair Bri Norton (AbilityWorks) moderates a panel featuring Dr Ann Kettler (GrackleDocs), Alanna Wallace (DTA) and Susanna Laurin (Funka).
12 December 2024 – Accessibility legislation and policy – EU/UK timezone
OZeWAI committee member Ricky Onsman (TPGi) moderates a panel featuring Daniel Casas (EDF), Bronwen Markham (DTA) and Jim Smith (Atos).
22 November 2024 – Accessibility testing
OZeWAI member Gian Wild (AccessibilityOz) moderates a panel featuring Co-chair Amanda Mace (GrackleDocs), Hans Hillen (TPGi) and Karl McCabe (BankWest).
18 October 2024 – Get Online Week.
OZeWAI Committee member Ricky Onsman moderates a demonstration by Kylie Pollock and Scott Nixon on how to use the accessibility features of an iPhone and an Android phone to carry out some basic tasks. This demonstration was created for #GetOnlineWeek and was followed by a live Q&A session.
27 September 2024 – Accessibility training and courses
OZeWAI Co-chair Bri Norton moderates a panel on the topic of Accessible training and courses, featuring Dax Castro (Chax Training and Consulting), Gian Wild (AccessibilityOz) and Russ Weakley (Intopia).
16 August 2024 – Accessibility tips small/medium businesses and not-for-profit organisations
OZeWAI Co-chair Amanda Mace (GrackleDocs) moderates a panel featuring David Spriggs (InfoXchange), Frances Riggs (GetAboutAble) and Liz Leigh (Content Design Hub).
26 July 2024 – Accessibility tips for designers
OZeWAI Co-chair Bri Norton moderates a panel featuring Christopher Land (Oracle), Claire Webber (Intopia) and Thea Schmertmann (Penny).
4 June 2024 – Neurodivergence and Accessibility
OZeWAI Co-chair Amanda Mace (GrackleDocs) moderates a panel featuring Lisa Seeman-Horwitz (facilitator of the Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force at W3C), Rose McAlister (Aquent) and Rosie Putland (Modality.co).
7 May 2024 – Accessible ICT Procurement
OZeWAI co-chair Bri Norton moderates a panel featuring Andrew Normand (University of Melbourne), Callum McMenamin (Web Standards NZ Government Chief Digital Officer) and Jaunita George (Navy Federal Credit Union).
17 April 2024 – Accessibility, Gaming and Virtual Reality
OZeWAI Co-chair Amanda Mace (GrackleDocs) moderates a panel featuring Mark Barlet (Able Gamers) Dr Ronny Andrade Parra (RMIT) and Shikha N. Dwivedi (Centre for Inclusive Design).
26 March 2024 – Inclusive Research
Bri Norton (OZeWAI Co-chair) moderates a panel of experts: Irith Williams, Ricki Spencer and Yasmine Gray on the topic of inclusive research and how to engage with people from diverse backgrounds in your research and usability testing.
15 February 2024 – Standards
OZeWAI co-chair Amanda Mace (AbleDocs) moderates a panel with Andrew Arch (Intopia), Rachael Bradley Montgomery Ph.D. (Library of Congress) and Dr Scott Hollier (Centre for Accessibility).
23 January 2024 – Accessibility Specialists
Moderated by Bri Norton (OZeWAI Co-chair). Panelists: Derek Featherstone (Salesforce), Gerry Neustatl (ABC) and Sean Murphy (Telstra).
Highlighting OZeWAI Partners 4 December 2023 – Accessibility in Government
Moderated by Bri Norton (OZeWAI Co-chair). Panelists: Adam Cooper (ATO), Geoff White (WA Government) and Greg Alchin (NSW Government).
Highlighting OZeWAI Partners 2 November 2023 – Get Online Week
Amanda Mace (AbleDocs), co-chair of OZeWAI moderates a panel for Get Online Week: Kylie Pollock, Tess Herbert and Scott Nixon.
5 October 2023 – Highlighting OZeWAI Partners
Moderated by Bri Norton (OZeWAI Co-chair). Panelists: Chris Law (Standards ARI), Rosemary Allsopp (Web Directions) and Julia Svaganovic (GetAboutAble).
20 September 2023 – Accessibility Consultancy as a Business
Maka Kama (Alliance ICT) moderates a panel to discuss what it’s like to run an Accessibility Consultancy Company with Amanda Mace (AbleDocs), Manisha Amin (Centre for Inclusive Design) and our special international guest Léonie Watson (TetraLogical).
10 August 2023 – Digital Accessibility Professionals
Amanda Mace (AbleDocs), co-chair of OZeWAI moderates a panel of OZeWAI professionals: Andrew Downie, Ricky Onsman (TPGI) and Ross Mullen (CANAXESS).