atw: Fwd: Web and Online Accessibility Workshop (Melbourne 2 September 2003)
- From: Stewart Walker <helpfulau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:28:05 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all
Thought this might be of interest...
Cheers
Stewart
> Subject: Web and Online Accessibility Workshop
> (Melbourne 2 September 2003)
>
> Hi
>
> The National Information and Library Service (NILS)
> is running a "Web and
> Online Accessibility Workshop" in Melbourne on
> Tuesday 2nd September 2003.
> (NILS is a joint venture of Vision Australia
> Foundation, Royal Blind
> Society of NSW and the Royal Victorian Institute for
> the Blind).
>
> Details and registration forms are at:
>
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/webaccessibility/workshops/
>
> These full-day workshops are targeted at
> web-development team leaders,
> corporate communications professionals and business
> managers, along with
> content authors, web programmers and designers and
> web contract managers.
>
> The workshops provide a thorough overview of
> accessibility issues and how
> to address them, along with an in-depth review of
> the World Wide Web
> Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
> and their implementation
> and a consideration of assessment tools and
> techniques. The issues
> confronting users with particular needs will be
> explored, including people
> from people with disabilities and older people. The
> workshop will also look
> at issues particularly relevant to people in
> regional and rural Australia
> and how these overlap with issues that are important
> for other people with
> particular information needs.
>
> Participants will be able to see and hear how
> different sites appear to
> people using assistive technology, and relevant
> international guidelines
> will be distributed. There will be an opportunity to
> discuss the particular
> concerns and challenges government, education and
> business has in achieving
> a high level of accessibility.
>
> The morning session provides the broad overview,
> concentrating on the whys
> and wherefores of web accessibility and access for
> rural Australia, and
> demonstrating the issues and solutions. The
> afternoon session provides an
> in-depth look at particular accessibility issues,
> with an emphasis on
> techniques and assessment tools.
>
> We offer these workshops around Australia. If you
> are interested in future
> workshops, the program is available at:
>
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/webaccessibility/workshops/
>
> Please forward this message to anyone you think may
> be interested in a very
> informative and worthwhile day.
>
> Send us an email if you would like any further
> information.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew Arch & Brian Hardy
> andrew.arch@xxxxxxxxxxx
> brian.hardy@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 03 9864 9525
> ______________________________________
> Brian Hardy
> Consultant, IT-Test and
> Manager Information Services Development
> National Information and Library Service
> Phone: (03) 9864 9525 Mobile: 0419 102 451
> Phone International: +61 3 9864 9525
> E-mail: brian.hardy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or
> hardyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 AUSTRALIA
> Postal: PO Box 860 Hawthorn Victoria 3122 AUSTRALIA
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