Source: SPEVI List
For early risers: These are very interesting (free) Accessible STEM events from
overseas.
Making Space for All is a new astronomy webinar series features the work and
voices of underrepresented scientists and students in the astrophysics
community.
Public Q&A sessions and live astronomy interviews each Thursday at 3:00 PM ET =
5 am AEST/7 am New Zealand time.
Hosted by the Ohio State University Department of Astronomy and Centre of
Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
More information: <https://astronomy.osu.edu/outreach/making-space>
https://astronomy.osu.edu/outreach/making-space
The Making Space for All series will culminate in the 2020 SciAccess
Conference, an all-day FREE, virtual event dedicated to promoting disability
inclusion in STEM.
SciAccess 2020 will take place on Monday, June 29. It is being hosted in
partnership with NASA and CCAPP.
Questions? <mailto:thesciaccessconference@xxxxxxxxx> Email them if you have
any questions.
The Virtual Science Accessibility Conference
29 June 2020, 9:30am – 4:00pm ET (= 11:30pm – 6:00am AEST).
A free, international conference dedicated to promoting disability inclusion
and diversity in STEM.
Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Soyeon Yi, the first and only South Korean
Astronaut
Free and Open to the Public
Hosted on Zoom by the Ohio State University Department of Astronomy, in
partnership with NASA.
Join the conversation on equity in STEM by registering at
<https://go.osu.edu/sciaccess2020> https://go.osu.edu/sciaccess2020
kind regards,
Phia
Phia Damsma
Creative Director Sonokids Australia - Developers of Accessible Educational
Software and Apps <https://www.sonokids.org/> https://www.sonokids.org
Winners 2020 Zero Project Award- Innovative Practice Inclusive Education for
Persons with Disabilities
Co-president of South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment (SPEVI)
Chair Program Committee of the Annual Conference for the Round Table on
Information Access for People with Print Disabilities.
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