Canberra Web Accessibility Forum on August 15, 2005

The Canberra Web Accessibility Forum was held at the Australian Catholic University and attended by around 40 people. A report of the event (rtf) is now available.

Speakers

Welcome and Opening Address, Associate Professor Tim O 'Hearn (Dean of Students, Australian Catholic University)
Introduction to WANAU, Dey Alexander (Monash University)
Overview of accessible design standards and their implications, Andrew Arch (Vision Australia)
Disability standards for education, Brian Hardy (Vision Australia)
AVCC's Guidelines on Information Access for Students with Disabilities, Conor King (AVCC)

The forum was chaired by Rachael Bahl (Australian Catholic University) and organised by Rachael Bahl (Australian Catholic University), Trevor Allen (Australian National University) and David Formica (University of Canberra).

Presentations

Dey Alexander, Introduction to WANAU (rtf, 40kb)
Brian Hardy, Disability standards for education

Photos

Photo: participants at the Canberra forum

Photo: Rachael Bahl chairing the forum

Photo: Assoc. Professor Tim O'Hearn opening the forum

Photo: Dey Alexander introducing WANAU at the forum

Photo: Andrew Arch presenting information on accessible design standards

Photo: Brian Hardy, who spoke about the new education standards for the Disability Discrimination Act

Photo: Conor King gave an overview of the AVCC guidelines on print disabilities