Melbourne Web Accessibility Forum 2005 on March 18, 2005
The first WANAU Web Accessibility Forum for the year was held in Melbourne and hosted by the University of Melbourne, and sponsored by Deakin University. 92 people attended.
Speakers
- Welcome and Opening Address, Linda O'Brien (Vice-Principal Information. University of Melbourne)
- Introduction to WANAU, Iza Bartosiewicz (RMIT University)
- Draft Disability Standards for Education, Brian Hardy (National Information Library Service)
- AVCC Guidelines on Information Access for Students with Disabilities, Pat McLean (University of Melbourne)
- AUTC's "Identifying Issues and Strategies for Supporting Students with Visual Disabilities", Denise Kirkpatrick (Monash University)
The forum was chaired by Margaret Ruwoldt (University of Melbourne) and organised by Iza Bartosiewicz (RMIT University), Mike Wood and Judith Evans (Deakin) and Margaret Ruwoldt (University Melbourne).
Presentations
Please contact Dey.Alexander@its.monash.edu.au if you have difficulties accessing these Powerpoint presentation slides.
- Iza Bartosiewicz, Introduction to WANAU (ppt, 436kb)
- Brian Hardy, Disability standards for education
- Pat McLean, AVCC Guidelines (ppt, 285kb)
Photos
Photo: Audience at the Melbourne Web Accessibility Forum
Photo: the forum was opened by the University of Melbourne's Linda O'Brien
Photo: Margaret Ruwoldt chaired the forum
Photo: Iza Bartosiewicz spoke about the formation, history and aims of WANAU
Photo: Brian Hardy spoke about the draft Disability Standards for Education
Photo: Pat McLean gave an overview of the AVCC's guidelines for students with print disabilities
Photo: Denise Kirkpatrick provided information about the AUTC-funded project "Identifying Issues and Strategies for Supporting Students with Visual Disabilities"