Summer Website Accessibility Lecture Series

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

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Edith Cowan University and the School of Computer & Security Science are proud to present a series of public lectures presented by some of the world’s leading experts in website accessibility.

You are invited to attend one or all of the lectures and group bookings are welcome.  However as seats are limited, please RSVP as indicated below.

Accessibility testing with expert, special needs user teams. Social and physical challenges as well as the benefits of certification.
Date: Thursday, 8 November 2012
Time: 4.00pm-7.00pm
Venue: Mount Lawley Campus, Building 17, Room 17.157
Presenter: Cam Nicholl, Digital Acessibility Centre, South Wales

Making automated accessibility testing easier
Date: Monday, 26 November 2012
Time: 4.00pm-7.00pm
Venue: Mount Lawley Campus, Building 10, Room 10.131
Presenter: Mark Rogers, PowerMapper Software, developer of SortSite

Accessibility in W3C Web Technologies, guidance from the W3C on making sites accessible for all
Date: Thursday, 6 December 2012
Time: 4.00pm-7.00pm
Venue: Mount Lawley Campus, Building 10, Room 10.131
Presenter: Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C, Geneva

Details

All events are free and run from 4.00pm-7.00pm with time for questions.

Light refreshments and a chance to meet with the presenters following the lecture.

RSVP

Please RSVP your attendance for these events to Dr Justin Brown at j.brown@ecu.edu.au or Mrs Vivienne Conway at v.conway@ecu.edu.au.

Speaker profiles

Cam Nicholl

Cam is a director of the Digital Accessibility Centre, based in the UK.  Cam has worked in the accessibility field for 9 years and is a highly professional, motivated, innovative individual, whose passion for accessibility is widely acknowledged and respected in the field.

Cam has built solid working relationships with many large organisations in both the corporate and public sectors in the UK. Cam has also been working from a global platform, servicing sales from the United States, Australia, France and Belgium.

Cam has a good practical knowledge of assistive software and their application to the Web in addition to sound knowledge of relevant legislation, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and other international legislation surrounding accessibility.

Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers, is CEO and co-founder of PowerMapper Software. A graduate of The University of Dundee, his first job was porting hypertext software from MacOS 1.0 to Windows 1.0. That led to R&D on networked hypertext and multimedia systems for Panasonic. Since 1997 he’s worked on the products sold by PowerMapper Software.

Shadi Abou-Zahra

Shadi Abou-Zahra works with the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) as Activity Lead of the WAI International Program Office, which includes groups that are responsible for education and outreach, coordination with research, general discussion on web accessibility, coordination with the WAI Technical Activity, and WAI liaisons with other organizations including standards organizations and disability groups. Shadi coordinates WAI outreach in Europe, accessibility evaluation techniques, and international standards promotion and harmonization activities. He is the scientific coordinator of the WAI-ACT Project (IST 287725), chairs the Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG), is the staff contact of the Research and Development Working Group (RDWG), and participates in the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Shadi previously also participated as key staff in the WAI-AGE Project (IST 035015) and WAI-TIES Project (IST 038471).