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OZeWAI 2002 Full Programme

Wednesday 27 November | Thursday 28 November | Friday 29 November

Wednesday 27 November

Times Session Presenters
1.30pm - 3.00pm

Introduction to Accessibility
Sofitel Hotel, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Note: all OZeWAI registrants welcome but must register for it.

  • Liddy Nevile
  • Andrew Arch
  • Charles McCathieNevile
6.00 - 8.30pm BBQ in Lincoln Square, Carlton.  

Thursday 28 November

Times Session Presenters
8.30am Registration | tea and coffee.
9.30am Opening Session
9.40am

Keynote Presentation:
"An Interactive Multimedia Web"

  • Dean Jackson,
    World Wide Web Consortium, CSIRO.

Questions

10.30am

Why do we use multimedia?

  • Associate Professor William Cartwright, RMIT University

Questions

11.00am morning tea
11.30am

Problems and opportunities with multimedia

  • Andrew Arch, Vision Australia Foundation
  • John McKenna, Telstra
  • Charles McCathieNevile, W3C
12.30pm lunch
1.30pm

Typical uses and opportunities with multimedia

  • Macromedia
2.00pm

Choosing tools using WCAG, ATAG and UUAG

  • Charles McCathieNevile, W3C
3.00pm

Multimedia developers' experiences

  • Roland Maxwell - Acumentum
3.30pm afternoon tea
4.00pm

Legal aspects

Chair: Jason White
  • David Watts - DHS
  • Craig Laughton - Deacons, Lawyers
4.30pm

Panel discussion - other issues

  • 5 mins intros to issues
    - audience questions
6.00 - 8.30pm

OZeWAI Dinner

Friday 16 November - Tutorial Day

Sessions will be presented as lectures with presenters assuming that participants have some background in the relevant area.
Notes for all sessions will be distributed to all registrants on CD.

Times Tutorial Sessions Tutorial Sessions
8.30am Registration
9.00am

Tutorial 1 - General Stream - Lygon Room

Overview of the W3C Guidelines and recent developments

  • WCAG - Jason White, Uni.Melb.
  • ATAG, UAAG - Charles McCathieNevile, W3C

Tutorial 2 - Education Stream - Rathdowne Room

IMS Guidelines for Accessible Content for education - establishing local standards - learner profiles and content capabilities

  • Liddy Nevile, IMS Australia
  • Nigel Ward, The Learning Federation
 

Tutorial 3 - Sponsored Technical Session - Bouverie Room

How to use Flash to produce maximally accessible content

  • Macromedia

Tutorial 4 - Managers/Administrators Stream - Board Room

Contracting for Accessible Sites - the issues for tenderers and tenderees. What makes for success and where does it break down?

  • Gian Sampson-Wild, ACT Gov
  • Roland Maxwell, Acumentum
  • Matt Harris, Morpheum
10.30am morning tea
11.00am

Tutorial 5 - Sponsored General Session- Bouverie Room

Using your HiSoftware products to assess accessibility, automate the process, monitor the results, and develop Quality Assurance systems.

  • Peter Batchelor, ITS
  • Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University

Tutorial 6 - Education Stream - Rathdowne Room

Undergraduate and in-service web development training for developers and teachers

  • Oliver Burmeister, Swinburne University
 

Tutorial 7 - General Stream - Lygon Room

Using W3C standards for accessible content - what is in the standards that is useful?

  • Dean Jackson, W3C, CSIRO
  • Charles McCathieNevile, W3C

Tutorial 8 - Managers/Administrators Stream - Board Room

Managing for accessibility - managing the moving target

  • Simon Finch, Motile
  • Andrew Arch, Vision Australia Foundation
12.30pm lunch
1.30pm

Tutorial 9 - General Stream - Lygon Room

Choosing the right tools.

  • Charles McCathieNevile, W3C
  • Peter Batchelor, ITS

Tutorial 10 - Education Stream - Rathdowne Room

What is happening in educational institutions where students/teachers/lecturers make web pages?

  • Dey Alexander, Monash
  • Sue Steele, Monash University
 

Tutorial 11 - Technical Session

Identifying personal needs and preferences, labelling content for accessibility, matching up people and resources.

  • Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University
  • Nigel Ward, The Learning Federation
  • Nicole Dixon, Morpheum

Tutorial 12 - Managers/Administrators Stream- Board Room

Testing for Accessibility - is your site accessible or just conformant??

  • Naomi Heagney, Hiser
  • Jason White, W3C
  • Andrew Arch, Vision Australia
3.00pm afternoon tea
3.30pm

Tutorial 13 - General Stream - Lygon Room

What is needed to make a Difference?

  • Nicole Dixon
  • Matt Harris

Tutorial 14 - 16

Plenary Stream - Rathdowne Room

Assistive Technologies in action - demos

Chair: Andrew Arch

  • Jaws
  • Braille
  • Zoomtext
  • Naturally Speaking
 

Tutorial 15 - Technical Session- Bouverie Room

Thinking ahead - information architecture - ubiquitous computing -

  • Liddy Nevile
  • Charles McCathieNevile
  • Roland Maxwell
5.00

Close - drinks and nibblies

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