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OZeWAI 2004 Full Programme

Wednesday 1st December | Thursday 2nd December | Friday 3rd December

The Conference was 'scribed' from beginning to end on IRC and some international folk joined in - even asking questions. You can read a transcript of the IRC: see http://acc-logs.jibbering.com/

Claire Spencer also has kindly contributed her notes of the event.

Wednesday 1 December (Government Day)

Times Session Session
8.30 am   Registration | tea and coffee.
9.00 am 1

W3C Guidelines (WCAG) Overview Tutorial (45 mins) [Council Chamber]

Presenters: Gian Sampson-Wild, Andrew Arch, Jason White, Mathew Mirabella

10.00 am 2

Keynote Plenary (60 mins) [Council Chamber]

Welcome and Opening: Liddy Nevile and Professor Edgar Smith, PVCIT La Trobe University. (15 mins)

Accessibility and the Canadian Government:
Jutta Treviranus, University of Toronto (45 mins)
11.00 am   Break | tea and coffee.
11.30 am 3

Accessibility and Government (in Australia) (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Hands-on Workshop [La Trobe Study Hall Level 2]

Workshop 1: New tools for testing accessibility - Gian Sampson-Wild - brochure (90 mins)
1.00pm  

Lunch
2.00pm 4

Accessibility 'Business Case' Panel (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Successful strategies for convincing a boss or employees to be concerned about accessibility:
reports from those who have done it and succeeded (or otherwise).

  • Andrew Arch - the W3C/WAI Accessibility Business Case (20 mins)
  • Cheryl Hardy - Victoria Online - what is hard to sell? (10 mins)
  • Gian Sampson-Wild - what is convincing for business? (10 mins)
  • Mathew Mirabella - what has Telstra learned? (10 mins)
  • Discussion

Hands-on Workshops [La Trobe Study Hall Level 2]

Workshop 1: Improving Accessibility through Usability - Andreas Boehmer - (90 mins)
4.00 pm 5

Government Policy Panel (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Workshop (2 hours) [..]

Workshop 1: Introduction to Usability - Dey Alexander

6.00 - 7.30pm  

OZeWAI BBQ, John Scott House, La Trobe

Thursday 2 December (Education Day)

Times   Session
8.30 am   Registration | tea and coffee.
9.00 am 6

Accessibility Standards Tutorial (45 mins) [Council Chamber]

Presenters:

10.00 am 7

Plenary Keynote (60 mins) [Council Chamber]

Accessibility in Education in Canada - Jutta Treviranus - University of Toronto (45 mins)

Response and Discussion (15 mins)

  • Neil McLean
11.00 am   Break | tea and coffee.
11.30am 8

Plenary Panel Session (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Promoting Accessibility in Education

Hands-on Workshops [Beth Gleeson Building]

Workshop 1: Increasing Accessibility for users with Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties - Russ Weakley, Roger Hudson - (90 mins) - Room 139

Workshop 2: Accessibility Testing - Beyond Bobby? - Andrew Arch, Sofia Celic - (90 mins) - Room 114

Discussion Session (90 mins) [..]

The user profile/resource matching approach - Jutta Treviranus, Liddy Nevile

1.00pm  

Lunch
2.00pm 9

Paper Presentations (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Ed Smith - "The problem with maths... " (30 mins)

Behzad Kateli - "Annotations to Increase Accessibility" paper or presentation (30 mins)

Damian Sweeney - "Being Strict with Content Providers" paper or slides (30 mins)

Hands-on Workshops (90 mins) [Beth Gleeson Building]

Workshop 1: Using HERA, a multilingual accessibility testing tool - Charles McCathieNevile - (90 mins) - Room 114

Workshop 2: Making multi-media accessible - Peter Batchelor - (90 mins) - Room 139

4.00pm 10

Plenary ATRC Software Presentation (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Presenter: Jutta Treviranus
6.30 - 9.30pm  

OZeWAI Dinner, John Scott House Restaurant, La Trobe

Friday 3 December

Times Session Session
8.30 am   Registration | tea and coffee.
9.00 am 11

Authoring Tools and Accessibility Tutorial (45 mins) [Council Chamber]

Presenters: Jutta Treviranus and Liddy Nevile

10.00 am 12

Keynote Plenary (60 mins) [Council Chamber]

Accessibility and Usability - Dey Alexander - Monash University - (45 mins)

Panel - Respondents (15 mins)

  • James Breeze
  • Charles McCathieNevile
11.00 am   Registration | tea and coffee.
11.30am 13

Plenary Presentation Session (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

The Semantic Web and Accessibility - Charles McCathieNevile (45 mins)

From Documents to User Interfaces: Universal Design and the Emergence of Abstraction - Jason White (45 mins)

Workshops (90 mins) [...]

Workshop 1: Testing the usability of government sites - James Breeze - "Beyond Usability" - (90 mins) - Room ..

Workshop 2: Accessible Forms and Tables - Sofia Celic - (90 mins) - Room ..

1.00pm  

Lunch
2.00pm 14

Plenary Panel (90 mins) [Council Chamber]

Professional Associations Supporting Accessibility

  • WANAU - Dey Alexander
  • W3C/WAI Education and Outreach - Andrew Arch
  • SIDAR - Charles McCathieNevile
  • DCMI/IMS - Liddy Nevile

Hands-on Workshop Session (90 mins) [Beth Gleeson Building]

Workshop 1: Annotating websites for increased accessibility - Behzad Kateli and Sarah Pulis - (90 mins) - Room 114

4.00 pm 15

Plenary Review Session (60 mins) [Council Chamber]

Chair: Liddy Nevile

Conference round-up - Chairs of all sessions to report
5.00 - 6.00 pm  

OZeWAI Closing Drinks, John Scott House, La Trobe

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