• Hiroshi Kawamura, Japan (Daisy Consortium) – Impact of the Marrakesh Treaty on standards development.
• Greg Alchin, Accessibility, Consultant – Disruptive innovations in inclusive information access.
• Tracy Spath, Technical Advisor, NDIS – Outcomes and reasonable and necessary supports for NDIS participants with print disability.
•  Stanley Rabinowitz, General Manager, ACARA – NAPLAN Online: Roadmap to Full Inclusion
• Presenters from Denmark, Netherlands, USA, New Zealand and all corners of Australia.

Sponsors and support

Round Table proudly acknowledges the following Sponsors of the 2018 Round Table Conference.

• Platinum Sponsor – Index Braille is the world market leader for Braille embosser production. By raising the technical level, Index Braille has made braille more accessible for blind people world-wide. Since Index was founded in the early 1980’s, the company has managed to acquire increased market shares for every year with a focus on the end user. Index is proudly represented in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific by Pentronics.
• Australian Government’s Department of Social Services
• Media Partner – The Australia Library and Information Association 

Round Table would like to acknowledge the generosity of the following businesses for their donations, including gifts for conference presenters and volunteers.

• Blind Foundation New Zealand
• Bolinda
• Dan Murphys
• RIDBC
• VisAbility

The support of the following organisations, for production of accessible format conference materials, is also gratefully acknowledged.

• Blind Foundation New Zealand
• Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC)
• Royal Society for the Blind of SA Inc (RSB)
• South Australian School for Vision Impaired (SASVI)
• VisAbility
• Vision Australia

The support of training for hotel staff and volunteers is also gratefully acknowledged.

• Guide Dogs NSW / ACT
• Vision Australia

Exhibitors Display

The following exhibitors were present and provided donations for the exhibitors quiz:

• HumanWare specializes in the manufacturing of assistive technology for people who have low or no vision. We have assistive technology to suit everyone, from the 5-year-old just starting their educational journey to an older person who may be losing their vision.
• Hungry Fingers specializes in design and production of educational resources which help young learners with a visual impairment understand difficult concepts based on visual experience and spatial relations.
• Pacific Vision is a leading provider of hardware and software products for people who are blind or who have low vision.
• Pentronics is the sole importer and Master Distributor of Index Braille products for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. With almost 40 years experience in braille production, Pentronics is the can assist with all your braille requirements.
• Quantum Reading Learning Vision for over 30 years has provided products and services to people with print disabilities (low vision, blindness, or learning difficulty).
• Sensus is a research-based consultancy organization specializing in inclusion technology, digital accessibility and alternate media.
• VisAbility has a vision for independence. Everything we do, empowers people living with disability. We do things differently. We step inside your shoes. We try to see things from your perspective.
• Vision Australia is a leading national provider of blindness and low vision services in Australia. We work in partnership with Australians who are blind or have low vision to help them achieve the possibilities they choose in life.

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