Inclusion and Access to Information in our Changing World
Due to the uncertainties and challenges involved with COVID, Round Table held its second virtual conference in 2022.
Information access is essential for all people including those with print disabilities going about their daily lives. The 2022 Conference will explore the challenges and opportunities in this rapidly changing world for technology developers, accessible format producers, libraries, publishers, education institutions, government bodies and other organisations in facilitating equitable information access for people with print disabilities.
This virtual event was managed by Trudy Smith and her team at the NextSense Renwick Centre who have extensive experience managing online events.
Dates
- AGA General Meeting and Workshop – Saturday, 14 May 2022.
- Conference Proper – Monday, 16 May to Tuesday, 17 May 2022.
- Workshops – Wednesday, 18 May 2022.
- Round Table AGM – Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 3:30pm AEST.
Keynotes and feature presenters
- Martine Abel-Williamson, President, World Blind Union – The WBU amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Frances Gentle, ICEVI President; SPEVI Co-President – Promoting ICT access and capability: International perspectives.
- Julian Rait OAM, Chair of Federal Council of Australian Medical Association – Inside the Pandemic: working with Governments to help get the pandemic response right.
- Roger Firman, Chair of UK Association for Accessible Formats – Easy read: opportunities and challenges.
- Richard Orme, CEO, DAISY Consortium – Born accessible ebooks – are we there yet?
Sponsors and Support
Round Table proudly acknowledges the following Conference Supporters of the 2022 Round Table Conference.
- NextSense – Platinum supporter
- Pentronics – Platinum supporter
- Royal Society of the Blind – Platinum supporter
- VisAbility – Platinum supporter
- Vision Australia – Platinum supporter
- Christian Services for the Blind and Hearing Impaired – Gold supporter
- Braille House – Bronze supporter
- Australian Government’s Department of Social Services – providing funding for self-funded consumers.
The support of the following organisations, for production of accessible format conference materials, is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Blind Low Vision NZ.
- VisAbility.
- Vision Australia
Proceedings
Presenter Papers and Presentations
Papers and presentations from this conference can be accessed via this Members-Only password protected link: 2022 – Online.
Australian Braille Authority meeting documents
- ABA Meeting Documentation (zip 101 KB)
- 2022 Australian Braille Authority Annual Meeting Agenda 12pt (docx 22 KB)
- 2021 Australian Braille Authority Annual Meeting Minutes (docx 61 KB)
- 2021 Report of the Chair Jordie Howell (docx 59 KB)
Alternative Formats
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