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.