The Perth Web Accessibility Conference is back for 2021!
Tuesday 23rd February
Venue
VisAbility, Perron Place, 61 Kitchener Avenue, Victoria Park WA 6100 (across the road from the Victoria Park Train Station)
Registration
In light of travel restrictions in Australia you can attend either in person or virtually. Find our more about registrations here:
Highlights
A favourite in the calendar for many accessibility minded people in Perth, this fantastic one day event is your chance to learn and share about web accessibility in a casual environment.
This year we are proud to be partnering with W3C Australian Western Region Chapter, who are contributing guest speakers from the W3C in addition to an already amazing list of local speakers.
And of course The Great Debate returns for it’s 8th edition! This year’s topic: “Web accessibility should take a back seat during a global pandemic.”
Schedule
We’ll be featuring your favourite local speakers plus international and interstate guests.
| Time | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00am | MC David Vosnacos | Welcome |
| 09.15am | Bill Kasdorf, Kasdorf & Associates, LLC W3C Global Publishing Evangelist | Mainstreaming Accessibility: “Born Accessible” is Growing Up |
| 09.45am | Shawn Henry, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) / MIT | Making videos and remote sessions accessible – and other new W3C WAI resources |
| 10.15am | Amanda Mace, Web Key IT | WCAG 2.2: what to expect |
| 10.45am | No presenters – just time to take a break and network! | Morning break |
| 11.00am | Dr Scott Hollier, Centre For Accessibility Australia | Accessible Tertiary education in the COVID-19 era |
| 11.30am | Vithya Vijayakumare, Danielle Gault and David Vosnacos | VisAbility’s accessible rebranding journey |
| 12.00pm | Chris Leighton, UWA | Tools of the trade or ‘what’s great in my crate’ |
| 12.30pm | No presenters – time to eat and network and not necessarily in that order! | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Dr Scott Hollier, Matt Putland, Vithya Vijayakumare, Julie Grundy, Chris Leighton, Amanda Mace | Great Debate VIII: Web accessibility should take a back seat during a global pandemic |
| 2.15pm | Jacqueline Homer, DADAA | Digital access and the Arts project |
| 2.45pm | Matt Putland, Vision Australia | Mobile app accessibility – how’s it different? |
| 3.15pm | No presenters – still more time to network! | Afternoon break |
| 3.30pm | Joshue O’Connor, W3C/WAI | XR Accessibility User Requirements |
| 4.00pm | Liddy Neville, OZeWAI | The AccessForAll approach: Just-in-case + just-in-time = Inclusion – discrimination |
| 4.30pm | PWAC Committee | Close and Sundowner, Blasta Brewing Company |
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for event updates. The hashtag is #PWAC2021.
Sponsors
If you’d like to sponsor this year’s event, please contact Amanda Mace for details.