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From: Julie Howell
Date: Oct 20, 2004 3:01AM

Hi everyone
I'd be grateful for help spreading the word that Judy Brewer of WAI is due
to speak at RNIB's Techshare conference in November. Details below.
Best regards
Julie Howell, RNIB

Director of Web Accessibility Initiative to speak at RNIB conference


RNIB Techshare 2004 highlights the role of technology in the everyday life
of
people with sight problems.

The conference will be held on 18-19 November 2004 at Jury's Inn,
Birmingham,
UK.

Techshare will interest anyone wishing to learn more about accessible
technology.

The main theme of Techshare 2004 is web accessibility.

Our keynote speakers are well-known names from the world of web
accessibility:

18 November morning: Judy Brewer, Directory, W3C Web Accessibility
Initiative

Judy will share the latest news from WAI and will provide an update on the
development of version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

18 November afternoon: Greg Pisocky, Adobe Systems

Adobe is working to make Adobe PDF files more accessible to blind and
partially
sighted people. In his keynote, Greg will describe how Adobe has worked with
the American Foundation for the Blind to improve the accessibility of the
company's e-publishing products.

Greg will present an additional paper on 19 November: Achieving
accessibility in
PDF files with the new Adobe Acrobat

Techshare delegates will enjoy an extremely rare opportunity to listen to
two of
the world's experts on web accessibility at the same conference.

Other papers on the theme of web accessibility:
- Building an accessible transport website
Allison Tynan, Consultant, System Concepts Limited and Shane Snow, Customer
Relations Manager, Transport Direct

- IBM Web Adaptation Technology - an integrated client solution
David Banes, Director of Operations, AbilityNet

- Journey to an accessible website
Alice Dryden, Website Developer and Marianne Lindfield, Website Manager,
College
of Occupational Therapists

- Practical solutions to difficult web design problems
Crista Earl, Director of Web Operations and Elizabeth Neal, Web Content
Manager,
American Foundation for the Blind

- The successful development of an accessible web authoring tool in
cooperation
with its partially sighted and blind users
John Norgaard, Technical Developer, Sonokids Foundation, Denmark and Phia
Damsma, Creative Developer, Sonokids Foundation, the Netherlands

- Web accessibility and disability - a practical introduction
Robin Christopherson, Web Consultancy Manager and Jon Gooday, Senior
Consultant
Assessor, AbilityNet

- Web content accessibility guidelines: accessibility panacea or only part
of
the picture?
Ruth Loebl, Senior ICT Development Officer, RNIB

RNIB is also delighted to announce a one-day pre-conference workshop on PDF
accessibility:

17 November: DIY accessible PDF: How to publish and not be damned
Presented by David Stevenson, Senior Consultant, Adobe and Jeremy Ali,
Technology Officer, RNIB

Conference price: Full conference (two days) -