Events & Activities

Q&A with Dax Castro. A lot has changed in the last decade when it comes to accessible documents. While many give advice to avoid PDFs as an accessible format, this Q&A with international expert Dax Castro will shed light on the advancements in technology and standards. Is the advice against PDFs outdated? While the reality was PDF content was inherently not designed to be accessible, has that changed and how so?

Organizing a panel on the topics • Rights of persons with disabilities with a focus on the rights of women with disabilities • ICT (Information and Communication Technology) accessibility for persons with disabilities • Study and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities

Aspire To Innovate, an initiative to digitize Bangladesh is going to celebrate “Global Accessibility Awareness Day Bangladesh” for the first time. It will be a joyful event with a cultural program, following a useful discussion on the Digital Accessibility of services in Bangladesh. The program will have Mr. Ashraf Ali Khan Khushru, the Honorable State Minister of Social Welfare Bangladesh, and other delegates.

The Symposium will spotlight the value of creating inclusive digital experiences for all. The day will also celebrate the excellent work happening within UCC to support inclusive teaching, learning, and assessment experiences. The day will feature international keynote speakers, staff panels and the student experience. The day will also celebrate the excellent work happening within UCC to support inclusive teaching, learning, and assessment experiences. The 19th of May was selected to coincide with International Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

1 day webinar on the digital accessibility. Japanese accessibility experts will give their talks. This event is for free. Real-time captions will be available!

Seit der Einführung der EU-Rechtsvorschriften zur Barrierefreiheit im Jahr 2020 müssen Organisationen des öffentlichen Sektors sicherstellen, dass ihre digitalen Angebote barrierefrei zugänglich sind. Crawford Technologies und Docolution gehen im Webinar auf die Grundlagen digitaler Barrierefreiheit ein, was diese Regelungen für die Erstellung von Dokumenten, neu zu erzeugende oder bereits vorhandene, bedeuten und präsentieren Lösungen und Tools, um den Anforderungen Ihrer Kunden zu entsprechen.

The University of Sydney Library is hosting a webinar to highlight the development and application of a pioneering voice avatar. Created by Cereproc, the webinar will focus on the experiences of Associate Professor Anna Boucher and how she utilises this AI-assisted technology in her teachings. The panel will also discuss other emerging accessible technologies and accessibility driven innovations, and how they will benefit both staff and students different needs.

This fast-paced webinar will feature 10-15 minute sessions, including – Intro to barriers faced by individuals with disabilities – Empathy session featuring a UC staff member with a temporary disability – Demo of how people navigate the digital environment using a keyboard only – Tutorial on how to make content using Rich Text Editors accessible – Game show about research and data that can help guide accessibility

Accessibility in India: Present Scenario & Scope Celebrating the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) The aim of this discussion is to spread awareness about Digital accessibility, inclusion, and scenario and scope of accessibility in India. The panelists for this discussion are – Rakesh Paladugula (Product Manager for Accessibility at Adobe), Amar Jain (Advocate and a certified professional in web accessibility) and Prashant Naik (Manager at Union Bank of India & Co-founder of Talking ATM)

The objective of this initiative is to make Bankinter employees aware of the importance of having an inclusive culture. We launched a challenge that consists of thinking about the best way to accompany some of the images on the Bankinter website with alternative text. Through a quiz distributed to a staff of more than 4,000 bank employees, we want to take advantage of this day to promote reflection on the problems that our customers may have.