Accessibility Day

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Date
6th August 2008
Time
09:00–13:30
Location
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL.
Map
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This event is run by Browsealoud in association with Texthelp Systems and Jim Byrne.  This unique conference brings together the best known names in the world of web accessibility and is set to be a very interesting and informative day.

User Vision's Mark Palmer will be speaking at the event, his talk "Accessibility Beyond the Guidelines" will cover;

  • Recruiting for disabled testing
  • Challenging our understanding of what is really accessible
  • Unusable accessibility
  • Issues not fully identified by the WCAG guidelines
  • Usability and Accessibility in conflict

Other key speakers at the event include

  • Jim Byrne - Accessible Web Design specialist
  • Nigel Cunningham - Texthelp (Browsealoud)
  • Colin Hamilton - University of Strathclyde
  • Alan White - Freelance Web Developer
  • David Sloan - Digital Media Access Group

 

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