OZeWAI - Accessibility for developers, Ask the Professionals - 17 July 2026

Introduction

The 'Ask the Professional' events are free and recognised as professional development for many organisations.

Join OZeWAI members and guests, including knowledgeable digital accessibility experts, specialists and researchers from all over the world, as well as leaders in the industry, government and non-profit organisations, to explore and support digital inclusion topics and ideas.

Topic: Accessibility for developers.

This panel event will bring together accessibility specialists for you to:

• Ask questions of the experts 

• Share knowledge of similar issues

• Find where to get help with accessibility advice and expertise

Session access requirements

The session agenda and access details will be shared 2 days before the event. This is a remote online event using Zoom.

Please email info@ozewai.org if you wish to share any tools, communication methods or anything else we should consider to ensure you can fully participate in the session.

Thank you from the OZeWAI Committee

Panelists:

Eric Bailey (he/him)

Eric is an accessibility advocate, designer, developer, writer, and speaker. He is currently a senior accessibility designer at GitHub, where he helps to make the platform more accessible and usable for a global audience.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwbailey/

Julie Grundy (she/her)

Julie Grundy is the Accessibility Assessment manager at Intopia, and has played a key role in many award-winning national and international projects. In 2025, she was named the Accessibility Specialist of the year, entering the Hall of Fame as part of the Centre for Accessibility's Australian Access Awards.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-grundy-620551a/

Laurence Lewis (he/him)

Laurence is an Accessibility Senior Specialist at Telstra. Starting in printing pre-press, he self-taught as a front-end developer. In 2013 while developing online media and courses for the Queensland Department of Education, accessibility caught his attention. Connecting with his mentor, Bryan Garaventa, helped shape his expertise over many years. He is the developer of the A11y Quick Check browser extension.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurence-lewis-77520365/

Moderated by:

Ricky Onsman (he/him)

Ricky is an Australian veteran of accessible web design and development, both locally and internationally, from design agency work, freelancing, auditing, and training, to now writing testing rules, guidance articles and training courses for a global digital accessibility consultancy. He’s been a Committee Member of OZeWAI for over 10 years, is a regular host or panellist on Ask The Professionals webinars, presents on accessibility topics at conferences and meetups, and writes articles on related topics. Ricky is Principal Technical Writer at US digital accessibility giant Vispero, where he writes training courses, maintains the knowledge base and rules engine, and works on AI tools.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickyonsman/