Introduction

OZeWAI has moved from running an annual conference to partnering with many in-person and online conferences and offering membership benefits as part of individual and organisation membership tiers.

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

Topic: tips and tricks to embed accessibility earlier and the benefits for everyone, especially users.

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:

Jaunita Flessas (she/her)

Jaunita works as an ADA Digital Program Manager leading the Enterprise Technical Accessibility Team at Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU). She also chairs the Accessibility A11ies Community of Practice and serves on the leadership committee of NFCU’s disability ERG. She represents NFCU on the Accessibility Guidelines and ARIA Working Groups at the W3C and serves as an Advisory Committee Representative. She is also a member of the Internet Society’s Accessibility Committee. She’s spoken at numerous conferences and events and is passionate about shaping a future internet that’s accessible to everyone.

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

Jun Pataleta

Jun is an Accessibility specialist at Moodle HQ - moodle.com. Jun has contributed to the platform's accessibility efforts as the Integration Lead at Moodle, where he played a role in ensuring that Moodle LMS 4.2 achieved WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility compliance.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jun-pataleta/

Zoë Haughton (she/her)

Zoë is a Senior Accessibility Manager working in the banking industry and based in Sydney, Australia.

Her experience in the accessibility and digital space spans over 15 years, over half of which has been in accessibility. Her roles and education have included consulting, presenting, project management, gap analysis, training, auditing, web design and development, human interaction design and secondary education.

Zoë loves to speak and teach to help raise awareness about digital accessibility and inclusive design. She enjoys helping teams design and deliver more usable and inclusive digital experiences.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoë-haughton-73890a46/

Moderated by:

Brigitta (Bri) Norton (she/her)

Bri is a Digital Strategist and User Experience and Accessibility specialist based in Canberra, Australia and is currently a Digital Accessibility Specialist at AbilityWorks.com.au. Bri has more recently co-developed inclusive research workshops to share how to include accessibility earlier in the project lifecycle, which includes engaging with people with disability as part of inclusive research activities.

Amongst her professional experience with government agencies and local businesses, Bri is the co-chair for Australia’s Web Accessibility Initiative OZeWAI.org, coordinator of the Canberra Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup, a Standards Australia Accessible ICT Procurement Committee Member and a member of the ResearchOps.Community Cheese Board.

LinkedIn: www.linkedIn.com/in/BriNorton.