OZeWAI online event - Ask the Professionals - 12 December 2024

Introduction

OZeWAI has moved from running an annual conference to partnering with many in-person and online events and offering membership benefits as part of individual and organisation membership tiers. Benefits include online events to ask the tough accessibility questions of the professional accessibility specialists. 

Topic: Accessibility Legislation and Policy

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

• Ask questions from 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:

Daniel Casas - He/Him

Daniel Casas is the Accessibility Policy Officer at the European Disability Forum (EDF), the umbrella organisation that defends the interests of over 100 million persons with disabilities in the EU. His work at EDF focuses on accessibility and freedom of movement, covering areas and policies such as transport, the built environment, accessibility of goods and services, ICT and new technologies and standardisation. Before that, worked as a policy officer in digital policies, home affairs and foreign action at the Delegation of the Government of Catalunya to the EU. Prior to that, he worked as a trainee for the European Association of Service Providers for People with Disabilities (EASPD). He has a background in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. 

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

Bronwen Markham - She/Her

Bronwen is the Director of the Business Standards team, within the Australian Government Architecture and Policy Branch. A long-term Public Servant, Bronwen began her journey with the DTA in the Digital Service Performance Branch, with her work on the Digital Performance Standard. Having been at the DTA for just under 12 months, Bronwen has been an integral part of the development of the Digital Experience Policy, collaborating with agencies and stakeholders to identify other gaps in the Digital Services space that could be solved by Policy or Standards. Bronwen’s expertise is highly regarded, with her knowledge and experience seeing her travel to both Thailand and Vietnam as part of an international delegation to share her learnings and insights. A keen collaborator, Bronwen draws upon her natural inclination for relationship building to foster relationships and seek solutions.

Jim Smith - He/Him

Jim is responsible for managing and growing Accessibility and Digital Inclusion both internally at Atos and with Atos clients as part of the Digital Workplace Practice. He is also part of the Global Accessibility Practice that shapes and drives Accessibility and Digital Inclusion strategy at a Group level within Atos.

Jim is leading a diverse team of Accessibility professionals based throughout the UK and Ireland that supports internal Atos employees and a series of enterprise clients across multiple industries and Public Sector bodies.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-smith-cork/

Moderated by:

Ricky Onsman - He/Him

Ricky is a veteran Australian web designer, front-end developer, writer, and editor. He has been an OZeWAI member since 2014, and a Committee Member since 2017. He currently focuses on the OZeWAI website, newsletter, and social media.As a writer and/or editor of articles, magazines and books, Ricky has worked with the likes of UX Australia, SitePoint, Web Directions and Smashing Magazine. As a freelance designer and front-end dev, he has spent two decades building accessible websites for clients. Ricky has also worked with a series of companies focused on digital accessibility including AccessIQ, Simply Accessible, AccessibilityOz, Intopia, Tenon, and now US-based TPGi where his role as Technical Content Writer sees him providing technical advice to a very large global team of engineers and auditors. 

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