Hi
just an update, I guess mainly for those in Wellington and possibly wider NZ, but I think also good to let others know what we're planning!
I'm pleased to announce that on Thrusday 24th February 2005, we'll be holding a WSG presentation in Wellington. Venue and cost are to be determined, but it's likely to run from around 5pm - 8pm. I'll be sending out more details in January, including venue, cost, how to book and details about the presentations themselves.
But I can confirm our speakers for the presentation. I'm really excited about who they are, and think it's not something to be missed!
We will be having:
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Russ Weakley
Russ Weakley has worked in the design field for over 18 years, the last 8 as a web designer. Russ is currently the web designer for Australian Museum Online and specializes in front-end development, user interface, navigation, site structure and graphics.
Russ co-chairs the Web Standards Group, whose role is to assist in the
education of web developers in new technologies and accessibility issues as well as doing presentations to various industry groups.
Russ has also produced a series of widely acclaimed CSS-based tutorials including Listamatic, Listamatic2, Listutorial, Floatutorial and Selectutorial.
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Jonathan Mosen
Blind since birth, Jonathan Mosen has taken an interest in the civil rights of the blind from his teenage years. He's an accomplished broadcaster and has worked at the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, and twice been President of the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand.
Jonathan established the PC-Audio e-mail list in August 1998. This list now has over 600 contributors from around the globe. The list provides assistance with listening to and recording audio on the PC, with emphasis on techniques that assist the screen reader user, and information on products that work particularly well with screen readers.
Jonathan also established a general blindness technology discussion list called blindtech, where blind computer users can come for expert assistance and to share knowledge.
He also tests pre-release versions of many popular access products on behalf of their developers, assisting in the design of new features and the detection of bugs.
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John Allsopp
John Allsopp is a founder of Westciv, an Australian web software development and training company, which provides some of the best CSS resources and tutorials on the web. Westciv's software and training are used in dozens of countries around the World.
The head developer of the leading cross platform CSS editor, Style Master, John has written on web development issues for numerous web and print publications and was one of the earliest members of the Web Standards Project. He is a tireless Web Standards activist.
All three are accomplished speakers and presenters. The presentations will have value both to a specialist web standards audience and a more general audience - eg managers, business analysts, visual designers etc. In particular, I think the chance to observe Jonathan using assistive technology to access the web will be eye-opening for those of us who take vision for granted.
Have a great Christmas/holidays everyone!
Regards
Mike Brown
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