Julie Howell is Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie. Prior to this she was the Digital Policy Development Manager at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Julie has worked with businesses, the public sector and government agencies to ensure the accessibility to disabled people of digital information products and services. She is Technical Author of the BSI specification for accessible web design, 'PAS 78'. Julie held the New Media Age Effectiveness Award for 'The Greatest Individual Contribution to New Media 2005/6'. In 2007, Julie received 'The Special Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Imperatives Digital Awards.