Programme

Chair: Dan Jellinek, Founder, Headstar and Editor, E-Access Bulletin

09.45 – 10.30	KEYNOTE Speaker: Edward Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
10.30 - 11.15	The OneVoice Plenary: Accessibility - why bother? Chair - Nigel Lewis, Chief Executive, AbilityNet Dr Jean Irvine OBE, Commissioner, Equality and Human Rights Commission Catherine Casserley, Barrister specialising in discrimination law, Cloisters Chambers Robert Wemyss, E-business - Web Accessibility Team Lead, Royal Mail Group
11.15 - 11:45	Networking and Refreshment Break
11.45 - 12.45	Parallel Workshops Workshop A: OneVoice workshop: Accessible ICT: Benefits to Business and Society Chair: Nicola Ashington, Consultant, User Experience Speaker: Graeme Whippy, Senior Manager, Group Disability Programme, Lloyds Banking Group Jonathan Hassell, Head of Audience Experience & Usability, BBC Future Media & Technology Chris Tyler, Accessibility Solutions Team, Department for Work and Pensions Workshop B: Access to education and e-learning Chair: Julie Howell, Associate, Headstar Rachel Sefton Smith, Quality and Accessibility Manager, Brightwave John Sewell, Trustee, Rix Centre Andy Tasker, Managing Director, Concept Live Workshop C: Creating accessible pdfs Ted Page, Director, PWS Round Table Sessions Round Table 1: Accessibility challenges in multinational and multilingual global online estates Ricardo Carvalho, Web Developments Coordinator, Shell International Round Table 2: Are online social networks accessible to users with motor disabilities? Chair: Makayla Miranda Lewis, Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design, City University London Roundtable 3: The challenges and approaches to meeting the needs of disabled colleagues and customers Carly Molyneux, Group Disability Programme, Lloyds Banking Group
12.45 - 14.00	Lunch and Exhibition
14.00 - 15.00	Parallel Workshops Workshop D: OneVoice workshop: It need not be complicated if you know where to start Chair: Peter Abrahams, Accessibility Practice Leader, Bloor Research Graeme Whippy, Senior Manager, Group Disability Programme, Lloyds Banking Group Robin Christopherson, Head of Accessibility, AbilityNet Paul Walsh, CEO, Segala and CEO, MetaCert Workshop E: Mobile phones: too smart by half? Chair: John Lamb, Ability Magazine Kiran Kaja, RNIB Digital Accessibility Team Robin Spinks, Principal Manager, Digital Accessibility, RNIB Workshop F: Helping yourself: Access to ATMs and self-service terminals Chair: Dr John Gill OBE, John Gill Technology and former Chief Scientist, RNIB Mike Hendry, Payment Systems Consultant Round Table Sessions
15.00 - 15.45	Parallel Workshops Workshop G: OneVoice workshop: Inclusive design – good for customers, good for business Chair: Gill Whitney, Head, Design for All Research Group, Middlesex University Dave Barrett, Senior Inclusion and Accessibility Manager, BT Retail John Corcoran, Lead Consultant, Wire Design Workshop H: Standards for the next generation of accessibility Chair: Jonathan Hassell, Head of Audience Experience & Usability, BBC Future Media & Technology; and Chair of IST/45, BSI Technical Committee for BS8878 on Web Accessibility Round Table Sessions
15.45 - 16.15	Networking and Refreshment Break
16:15 - 17:00	CLOSING PLENARY: The Future Of Accessibility: Home, work and play Tim Pennick, Technical Research Consultant, Accessibility and Usability, BT Matthew Cock, Chair, Jodi Mattes Trust Sean Smith, IT Accessibility Manager, HMRC