Events & Activities

ETS will be commemorating GAAD with 3 days of events, including hybrid talks and accessibility exhibits and demonstrations for ETS staff.

Graphics, photos, charts – visual representations play an important role in teaching/learning materials. In this Makerspace, we invite teachers to work together in small groups to create alt texts for images from their own teaching-learning materials after a brief input. Using the various examples, they will learn the basic rules for formulating alternative texts and how to meet the special challenges of different teaching and examination materials. All participants bring a graphic or an image for which you need an image description.

Join Monsido by CivicPlus for this special Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) event, and get access to our specially developed business case template for pitching web accessibility for your organization. What you’ll learn in this webinar:

• Why web accessibility is vital to tackle in 2023
• The Benefits & Considerations of the web accessibility business case
• The resources & stakeholder buy-in needed to address web accessibility
• And how to pitch web accessibility to your management team
• And more…

Życie uczelni obfituje w wydarzenia. Niektóre – takie jak inauguracja roku akademickiego czy jubileuszowy wykład – są ważne dla całej społeczności akademickiej. Inne – jak konferencja naukowa – adresowane są do węższego grona. Dobrze, by wszystkie były dostępne także dla osób z niepełnosprawnością wzroku czy słuchu. Pokażemy dobre praktyki na przykładach wydarzeń organizowanych przez czołowe polskie uczelnie. Podzielimy się doświadczeniami z naszych realizacji i praktycznymi poradami. Odpowiemy na pytania. Dostępność wydarzeń zapewnia bardziej komfortowy odbiór dla wszystkich widzów, a organizatorom pozwala dotrzeć do szerszej grupy odbiorców. Termin: wtorek, 16.05, godz. 13.00, czas trwania: 45 minut, Zoom. Dostępność: Podczas webinarium zapewniamy napisy na żywo i tłumaczenie na PJM. Webinarium poprowadzi dr Monika Szczygielska z Dostępni.eu.

In celebration of this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we’re hosting a free webinar for developers of all experience levels to learn how to do a lot of good, using free accessibility testing tools. Harris Schneiderman, Product Manager and Developer Extraordinaire, will demonstrate how to achieve the following using entirely free tools: -Significantly improve your code quality without disrupting your existing testing processes -Automatically catching the majority of accessibility issues in-browser -Extending accessibility coverage even further with guided testing -Automatically catching accessibility issues with even less effort in a VS Code linter -Learning how to solve accessibility issues without any WCAG expertise required

We are excited to bring back the fireside chat in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. This is a unique opportunity to learn from subject matter experts regarding digital accessibility. The City of Richardson will graciously provide light snacks and drinks to all attendees. Hosts: City of Richardson Emcee: Dylan M. Rafaty, NTXDC Featured Speakers: Meryl Evans (Moderator), Tiffani J. Martin (Panelist), Seda Maurer (Panelist), & Elisa Miller (Panelist).

La setmana vinent no és una setmana qualsevol a l’EMAV. S’acaben les classes i a més celebrarem la setmana gran del Curs d’Especialització en Audiodescripció i Subtitulació. Ens han preparat un bingo musical solidari (hi haurà premis!!) i una exposició sobre el cinema musical dels anys 50… accessible! Dues activitats originals, inclusives i creatives per celebrar el final de curs, que coincideix amb el Dia Internacional de la Promoció de l’Accessibilitat. Des de l’escola treballem amb valors perquè el nostre alumnat prengui consciència de la necessitat de tenir en compte totes les capacitats a l’hora de crear. Creiem en una societat inclusiva, perquè el problema no rau en el que no podem fer. L’accessibilitat proporciona un marc d’igualtat de condicions en què tothom ho pot tot. Entre totes i tots aconseguirem aquesta peça que falta i que farà de la nostra una societat més justa i per a tothom! #gaad23 #accessibilitat #accessibility

Seit 2021 müssen alle Websites und App der Offentlichenstellen Barrierefrei sein. Ab dem 28. Juni 2025 laut der Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz können Unternehmen nur noch Produkte und Dienstleistungen auf dem europäischen und deutschen Markt anbieten, wenn sie die Anforderungen an die Barrierefreiheit erfüllen. Aber wie kann ich bei meiner Arbeit Barrierefreiheit berücksichtigen? Wie können Design Teams mehr über das Thema lernen? Gibt es Lernprogramme, Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten oder Zertifizierungen, die gut für UXler und Designer passen? Welche Austauschmöglichkeiten gibt es, wo man mehr lernen kann? Komm vorbei um mehr zu erfahren, fragen rund um Thema Barrierefreiheit Netzwerk, Weiterbildung und Ressourcen kannst du gern bringen! Die Panelisten: Prof. Dr. Gottfried Zimmermann, Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart Prof. Dr. Klaus Miesenberger, Institutes Integriert Studieren an der Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz Michael Düren, Kompetenzzentrum „Digitale Teilhabe für alle“ Regine Gessner (CPACC), IAAP DACH und Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs/HGBS-GmbH Moderiert: Beatriz González Mellídez (CPWA, ADS), Atos Information Technologies GmbH

Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Barrierefreie Apps und Webseiten Join us in our mission to make the world more accessible for all! We invite you to an evening of insightful talks and networking on the 16th of May. It’s our goal to bring digital professionals together with accessibility experts to discuss and learn from each other in a casual setting. With this event we want to be actively a part of the dialogue, and lower the threshold for building apps and digital solutions, that are inclusive. The evening will start off with short talks by our guest speakers Manu Heim from ETH Zürich and Goran Arnold from Apfelschule, and myself. Followed by a networking Apéro. Event details in a nutshell: Date 16th May 2023, event start 18:00 Location Bitforge AG, Zürich

Futurice Berlin welcomes you to an event about “The Future of Digital Accessibility”! Our experts Suvi Helén and Marion Couesnon share their predictions – ranging from topics like legislation to emerging technologies – and recommendations on how to realize a more accessible vision of the future. Use this opportunity to leverage your business and learn how to nail upcoming accessibility challenges with confidence, offer better products and services, and expand your target audience. Not able to join us in Berlin? No worries, we’ve got you! Join us in Munich, Stuttgart, or Freiburg to watch the live stream with some of the nicest and most talented people in the industry… Or simply join remote!