2009 National Conference
Starting on the Future Now!
- Dates: Saturday 30th May - Tuesday 2nd June 2009
- Venue: Citigate Central Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Program: Conference Program (doc 71 kb)
Overview
How service delivery organisations are preparing for the consumers of tomorrow while maintaining viable service orientation for the users of today.
As we come towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century, service organisations that provide accessibility to information for people with print disabilities are managing the future in a variety of ways.
This diversity includes new product development, innovative technology, new service delivery models, expanded networking and relationship management, and increased social value creation strategies. Private, public, government and not-for-profit organisations realise the critical importance in preparing for the future now.
Equally critical is continuing to provide a viable service delivery to the people organisations serve at present. Accessing information is one of the major barriers facing people with print disabilities. The number of people with a print disability will also rise over the next decade with the increase in the aging population. How are the private, public, government and not-for-profit sectors currently providing and planning for future service orientation from the educational, vocational, informational and recreational perspectives?
The conference showcased what service delivery organisations were researching, developing, and implementing for the future, while still maintaining the vital perspective of delivering the service needed for today. It provided service delivery organisations an excellent opportunity to present their leading edge perspectives, interested organisations to gain knowledge on how to provide increased service excellence to the vision impaired community, and users to understand and discuss the latest thinking and actions in starting on the future now.
Alternative formats
Should you have any queries or require the conference documentation in an alternate format please do not hesitate to contact the Round Table Administrative Officer.
Presentations
All papers as zip file
Download: Papers from 2009 conference (zip 152 kb)
Individual presentation files
President's Report (doc 65 kb) Round Table
ABA Annual Report (doc 65 kb) Australian Braille Authority
DAISY Textbook Pilot (doc 72 kb) Moira Clunie, Accessible Formats Developer, Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
DAISY The Easy Way (doc 38 kb) A Furlong & K Randall
Enskilling and Valuing Our Adults of Tomorrow (doc 69 kb) Manurewa High School and Moving Forward Ltd
Towards a personalised education model (doc 60 kb) Kathy Olsen, Director Squiz Limited
Virtual global library service to widen access for people with print disabilities (doc 94 kb) Julie Rae
Creating a single source file at the local level (doc 46 kb) Kathy Riessen, South Australian School for Vision Impaired
The Community, the Specialist Agency - Technology (doc 50 kb) Tony Starkey, Access Officer, Future Solutions Project (RSB)
Low Vision: Looking at the Future Now! (doc 57 kb) Dr Mike Steer, Senior Lecturer, Vision Impairment, RIDBC Renwick Centre
Digital Radio - What it Means for our Clients (doc 34 kb) Stephen Jolley
Using multiple cross sector partnerships to increase access to DVDs through audio description (doc 45 kb) Alex Varley, Media Access Australia
Inaccessible Curriculum as the Disabler (doc 41 kb) Sharon Kerr & Roslyn Sackley, Macquarie University Accessibility Services