Conference
Each year the Round Table runs a conference to facilitate and influence the production and use of quality alternative formats for people with print disabilities. Conferences showcase examples of best practice in the provision of accessible information to people with a print disability in the workplace and the community centre, including businesses, agencies, tertiary institutions, libraries, Commonwealth, State and local government.
2009 National Conference
- Dates: Saturday 30th May - Tuesday 2nd June 2009
- Venue: Citigate Central Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Registration: Conference Registration Form (doc 90 kb)
- Program: Conference Program (doc 71 kb)
- Funding: FaHCSIA Application Form 2009 (doc 41 kb)
Conference theme
The conference theme in 2009 is Starting on the Future Now!
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 will showcase what service delivery organisations are researching, developing, and implementing for the future, while still maintaining the vital perspective of delivering the service needed for today. It will provide 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.
Proceedings and papers from past conferences
2008 - Melbourne Power of Cross Sector Collaboration
2007 - Adelaide Print Disability: Developing Individual Lifestyles in a Technological Age
2006 - Brisbane Realising the vision for accessible information: The way forward