WA: Launch of U-net
Organiser: U-Net Project
When: Wednesday 6 June 07 - 12:15 – 1:30pm
Where: Duxton Hotel, 1 St George’s Terrace, Perth
Cost: $75 each (incl GST)
U-Net is a new modern day support network designed for entrepreneurs, career professionals and regional women, to focus on women’ needs but aimed at educating both women and men with a free newsletter, bi-weekly blog, and a range of services designed to meet your needs.
U-Net will also include a ground-breaking, almost sealed section entitled U-bloke that promises to be nothing short of provocative!
Registration: Download Flyer and booking form
Port 80 Perth
June 2007
Join us at The Velvet Lounge next to the Flying Scotsman pub in Mt Lawley (corner of Beaufort and Grosvenor Streets) and meet your fellow web professionals. There’s free food, a bar and each month we host two, ten minute talks from members on their area of expertise. This month’s speakers are:
- Miles Burke on “Branding is Bullshit”
- Stephen Clune on “Intellectual property”
No need to register, just rock up and join in! The night kicks off at 6pm.
QLD: Web Accessibility Workshops
Organiser: Vision Australia
When: 7 June 2007, 9am to 5pm
Where: Novotel, 200 Creek Street, Brisbane
Cost: $475 per participant plus GST ($522.50 incl GST of $47.50)
More details: Vision Australia
- Discounts: 5% discount applies for groups of 5 or more from the same organisation - call Tania Conlan (ph 03 9864 9249) to arrange
- Handouts are supplied
- Lunch will be provided
NSW: WebJam 3
When
7 June 2007, 19:00
Where
Jam Bar
CBD Hotel
Sydney
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If you’ve done something cool on the web lately, show the rest of us. We’re looking for 16 presenters to show us their sharpest recent web work, but they only get three minutes. Previous presenters are welcome - if they have something new to show!
NSW: Rails Camp 07
When
Friday June 15th – Monday June 18th, 2007
Where
Camp Chapman
Somersby,
approximately one hour north of Sydney
Cost
$95 per person
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VIC: Writing for the Web Workshop
Organiser: Vision Australia
When: 19 June 2007 9am to 5.00pm
Where: Hotel Y, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Cost:
- $450 per participant plus GST ($495 incl GST of $45).
- 5% discount applies for groups of 4 or more from the same organisation
More details: Vision Australia
WA: Weblogger Meetup
When: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 7:00
Where:Brass Monkey Pub and Brasserie
209 William Street, Northbridge, WA
Cost: Free
More Details: http://blog.meetup.com/14/
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WA: Accessibility Workshop
The Association for the Blind of WA is the principal provider of services to people who are blind or vision impaired in Western Australia. A recent study conducted by Dr Scott Hollier has highlighted a significant gap between people with disabilities and the able-bodied population in relation to the access of computing and Internet-related technologies. As such, the Association has created an Information Technology Accessibility Workshop.
This workshop is designed to provide a wealth of resources and information through hands-on training to ensure that the technologies you use in your area are accessible to people with disabilities, whether it is your internal IT infrastructure or online web presence. There will also be an opportunity to address specific issues relating to your organisation.
SESSION 1:
- Why should we care about IT for people with disabilities?
- What is universal design?
- Explanations of usability and accessibility
- cases for accessibility: moral, legal, corporate, education
- Current ‘disability divide’ issues contributing to the divide
- importance of IT for people with disabilities
SESSION 2: IT accessibility tools and guidelines
Computing:
- What is Assistive Technology?
- built-in tools
- Assistive Technology (AT) products
Internet:
- W3C Web Access Initiative (WAI) and associated guidelines
- addressing different disability needs
- relationship between WAI and AT validation tools
SESSION 3: Hands-on labs
- Learning basic JAWS and ZoomText interaction on the PC
- Learning basic Zoom and VoiceOver interaction on the Macintosh
- Learning how to use validation tools to check websites
- Testing: experiencing the difference between accessible and inaccessible websites
- Demonstrating attendee examples
SESSION 4: Writing for the web
- Interface design
- Differences between documents and web pages
- Differences between Internet and Intranet sites
- Industry-specific issues
- Government websites
- Education and online learning software
When : Friday 22 June 2007, 9:30am - 4.30pm
Where : Guide Dog Conference Centre Association for the Blind
61 Kitchener Avenue
Victoria Park
(opposite Victoria Park railway station)
Cost: $600 per person or $500 for an ‘early-bird’ registration.
AWIA Members: Get a further $100 off
Included in the cost are morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and CD Rom resources.
Booking: To book or for more information please contact Dr Scott Hollier on 9311 8202 or email scotth[at]guidedogswa.com.au
VIC: ReMix Australia
When
25th & 26th June, 2007
Where
The Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne
8 Whiteman Street,
Southbank 3006
Melbourne, Victoria
Cost
$140 - Numbers Strictly Limited
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Why it’s time to rethink & ReMix
On the frontiers of the Web, the boundaries are blurring: between developers and designers; between advertisers and publishers; between software and services; between media and technology; between TVs and PCs; between producers and consumers. The old order is getting a little mixed up.
ReMix is Microsoft’s conference for cutting-edge web professionals designing and building next-generation experiences through Silverlight.
AusWeb07
When: 30th June to 4th July
Where: Novotel Pacific Bay Resort, Charlesworth Bay, NSW - www.pacificbayresort.com.au
Cost:
- From $1,195 (includes accommodation)
- Early Bird Ends 28 May
More Details: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au
Remember the traditional AusWeb conference format provides less presentation time and more discussion time so it pays to read the papers before the conference and come along and be ready to discuss and debate the issues. We want delegates to have more time to interact.
You have a choice of three full day pre-conference workshops and three half day tutorials.
