On 3rd February a twitter question was asked by @webconscious:
Know of any Internet related accessibility events/exhibitions in UK 2011? (see original tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/webconscious/status/33204117027426304)
This tweet was subsequently circulated to a few #a11y people including @peskypeople who in turn asked me if I knew of any other events besides a11yLDN. At the time I was about to start my BSL class I was rather distracted and I couldn’t think of any. However, I returned to the conversation the next day were it appeared to conclude that there were only one UK based accessibility event occurring this year (as illustrated by a tweet by @peskypeople http://twitter.com/#!/peskypeople/status/33579158160277504). Feeling rather concerned by this I carried out some research, and so far I’ve found the following seminars, events and conferences*:
- 8 February [London] Investigating the usability of web interfaces for people with learning disabilities – http://www.city.ac.uk/whatson/2011/2-feb/080211_peterwilliams.html
- 14 February [London] Accessibility, best practise and harsh realities – http://lwsassist-estw.eventbrite.com/
- 17 February [London] UK UPA I Heart UX lightening talks – http://ukupaeventfebruary2011-estw.eventbrite.com/ (likely to have #a11y attendees)
- 28 February [Bath] BS 8878 and the Holistic Approaches to Web Accessibility – http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/cetis-accessibility-sig-2011-02/
- 28 February [London] BSI/JISC CETIS Accessibility Standards Workshop – http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/events/register.php?id=266
- 25 March [London] Seminar: Automatic speech recognition and assistive technology – developing spoken interfaces for users with severe speech impairment – City University London Centre for HCI Seminar Series (likely restricted to City University London staff, researchers and students)
- 19 April [London] City University London HCID Open Day – http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/cityinteractionlab/events/ (likely to have #a11y attendees and or presentations)
- 20 April [London] Digital accessibility – http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1128963761
- 12 May [Billingsgate] National Digital Inclusion (NDI11) – http://www.dc10plus.net/news-and-events/events/Event19102 (likely to have #a11y attendees and or presentations)
- 17 May [London] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
- 18 May [Bristol] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
- 24 May [Birmingham] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
- 24 May [Dundee] Engaging industry and the public sector in accessible, inclusive design – do we need to shout louder or smarter? (UPA Scotland) – http://www.scottishupa.org.uk/events.php/engaging-industry-and-the-public-sector-in-accessible-inclusive-design–do-we-need-to-shout-louder-or-smarter
- 25 May [Newcastle] Promoting Digital Inclusion UK Tour 2011 – http://www.nomensa.com/about-us/news/news-items/nomensa-tour-uk-browsealoud-bsi-promote-digital-inclusion
- 25 May [London] Evolving Standards in Accessibility – http://www.bcs.org/category/15015
- 1 June [Bath] BathCamp #23 Accessibility Night – http://lanyrd.com/2011/bathcamp-june/
- 16 June [London] RNIB Techshare conference is an embedded strand of the Vision UK 2011 conference – http://www.vision2020uk.org.uk/UKVisionstrategy/
- 17-18 June [London] Interactivism – http://wearefuturegov.com/2011/05/12/interactivism-is-coming/
- 21-22 June [Birmingham] Accessibility Hackdays (a11y HackSpace) – http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/devcsi/accessibility_hackdays/
- 28 June [London] 7th annual conference and exhibition on access to technology by people with disabilities (eAccess11) – http://www.headstar.com/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=195 (full conference schedule to appear shortly)
- 7-8 July [Manchester] Disability and the Majority World – http://disabilityworld.wordpress.com/ (more of a disability focus, but may cover web accessibility)
- 14 July [London] Building Perfect Council Websites – http://www.headstar-events.com/council11/index.php (has some a11y presentations)
- 26 July [Reading] Instituional Web Management Workshop 2011: Responding to Change, Parallel Session: Accessibility, Inclusiveness and the Mobile Web – http://iwmw2011.eventstreamsapp.com/programme//
- 22-26 August [London] DrupalCon specifically a presentation by M.Gifford “Drupal Accessibility, Why Community Matters and How To Get Involved” – http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/drupal-accessibility-why-community-matters-how-get-involved
- 15 September [London] UPA September event: Call to Action: Designing inclusive user experiences – http://ukupacalltoaction.eventbrite.com/
- 21 September [London] Web Accessibility London (a11yLDN) unconference – http://a11yldn.org.uk/
- 24 October [Dundee] 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility – http://www.sigaccess.org/assets11/
*please contact organisers for availability and fees
As of today the list is rather small, so I plan to update this post throughout 2011 with UK accessibility seminars, events and conferences as I come across them. However if any of my readers know of any other seminars, events or conferences please leave details in the comment section below.
Hi, thought you might like to know that the National Digital Inclusion (NDI11) is on at Billingsgate on 11th and 12th May. I was there last year and whilst it is not all about accessibility, it is all about digital inclusion so you might want to mention it.
http://www.dc10plus.net/news-and-events/events/Event19102
Thanks for this 🙂 I have now updated the blog!
Hi, a quick update on the E-Access ’11 conference, mentioned in the above list.
The date is now set for 28 June, and more information can be found at the following link, with a full conference schedule to sppear shortly: http://www.headstar.com/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=195
Thanks for this 🙂 Blog now updated!
Another possible update:
http://disabilityworld.wordpress.com/ 7-8 July in Manchester
thanks for this 🙂 I have added it to the list and will keep an eye on the event to see if it has a web accessibility presentations.
Hi,
I thought the viewers might like to know of another event Building Perfect Council Websites, taking place on Thursday 14 July 2011 at the Olympia Conference Centre, London.
http://www.headstar-events.com/council11/index.php
Thanks for this 🙂 I have updated the blog!