Accessibility Update for the Australian Government

[Gruden]

With the endorsement of WCAG 2.0 as the standard to be applied to all government websites, the Australian Government is poised to improve the provision of information and services online.

It is now more important than ever to ensure your Agency’s investment in its online presence continues to deliver ongoing value while achieving and maintaining conformance.

Join Gruden and Sitecore on Wednesday 6 April at a special information session for an insight into how your Agency can implement practical and sustainable solutions that ensure you meet your accessibility obligations now and into the future.

• Update on the Australian Government’s Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy by Jacqui van Teulingen, Director – Web Policy, AGIMO
• AusTender Case Study – Ensuring accessibility in a whole-of-government web publishing system by Peter Howard, Technical Analyst, Gruden
• Sustainable Conformance – Helping Agencies achieve compliance and build their conformance capability by Mark Stanton, Technical Director, Gruden
• Beyond Technical Accessibility – How Sitecore CMS manages author behaviour to enforce accessibility compliance by Greg Baxter, Product Evangelist, Sitecore

This session is suitable for anyone who is responsible for the management of an Agency’s online presence.

Agenda:

• 2:00pm Arrival
• 2:10pm Welcome
• 2:20pm Presentations

Date: 2pm, Wednesday 6 April 2011

Venue: Conference Room, Fourth Floor, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

RSVP: Register online before Wednesday 30 March

Questions? Contact John Yarrington at john@gruden.com or 61 2 8256 5300

Upon conclusion of the presentations, we would be delighted if you would join us for a networking afternoon tea.



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