Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Awards 2012 Announced

The 2012 Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Prize winners The Christopher Newell Prize recognises and commemorates the research and commitment of the late Revd Canon Dr Christopher Newell AM who was a strong advocate of the the needs of people with disabilities and their rights to access telecommunications during the 1990s and up until his passing in [...]

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The Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference 2009

It was a hectic start to December. From presenting at the ASCILITE conference in Auckland I flew to Sydney to present with colleague, Dr Anna Hickey-Moody from the University of Sydney at the Australian Anthropological Annual Conference held at Macquarie University. The theme of the conference was the “Ethics of and Politics of Engagement” and [...]

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Gov2.0 Roundtable Australian Parliament House 2009

I had the privilege of speaking on the topic of accessibility of social media at the Gov2.0 Roundtable on the 26th of November at Australian Parliament House, Canberra. Senior government leaders and industry met in Canberra on the 26 November, 2009 to discuss accessibility of government communications services for people with disabilities hosted by the [...]

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Presentation at Professor Angela Brew’s ALTC National Teaching Fellowship Summit and Roundtables

I was an invited speaker at Professor Angela Brew’s National Summit, Undergraduate Research in Australia: First Australian Summit on the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (ALTC Senior Fellow), 5th-6th November, 2009, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia. My presentation was titled “Research informed Media Practice”. A few weeks earlier I had presented on the topic “Strengthening [...]

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Meeting of the ACCAN Disability Consultation Group in Sydney

On the 31st August I attended a meeting at the Australian Communications Consumer Advocacy Network (ACCAN) Sydney office to discuss ACCAN’s Draft Strategy Consultation paper, which will become the ACCAN strategic plan over the next five years. ACCAN is the peak body that represents all consumers on communications issues including telecommunications, broadband and emerging new [...]

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Presentation at the AARNeT Virtual Worlds Workshop

I was invited to present at the AARNeT hosted Virtual Worlds Workshop at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales on the 17th September. There were 23 attendees at the workshop including representatives from AARNet, AIT Sydney, Audio Visual Services  (UTS), Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Cisco, Electroboard, Flinders University,  NSW Department of Education [...]

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Article in the Independent Weekly

The Independent Weekly ran a story in its ‘Specturm’ section about our research into accessibility solutions in 3D virtual environments for people with disabilities, with a particular focus on the technologies under development to increase the participation of students with disabilities within 3D virtual learning environments. The article is viewable online at http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=28172 (page 18 [...]

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Presentation on Technologies of Disability in Virtual Worlds

I presented on the topic of ‘technologies of disability in virtual worlds’ at an event hosted by Dr Anna Hickey-Moody in the Department of Gender & Cultural Studies, School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney on the 31st July 2009. The seminar focused on understanding technology as an act of thought [...]

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Radio 5RPH Interview on Accessibility of Web 2.0 and 3D Virtual Worlds

My segment on Radio 5RPH during the Lifestyles program on the 27th July 2009 focused on challenges associated with ensuring Web 2.0 and 3D virtual worlds are accessible. We touched on the Boston conference and also the implications of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2, which were finally approved in December 2008. These [...]

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Boston Accessing the Future Conference

Boston Accessing the Future Conference mixed media presentation

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