Conferences
Website Redesign
December 2009 Melbourne
Gian Wild ran a seminar on accessible social networking tools for the Website Redesign conference. See the Website Redesign blog post.
Making Links
November 2009 Melbourne
Gian Wild ran a workshop for managers on testing a site for accessibility compliance and ran an accessibility basics seminar at the Making Links conference at Melbourne University in Melbourne. At short notice, she also ran a Practical Podcasting session. See the Making Links blog post.
Web Directions South
October 2009 Sydney
Gian Wild ran a seminar on WCAG2 at the Web Directions South conference at The Convention Centre in Sydney. See the WCAG2 slides and listen to the podcast.
Online Content Management
April 2009 Sydney
Gian Wild ran an accessibility basics seminar and a Writing Accessible Content workshop at the Online Content Management conference at Rydges World Square in Sydney.
IgniteWeb
April 2009 Melbourne
Ignite Web gives presenters 20 slides and five minutes to present. Gian Wild presented on WCAG2 and the issues that developers will need to face in implementing the new standard.
StixCamp
March 2009 Melbourne
Stixcamp is an “unconference”, where presenters nominate themselves and the programme is decided by the group. Gian Wild ran two presentations, one on usability of applications and the other on accessibility of applications.
OzeWAI
2000- 2009 Melbourne
Gian Wild has spoken at every OzeWAI conference since 2000 and has also served on the organising committee. Presentations ranged from demonstrating new accessibility products, to convincing managers of the importance of accessibility.
CHISIG Christmas PowerPoint competition
December 2008
Every year CHISIG (Computer Human Special Interest Group) celebrate with a christmas function. In 2008 there was a PowerPoint competition, where presenters had to speak to PowerPoint slides that they had never seen before. Gian Wild spoke on “How pets are not just for Christmas”.
Enhancing Online User Experience
November 2008 Melbourne
Gian Wild ran an accessibility basics seminar for the Enhancing Online User Experience conference.
Strategic Web site Management
April 2008 Sydney
Gian Wild ran an accessibility basics seminar for the Strategic Web site Management conference.
Web Directions
Sydney September 2006
Gian Wild spoke on the trials and tribulations of trying (and succeeding) in making the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site accessible.
Web Standards Group
Melbourne, Sydney May 2006
Gian Wild spoke on the status of WCAG2 and the progress that the Working Group was making.
