The National Disability Authority (NDA) in partnership with the Irish Computer Society (ICS) and the Accessible EU Centre invites you to the upcoming hybrid information seminar on 27th June at our premises at 25 Clyde Road, Dublin.

Topics will include: 

  • building accessibility in your design/development process, 
  • testing accessibility to confirm compliance, 
  • going beyond compliance 
  • user involvement and engagement in designing and delivering digital services.

Follow this link to register for in person and online attendance

Live Captioning and ISL will be provided. In-person places are strictly limited and we cannot guarantee a space for everyone. If you select in-person attendance , we will confirm your place via email as soon as possible.

Agenda 

9:30 – 10:00 Coffee and networking

10:00 - Introduction and Opening

  • 10:00-10:10 Dónal Rice. Head of Monitoring – EU Web Accessibility Directive. National Disability Authority
  • 10:10 – 10:30 John Barron.  CIO. Revenue Commissioners. 
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Brian Dalton. Accessibility Test Lead – A user’s experience of government digital services.   

Panel 1 – Public sector perspectives on accessibility 

11:00 -11:45 

  • Karin Whooley, Principal clerk (previously web manager) Houses of the Oireachtas)
  • James Northridge, Manager for Inclusive UCC 
  • James Killeen, A/Web manager. Mayo County Council
  • Ron Beenen, Deque Systems 
  • Orla Kealy, Senior Staff Officer, Kildare Wicklow ETB

11:45 – 12:00 - Break

Panel 2 – Building accessibility into the design and development of digital services

12:00-12:40 pm

Moderator: Jakub Christoph. Secretary General at CEPIS and ITPE/ ICS

  • Sorca Duffy, UX / UI designer. Health Services Executive 
  • Mick Keane, Accessibility Engineer. Optum. 
  • Aoife Geoghegan, Head of Design and Content. Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. 
  • Brendan MacDonagh, Kooba 
  • Bridget Connaughton, Lead Designer. ESB

Closing reflections 

12:40 – 13:00

Trevor Vaugh – Public Service Design Lead, Department of Public Expenditure NDP. 

Lunch/networking

13:00 


The National Disability Authority is named in Irish Regulations as the National Monitoring Body for the purposes of monitoring compliance with and reporting on the Directive.
The ICS works to advance, promote and represent the interests of ICT professionals in Ireland.
The AccessibleEU Centre is a flagship initiative proposed in the European Commission’s Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030. It is a resource centre on accessibility, working on the areas of built environment, transport, information, communication technologies and policies in order to ensure persons with disabilities’ participation in all areas of life on an equal basis with others.