Calendar: Past Events

More information is provided on the AFB Leadership Conference website.

A practical session for publishers to reach more readers.

Time: 14.30 - 15.30

Venue: Cromwell Room, Earl’s Court

The event will be chaired by Graham Taylor, Director of Educational, Academic and Professional Publishing at the Publishers Association.

Speakers include:

• Daniel Weck, Software Architect and Programmer, DAISY Consortium
• Huw Alexander, Digital Sales Manager, SAGE Publications
• Pete Osbourne, Head of International Development and Partnership, RNIB, and Chair of the Right to Read Alliance
• Sarah Hilderley, Accessibility Project Lead, EDItEUR
• Alistair McNaught, Senior Advisor, JISC TechDis.

Entry to the seminar is free and on a first come, first served basis on the day. However, to help gauge the number of attendees, you are encouraged to register your interest in advance. By doing so, you will also be kept up to date on news in the run up to the London Book Fair. Please email Sharon Robinson at s.robinson(at)pls.org.uk

To register for the London Book Fair, please visit the London Book Fair website.

The 28th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity (Pac Rim) will bring together a diverse international gathering of academics, community leaders, self-advocates, specialists and officials. The conference aims to inspire, educate and illuminate - with over 18 topic areas, 200 presentations and several institutes, the conference program presents fertile ground for dialogue and exchange while 'pushing the envelope' to ensure all human beings can live to their complete potential. More information is provided on the 28th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity website.

Full details are available on the CSUN 2012 Conference website.

O'Reilly's TOC Conference is the place where leading practitioners from the publishing and tech industries converge to explore ideas, share what they're learned from their successes (and their failures), and navigate the profound changes affecting the publishing industry. Each year, TOC provides a mix of the practical and the visionary to give attendees the tools and guidance they need to succeed—and the inspiration to lead change. More information can be found on the TOC in Publishing 2012 Conference website.

Online registration for the ATIA 2012 Conference is now open via ATIA 2012 Conference website.

The seminar will be chaired by Anthony Watkinson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, UCL. Speakers include Sarah Hilderley, Accessibility Project Lead, EDItEUR, Huw Alexander, Rights & Digital Sales Manager, SAGE Publications, and Alyssum Ross, Director of Business Operations, Hodder Education.

This event will be held Wednesday, January 18th, 4 - 6pm, Roberts G08 Sir David Davies Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower St, London W1, followed by a reception in the Department of Information Studies Teaching Room, G31. More information is provided on the UCL website.

This conference will bring together a wide array of experts and users in the area of Assistive Technology to discuss scientific and policy developments in accessible technology; showcase relevant projects and initiatives in the area of assistive technology. More information is available on the AEGIS project website.

More information is provided on the DAISY Technical Conference website.

This forum will probe platform interoperability, archiving, and preservation issues from a variety of industry, scholarly, and consumer viewpoints. Participate in the community discussion for advancing e-book development and support. More information is provided on the NISO website.

Learn how to leverage the latest device technologies and standards (including EPUB 3) to efficiently create enhanced and accessible e-books for all readers. Are your e-books available to people with reading disabilities? Making your content accessible isn't just the right thing to do, it makes good business sense. With smart planning, every enhanced eBook can be made accessible, with little or no extra cost or effort required. Speakers: George Kerscher, Secretary General of the DAISY Consortium and President of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF); Thomas Starbranch, Manager, Accessibility and Compliance, Pearson School; Eric Freese, Director/Solutions Architect, Aptara. Register here.

Presenters: Daniel Weck, Principal Architect and Avneesh Singh, Project Lead.

Topic: Tobi, a free production tool for DAISY Digital Talking Books and the upcoming EPUB 3 eBooks standard. Learn how to create accessible read-aloud books using your own voice narration and edit the audio stream interactively. In addition, Tobi users can also add audio narration to a text-only document and synchronize a podcast with a structured script, or review and improve an existing Digital Talking Book publication.

You can register for this event online, more information is available on the EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) website.

Congress theme - Libraries beyond libraries: Integration, Innovation and Information for all. Complete details are available on the conference website.

The annual conference is the Association’s hallmark event and draws participants from around the world who represent education, government, legal, research, and technology fields, among others. Please go the AHEAD 2011 Conference website for more information.

This event is organized by University of Warsaw, Office for Persons with Disabilities. Conference registration and program are available on the conference website.

This will be a one-and-a-half day educational conference that gives attendees the opportunity to network with global leaders in digital publishing business and technology. Learn about the latest trends in the digital publishing industry through expert panels, in-depth demonstrations and case studies. Included are workshops on the EPUB standard including the new EPUB 3 revision, eBook production, workflow, and best practices. More information is available on the IDPF website.

For more information, please go to the London Book Fair website.