Global Accessibility Awareness Day (re-launch event)

Updated with details!

--- Featured presentation ---

Creating a highly accessible, usable and robust Design System for New Zealand government web sites.
By Jas Hua, Joe Garlick, and Matt Holloway.

They'll be talking about the approach and process that they took to develop our all-of-government Design System. They are currently in Alpha phase and keen to get your thoughts on how they could make this more accessible and usable for the community (via community testing, co-designing, etc).

--- Panel discussion ---

Working towards accessibility. Guests include:

• Sacha Judd, UX Developer at SilverStripe
• Kelsey Zapata, Senior Software Developer at Flick
• Richard Fortune, Product Owner at Xero

Panellists will discuss some of their successes in advocating for accessibility concerns, as well as the obstacles they've encountered and how those obstacles might be surmounted.

--- Schedule ---

6:00 PM - Refreshments and mingling
6:30 PM - Featured presentation + Q&A
7:00 PM - Panel + Q&A
7:30 PM - Additional mingling
8:00 PM - Meetup adjourned

--- Additional notes ---

• Pizza will be served, including gluten-free and non-dairy options
• Beverages will be non-alcoholic
• The event space is wheelchair accessible, and presenters will be amplified
• Please let us know if we can provide any additional accommodations!