A11y Allies: Come Meet GrackleDocs

Come and meet Amanda Mace and Dr Ann Knettler from GrackleDocs
GrackleDocs are touring Australia giving presentations about accessibility.
They'd like to meet some A11y Allies while they're in Melbourne.

Thursday 26 February 2026
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free to attend (food and drinks at your own cost)
Reserve your seat at our table ASAP.

Location: The Public Bar
Transport Hotel, Federation Square.
Opposite Flinders Street Station

• Outdoor table for better accoustics
• More accessible for people that use wheelchairs and mobility aides
• Close to public transport

Menu
The Public Bar's Drinks and Food Menu (pdf)

Happy Hour
Enjoy a selection of drinks for just $10, 4pm - 6pm.

• House wines (150ml)
• Canadian Club & Dry
• Tap cocktails
• Lemon Drop cocktails
• Pints of Transport Lager
• Pints of Furphy Ale.

About the guests

Amanda Mace
W3C Australasia Region office manager
GrackleDocs Vice President for Australasia.
Normally based in Perth, Australia.

Amanda is a digital accessibility subject matter expert with more than 14 years’ experience. She is a Certified Professional of the Australian Computer Society.
She leads the Australasia office and manages the GrackleAudit team, delivering manual WCAG audits for clients across the region. She works directly with organisations to lift their accessibility practice from compliance to capability.

Amanda has co-authored a chapter in Web Accessibility: A Foundation for Research and a white paper titled Digital Accessibility: Perceptions, Expectations and Reality.

This is an opportunity to meet Amanda in person and to get to know someone a highly skilled professional in the accessibility industry.

Dr Ann Knettler
GrackleDocs Vice President of Consulting
University of Delaware Professor
Normally based in Delaware, USA.

Dr Ann Knettler is a global leader in digital accessibility strategy and disability policy.

She has more than 17 years’ experience in higher education and corporate settings, including roles as an ADA and Section 504 Compliance Officer and Director of Disability Resources. She advises organisations on how to build access into policy, systems and culture.
Ann represents the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) on the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS), where she helps shape standards used across the sector.

Ann teaches in the Doctor of Education and Master of Public Administration programs at Delaware State University and presents internationally on digital accessibility, disability rights, ableism and system-wide change.

This is a rare chance to meet Ann in person and to get to know someone shaping accessibility practice at a global level.