News & Events

Here you will find all the latest news as well as upcoming and previous events.

And The Winner Is….

The DAISY Consortium were delighted to be part of the Digital Book World 2019 Awards, with the DAISY Award for Accessibility in Publishing. It’s […]

Inclusive Design 24

October 10th, 2019

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue […]

Cressida Cowell, Children’s Laureate, Creates Charter for Reading

Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train your Dragon series,  has been elected as Children’s Laureate in the U.K. Speaking to an audience […]

NADP Anniversary Conference 2019

June 25th to 26th, 2019

The National Association of Disability Practitioners Annual Conference 2019 is celebrating its 20th year with a focus on “Enhancing the Student Experience—the Full Lifecycle”. […]

Avneesh Singh Elected to W3C Advisory Board

Many congratulations to Avneesh Singh, Chief Operating Officer at the DAISY Consortium, who has been elected to the W3C Advisory Board alongside other esteemed candidates […]

Society of Scholarly Publishers Annual Meeting

May 29th to 31st, 2019

The SSP’s annual meeting is presented this year with the theme Shaping the New Status Quo: Global Perspectives in Scholarly Publishing. The conference is […]

AIPI Launches Accessibility Guides in Australia

The Australian Publishers Association has launched 2  publications this week as part of the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative (AIPI)—Making Content Accessible and Inclusive Publishing […]

IPEd National Conference 2019: Beyond the Page

May 8th to 10th, 2019

The Institute of Professional Editors is holding its national conference on May 8-10, 2019 where there is a significant focus on accessibility this year. […]

RedShelf eReader Gains National Recognition for Accessibility Advancements

“RedShelf, an EdTech company working to make education more affordable and effective through digital content delivery, has been recognized by EPUBTEST.org as the first exclusively […]

AccessU 2019

May 14th to 17th, 2019

Four days and seven tracks of hands-on digital accessibility training by leading experts, as well as valuable networking opportunities,  and technology demos are on […]