BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T014606Z UID:0KcAAQ DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220907 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20220728T092438 DESCRIPTION: 1:00 – 5:00pm (social from 5pm onwards) \n\n at The Jointwor ks\, 62-64 Albion Street\, Birmingham\, B1 3EA \n\n Welcome to Digital Wor ks #14! \n\n For the first in-person Digital Works event since the pandemi c\, we will be hosting a day focused on accessible digital experiences - a theme that’s really important to the work we’re all doing\, and somet hing we get asked about more and more. We often tell our clients that by m aking your digital experiences more accessible\, you will be making them m ore usable by default. \n\n We’ve got three brilliant speakers lined up to talk about this wide and varied topic - Chloe Tear\, Caspian Turner and Will Gregg. You can read more about their talks in the schedule below. \n \n We can’t wait to welcome you to The Jointworks\, and if you have any questions just drop us an email and we’ll be in touch! \n LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T131247 LOCATION:Birmingham ORGANIZER:mailto:emily@substrakt.com SUMMARY:Digital Works #14 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T014606Z UID:0KcAAQ1048073 DTSTART:20220906T130000 DTEND:20220906T134000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20220728T110856 LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T153955 LOCATION:The Jointworks\, 62-64 Albion St\, Birmingham B1 3EA\, UK ORGANIZER:mailto:emily@substrakt.com SUMMARY:[Digital Works #14] Arrival & Intro's (events starts at 1:30) URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T014606Z UID:0KcAAQ1048160 DTSTART:20220906T134000 DTEND:20220906T150500 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20220803T154209 DESCRIPTION:[Chloe](https://chloetear.co.uk/) is a 24-year old disability b logger and freelance writer who also works as a full-time content designer in the charity sector. In her blog she documents her lived experiences as a disabled young woman. Chloe has had Cerebral Palsy from birth\, but bec ame visually impaired during her first year of university and has recently been registered as severely sight impaired (formally known as blind).\n\n Chloe strives to share what it’s like to be a disabled young person navi gating the world of education\, employment and life in general - and she ’ll be bringing this ambition to Digital Works where she’ll be talking about her interactions with digital and online experiences. LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T154343 ORGANIZER:mailto:emily@substrakt.com SUMMARY:[Digital Works #14] Session 1 - Chloe Tear URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:[Chloe](https://chloetear.co.uk/) is a 24-year old disability blogger and freelance writer who also works as a full-time content designer in the charity sector. In her blog she documents her liv ed experiences as a disabled young woman. Chloe has had Cerebral Palsy fro m birth\, but became visually impaired during her first year of university and has recently been registered as severely sight impaired (formally kno wn as blind).\n\nChloe strives to share what it’s like to be a disabled young person navigating the world of education\, employment and life in ge neral - and she’ll be bringing this ambition to Digital Works where she ’ll be talking about her interactions with digital and online experience s. URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T014606Z UID:0KcAAQ1048161 DTSTART:20220906T151500 DTEND:20220906T161500 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20220803T154629 DESCRIPTION:Caspian Turner's name will be familiar to many of you already. Our lovely ex-Head of Strategy and Consulting is now a Digital Accessibili ty Consultant and Director of [Accessible by Design](https://accessiblebyd esign.co.uk/) \\- a digital accessibility consultancy that aims to help ar ts and cultural organisations design\, build and maintain accessible websi tes\\.\nCaspian has held in-house roles at Glyndebourne and Southbank Cent re\, before working as a Web Implementation Specialist at Tessitura Networ k and most recently working with us! He’s also a member of the [Internat ional Association of Accessibility Professionals](https://www.accessibilit yassociation.org/s/) and an accredited Web Accessibility Specialist.\n\nCa spian's talk is **'Beyond compliance. Meeting people’s needs'.**\n\nComp liance should not be the primary aspiration or primary goal of making your work and experiences accessible. It should be about providing your audien ces with an excellent experience. Designing digital and in person experien ces with consideration as to how human beings interact with them is critic al to creating inclusive experiences that meet your audiences’ needs.\n\ nWe’re going to cover some of the most frequently seen digital accessibi lity issues and findings from focus groups\, covering lived experiences of booking and attending arts and cultural events in England. We’ll also c over what you can do to improve digital accessibility at your organisation . LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T161243 ORGANIZER:mailto:emily@substrakt.com SUMMARY:[Digital Works #14] Session 2 - Caspian Turner: Beyond compliance. Meeting people’s needs URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Caspian Turner's name will be familiar to many of you already. Our lovely ex-Head of Strategy and Consulting is now a Di gital Accessibility Consultant and Director of [Accessible by Design](http s://accessiblebydesign.co.uk/) \\- a digital accessibility consultancy tha t aims to help arts and cultural organisations design\, build and maintain accessible websites\\.\nCaspian has held in-house roles at Glyndebourne a nd Southbank Centre\, before working as a Web Implementation Specialist at Tessitura Network and most recently working with us! He’s also a member of the [International Association of Accessibility Professionals](https:/ /www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/) and an accredited Web Accessibility Specialist.\n\nCaspian's talk is **'Beyond compliance. Meeting people’s needs'.**\n\nCompliance should not be the primary aspiration or primary go al of making your work and experiences accessible. It should be about prov iding your audiences with an excellent experience. Designing digital and i n person experiences with consideration as to how human beings interact wi th them is critical to creating inclusive experiences that meet your audie nces’ needs.\n\nWe’re going to cover some of the most frequently seen digital accessibility issues and findings from focus groups\, covering liv ed experiences of booking and attending arts and cultural events in Englan d. We’ll also cover what you can do to improve digital accessibility at your organisation. URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T014606Z UID:0KcAAQ1048162 DTSTART:20220906T163000 DTEND:20220906T171500 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20220803T160626 DESCRIPTION:Will is going to be speaking about our accessible-first approac h to building digital products and services\, specifically in his work on our new(ish) online purchase pathway Viadukt.\n\nHe’ll demo some of thes e accessible features such as the work he’s done recently on seating pla ns and his future ambitions to build the most accessible purchase path. Ac cessibility is something we’re always learning new things about\, especi ally from users\, so he will also touch upon the process we take to usabil ity testing to ensure we are being truly user-led and accessible-first. LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T160626 ORGANIZER:mailto:emily@substrakt.com SUMMARY:[Digital Works #14] Session 3 - Will Gregg URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Will is going to be speaking about our accessi ble-first approach to building digital products and services\, specificall y in his work on our new(ish) online purchase pathway Viadukt.\n\nHe’ll demo some of these accessible features such as the work he’s done recent ly on seating plans and his future ambitions to build the most accessible purchase path. Accessibility is something we’re always learning new thin gs about\, especially from users\, so he will also touch upon the process we take to usability testing to ensure we are being truly user-led and acc essible-first. URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/substrakt/digital-works-14 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR