DAISY Planet Newsletter - June 2023

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Avneesh Singh Re-Elected to W3C Advisory Board

Congratulations to Avneesh, DAISY's Chief Operating Officer—Strategy & Operations, on his re-election to the W3C Advisory Board, a position that helps to ensure that accessibility remains a central feature of W3C developments.
On his re-election Avneesh says:
"W3C is at a crucial point; it is now a new legal entity, and we are re-building W3C into a new organization. My re-election will help in maintaining W3C's focus on accessibility, which is the purpose of the DAISY Consortium. It also provides an opportunity to shape the W3C into a worldwide organization and reinforce its focus on social values. Additionally, it has a spill over effect beyond W3C, which greatly helps in advancing the mission of accessibility."
Our news article has further details about the W3C Advisory Board and Avneesh's re-election.

photo of Maarten Verboom President of the DAISY Consortium, at the Washington meeting

DAISY Board and AGM in Washington 2023

Last month a series of DAISY meetings were hosted by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) in Washington DC. This included the DAISY board meeting, a joint meeting with the Brailly Authority of North America, and our first annual general meeting conducted in person since 2019 which was also streamed online and incorporated a showcase of activity.
We're happy to share a summary of the Washington meetings and activities with links to further information.

calendar cards for Nov 9, 10, daisy.org/london2023 RNIB and Google logos

London Events in November

This November we are heading to London for two events organized by RNIB and DAISY that will be hosted by our friends at Google:

November 9th Accessible Publishing Conference - free to attend in person and live streamed.
November 10th DAISY Technical Meetings to discuss topics of interest for DAISY libraries.

You can now register your interest in the November events, and if you plan to attend the technical meetings we are keen to hear the priority topics you'd like to discuss.

photo of the award for international excellence 2020

WIPO ABC Awards 2023 - Nominations Open

Nominations are now open for the WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023. As in previous years, there are two categories for the awards, allowing both publishers and other initiatives to be celebrated for their work progressing accessibility in their respective fields.

Nominations are open until August 4th, and the winners will be announced during a ceremony in October at the Publishers Conference in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates.

Visit the ABC International Awards page for the nomination form and details of the process.

Feedback on ACE

The Accessibility Checker for EPUB (ACE) is widely used in both specialist and mainstream publishing as an essential part of accessible EPUB production workflows. If you or organizations you work with use Ace By DAISY we would love to hear your feedback. Our survey, which covers both the command line and app versions of the tool, is intended to help shape and prioritize our development plans:
Take the Ace by DAISY Survey

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DAISY news, articles and updates:

Upcoming Events

Digital Publishing Summit June 19-23
10th Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty June 27
IFLA LPD Satellite Conference August 18-19
AAATE Conference August 30 - September 1
1st ICEVI Africa Conference October 9-12

DAISY Accessible Publishing Conference November 9
DAISY Technical Meetings November 10

Further events are listed on the DAISY Calendar

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