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2024 Audio Description Symposium

This symposium brings together audio describers, academics, advocates, and members of the broader audio description (AD) community to discuss the policies and standards for AD in Australia.

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This event has now concluded. Event recordings are available below.

Event details

The Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) would like to invite you to the 2024 Audio Description Symposium.

This symposium brings together audio describers, academics, advocates, and members of the broader ‘AD community’ to discuss the policies and standards for AD in Australia, with an emphasis on how they have evolved, what international contexts have informed this and what the future of AD may look like. 

Lunch will be provided. 

If you can’t make it in person, you can join us online. Please note a link to stream the event will be sent to you via email closer to the date. 

Presenters

  • Dr Joel Snyder (American Council of the Blind)
  • Frances Mathey (Audio describer)
  • Dr Karen Seeley (The University of Adelaide)
  • Shane Carroll (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
  • Jan Pyke (Institute of Modern Art Brisbane)
  • Polly Goodwin (Audio describer)
  • Victoria Hunt (SBS)
  • Francois Jacobs (SBS & Deakin University)
  • Michael Howlett (SBS)
  • Kevin Geldard (Red Bee Media)
  • Edwina Gustafson (SBS)
  • Alison Myers (Curtin University)
  • Dr Kerreen Ely-Harper (Curtin University)
  • Breeanna Melville (Curtin University)
  • Nilgun Guven (Vitae Veritas)

Access

We are committed to making our events as accessible and inclusive as possible. Refer to our Access and Inclusion Guide for more information.