Agenda
7 July 2021
- 9h30Welcome speech
António CARNEIRO - acting Director-General of the Publications Office of the EU - 9h40News from the Publications Office of the EU
Nikolaos PETALAS (Publications Office of the EU) - 10h10Why should we care about accessible publishing?
Mare MAXWELL (Publications Office of the EU)
Presentation of the resources on accessibility offered by the Publications Office of the EU (contracts, consultancy services, training, website…). - 10h40 – 11h00Break
- 11h00When and what to think about accessibility: workflows, time and planning
Mathilde GROSJEAN (DG EMPL), Beatrice PACIONI and Mare MAXWELL (Publications Office of the EU)
In order to produce an accessible publication, many actors need to intervene: authors, project managers, graphic designers, accessibility experts… In this mix of presentation and discussion, some of these actors will share their experience when producing an accessible publication with the OP. - 11h45Publication Drafting Tool
Maria JEREZ (Publications Office of the EU)
Practical presentation about how this tool, included in Eurolook and available to anybody in the EU institutions, allows preparing content for an accessible publication. - 12h15Alternative texts: how to write them
Maria JEREZ (Publications Office of the EU)
All non-textual elements need an alternative text, but how to write them properly? This presentation will explain it with some interactive examples. - 12h35Closure