[DTB-Talk] FW: Announcing the DAISY Consortium General Meeting of 2018

Tue Apr 3 18:01:52 UTC 2018

From: daisy-members at lyris.dundee.net [mailto:daisy-members at lyris.dundee.net] On Behalf Of Richard Orme
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 6:46 AM
To: DAISY Members <daisy-members at mail.daisy.org>
Subject: Announcing the DAISY Consortium General Meeting of 2018

Dear DAISY Consortium Members, Friends and supporters,

The DAISY Consortium General Meeting of 2018 will take place in the afternoon of June 12 at the Intercity Hotel, Leipzig, Germany.

The General Meeting is made up of the Full Members and Associate Members. Friends and supporters may attend as observers. If you wish to attend as an observer, please contact me by email to reserve your place. You can write to rorme at daisy.org<mailto:rorme at daisy.org> by May 18 at the latest.

Members may submit motions for the General Meeting in writing to rorme at daisy.org<mailto:rorme at daisy.org>, not later than three weeks before the date of the meeting.

Below my email signature there is information about some interesting events that are aligned with the DAISY General Meeting.

We hope to see many of our friends and colleagues in beautiful Leipzig!

Richard Orme
Chief Executive Officer
DAISY Consortium

## DAISY board meeting

June 11 and June 12, Intercity Hotel, Leipzig, Germany

The meeting of the DAISY board will be conducted on Monday 11 June, and in the morning of Tuesday 12 June. Our meetings are open to observers, though space is limited, and the board reserves the right for some agenda items to be in private. If you wish to attend, please write to rorme at daisy.org<mailto:rorme at daisy.org>

## Accessible EPUB meeting

June 12, Intercity Hotel, Leipzig, Germany

All are welcome to attend a discussion on the current status of EPUB accessibility in different countries, and to learn about the practical approaches being used to enable specialist and mainstream content producers to deliver accessible publications.

To register your interest please send an email to rorme at daisy.org<mailto:rorme at daisy.org>

## Easy Access: Building Bridges for Better Access to Information

June 13, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

For visually impaired and blind students and teachers the availability of accessible study materials is the precondition of academic success. We would like to dedicate our symposium to this important topic of creating the "inclusive university" in a practical way and discuss possibilities of accessible publishing of study materials.

The programme of the symposium can be found at www.easy-access.info<http://www.easy-access.info> where it is possible to register.

We invite you to participate and would be pleased if you forward this announcement to colleagues who may be interested.

Venue: Albertina, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Beethovenstr. 6, 04107 Leipzig

Organized by: DAISY-Consortium, Equal Opportunities Office University of Leipzig and Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde (DZB) under the patronage of Dr. Eva-Maria Stange (Minister of State for Science and Art)

Contact Person: Jana Weber (DZB Leipzig), e-mail: easy-access at dzb.de<mailto:easy-access at dzb.de>

## DAISY Music Braille Round Table

June 14, Intercity Hotel, Leipzig, Germany

A discussion and planning session on the future direction of standards and tools for the production and sharing of music braille files, based on the research findings so far. Attendance at this event is free. All are welcome, but numbers are limited, so please register by sending an email to musicbraille at daisy.org<mailto:musicbraille at daisy.org>

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