Upcoming events
Teaching and learning with braille music
This hands-on professional learning opportunity, hosted by the Statewide Vision Resource Centre in Victoria, will be facilitated by Jordie Howell & Sarah Kelly.
Date: 7 May 2024
Time: 9.30am to 1pm
Location: Statewide Vision Resource Centre, Doncaster road, Donvale, Victoria
Cost: $55
Catering: BYO lunch, morning tea provided
Website: www.svrc.vic.edu.au/upcoming-events
2024 Round Table Conference
The 2024 Round Table Conference will take place in Perth, Australia.
Dates: 18-21 May 2024
Location: Novotel Perth Langley, 221 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA
Website: https://printdisability.org/conference
ICEB 8th General Assembly
The International Council on English Braille (ICEB) will be holding its next General Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand in 2024. The focus for the week will be “Two hundred years of braille”. Each member country of ICEB will send up to four delegates to the Assembly. Observers are also warmly welcomed.
Dates: Saturday 25 to Friday 31 May 2024
Location: The Grand Millenium Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
Website: https://iceb.org
ATSA Independent Living Expo
The ATSA Independent Living Expo is been Australia’s foremost exhibitions for assistive technology, rehabilitation and aged care equipment.
Dates and Locations:
Sydney Expo 22-23 May 2024, Sydney Showground
Brisbane Expo 29-30 May 2024, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Park
Times: Day 1 8.30am-4.30pm; Day 2 8.30am-3pm
Cost: Free
Website: https://expo.atsa.org.au/
Inclusion of students with VI in maths
This hands-on professional learning opportunity, hosted by the Statewide Vision Resource Centre in Victoria, will be led by Charlie Roberts.
Date: 18 June 2024
Time: 9.30am to 1pm
Location: Statewide Vision Resource Centre, Springvale road, Donvale, Victoria
Cost: $55
Catering: BYO lunch, morning tea provided
Website: www.svrc.vic.edu.au/upcoming-events
National Braille Music Camp
The National Braille Music Camp is a fantastic opportunity for braille readers to learn, improve, share, transcribe and teach braille music. It is held at Frensham School, Mittagong, New South Wales over a week, usually in June each year.
Each evening, a mini concert is held. It’s a wonderful opportunity for children to connect musically with friends and perform individually or in groups. The final concert for the week is a performance for the public. Families can travel up to Mittagong and enjoy the performance. Local music lovers look forward to coming each year and hearing beautiful harmonies made by our senior and junior choirs, and individual and small group performances that we have been rehearsing all week. Musical children enjoy the excellent accommodation and delicious meals provided at the Frensham Girls Boarding School, and make friends for life!
Date: 29 June to 6 July 2024
Location: Frensham Girls Boarding School, Mittagong, NSW
Contact: For more information, including registration details, please contact Roma Dix at romad@westnet.com.au, Ben Clare or Ashleigh Malone.
Facebook Group: National Braille Music Camp Australia. This is a closed group – you will need admin approval to join.
Donations: Donations are invited to help support blind children’s travel and accommodation costs to attend the camp. Please see the Chuffed campaign for more information and to make a tax-deductible donation.
A recording of Tzena Tzena, performed by participants at the Braille Music Camp at the closing night concert in 2013, is provided below.
World Conference of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
The theme for the 2024 ICEVI World Conference is “Inclusion in diversity: Equity and accessibility for all”. ICEVI look forward to welcoming you to the 2024 World Conference. The conference offers the opportunity to connect with world leaders, researchers, professionals, and parents/caregivers, and to share insights into current research and practice in the field of education for persons with blindness, low vision, deafblindness, and multiple disability.
Dates:
Conference 14-17 November 2024
Trade exhibitions 13 and 18 November 2024
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Websites: www.icevi2024wc.org/ and https://icevi.org/conferences/
NSW Braille Writing Competition Award Night
The Sydney Braille Forum conducts an annual Braille Writing Competition for New South Wales school students who use braille as their literary medium. Students, parents, teachers and friends are invited to this celebration of achievements made possible through braille.
Date: November 20th 2024
Braille Literacy Month
January is Braille Literacy Month.
World Braille Day
World Braille Day is celebrated on 4 January each year, in commemoration of the birth of Louis Braille in 1809. The United Nations has affirmed World Braille Day, asking its members to celebrate World Braille Day by promoting the use of braille as an important means of communication.
Date: 4 January 2025
2025 Round Table Conference
The 2025 Round Table Conference will be held in Melbourne, Australia.
Dates: May 2025
Website: https://printdisability.org/conference
Regular events
Regional Braille Forum meetings
The ABA Regional Braille Forums meet quarterly, often hosting guest speakers or special events. Please contact your local RBF representatives for details or watch this page for news of upcoming meetings.
Past events
NSW Braille Writing Competition
The NSW Braille Writing Competition is held annually.
2010 The launch of the UEB Rulebook
The launch of the UEB Rulebook took place in Sydney, June 2010.
2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Celebrations in Australia
Australia celebrated the 200 year anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth with a wide range of braille-related Bicentennial activities in 2009.
The Australian Braille Authority is a subcommittee of the Round Table on Information Access for People with a Print Disability Inc.
Last updated: March 13, 2024 at 14:23 pm