The 2008 content group was made up of distinguished international industry experts (non-profit) from a range of backgrounds, whose primary role was to review and comment on all abstracts to ensure a wide variety of quality presentations and exhibitions.

We are very grateful that the following people are the 2008 content group (listed alphabetically by name, detailing organisation and country of residence):

Frances Aldrich – University of Sussex, UK

Constance Craig – CNIB Library for the Blind, Canada

Dave Gunn – RNIB Centre for Accessible Information, UK, (Content Group Chair)

Lucia Hasty – BANA Tactile Graphics Technical Committee, USA

Robert Jaquiss – VIEW International Foundation, USA

Sue King – RNIB, UK

Fabio Levi – University of Turin, Italy

(Pending approval) Bruce Maguire - Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities, Australia

Boguslaw Marek – Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Steve McCall and colleagues – University of Birmingham, UK

Rebecca McGinnis – The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA

Robin Nation – Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, New Zealand

Marion Ripley – ClearVision, UK

Alan Waller – RNIB Centre for Accessible Information, UK

Tetsuya Watanabe – The National Institute of Special Education, Japan

Sarah Morley Wilkins – RNIB Centre for Accessible Information, UK, (Conference Steering Group Chair)

Claire Wilson – RNIB, UK

Suzette Wright and colleagues – American Printing House for the Blind, USA

Lisa Yayla – Huseby Resource Centre, Norway