Event Recordings

Every second year Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) hosts a national convention, with state conventions held in the years between national events. This page includes some recordings of sessions from our most recent conventions and forums, and other events that may be of interest to people who are blind or vision impaired. Please note that due to limited resources we are not able to record all state events.

Visit our Events page to find out what’s coming up at BCA.

BCA Awards Ceremony 2021

The BCA Awards Ceremony (held online this year) on International White Cane Day, the 15th of October. A night where BCA recognises the contributions that others have made to People of the Blind and Vison Impaired Community. Here you can hear the entire event, the beautiful singing of Julee-Anne Belle, presentations of the David Blyth award, the Dianna Braun Aspirations award, and the BCA Certificates of Appreciation.

Listen to the Awards Ceremony here.

BCA Connect 2021

Our virtual conference for 2021 was held on 29th May. You can access recordings from the sessions below.

BCA’s 45th Annual General Meeting

Our AGM covering the year 2019-2020 was held on Saturday 28th November 2020 via Zoom.

Listen to the recording here

BCA Connect 2020

Our first virtual conference, held via Zoom, took place on 17 October 2020. Recordings and presentations from the event are listed below.

BCA Inform

National Convention 2019

In 2019 the National Convention was held in Hobart from 29 – 31 March. You can find recordings of Convention Sessions and Workshops below.

Listen to Workshop 1A – Doing it Our Way
Listen to Workshop 1B – Beyond the Bare Minimum, the Future of Audio Description in Australia
Listen to Workshop 2A – Braille Music: From the Perkins to the World
Listen to Workshop 2B – Diverse Experiences of Blindness
Listen to Session 1 – Opening
Listen to Session 2 – With an Eye to the Future
Listen to Session 3 – Blindness Services in the 21st Century
Listen to Session 4 – New Developments in Australia’s Blindness Service
Listen to Session 5 – From Past to Present
Listen to Session 5A – Ultimate Independence
Listen to Session 5B – Life Hacks for Surviving Hospital
Listen to Session 5C – Taking the Stress out of Travelling Alone
Listen to Session 5D – When Blindness is Not Your Only Impairment
Listen to Session 6 – The NDIS and My Aged Care
Listen to Session 7 – BCA Your Way: Recommendations
Listen to the Convention Dinner – Award Presentations

National Convention 2017

In 2017 the National Convention was held in Melbourne on 13, 14 and 15 October.

Listen to Session 1 Opening
Listen to Session 2 Blindness an Information Disability
Listen to Session 3 Emerging Technologies
Listen to Session 4 Enchanted Hills Camp
Listen to Session 5 Emotional Wellbeing
Listen to Session 6 Frances Gentle
Listen to Session 7 Getting a job Session A
Listen to Session 7b Getting a job Session B
Listen to Session 8 Recommendations and Close
Listen to Workshop 4a My Age Care
Listen to Workshop 4b The NDIS
Listen to Workshop 5a Living in the Country

To listen to older recordings, visit our Past Publications page.