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The seminar on "Good Web Page Design - Barrier Free is the Key"
in Website Implementation
( 20 December 2004)

The seminar on "Good Web Page Design - Barrier Free is the Key" was held on 20 December 2004 at Room 401, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with the aim to provide audience the key design concepts and techniques to make websites accessible to people with disability, in particular the vision impaired. It was jointly organised by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS). Over 180 audiences attended the seminar. Majority of them found the presentations useful and inspiring on improving web accessibility.

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Mr. Alan Wong, Government Chief Information Officer

Group photo of all representatives of organisers and guest speakers	The theatre

Programme Rundown

3:00 - 3:15	Welcome Speech Mr. Alan Wong, Government Chief Information Officer Opening Speech Miss Christine FANG, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Council of Social Service
3:15 - 3:20	Presentation of souvenir
3:20 - 3:45	How digital technology empowers people with visual disabilities Miss Celina CHAN, MSN Regional Director, Microsoft Corporations Digital technology opens new opportunities to those who are blind or print disabled as it can make all print publications accessible to them. It can lower the cost of converting and distributing content, allow libraries to share information more easily and provide better user experience for the blind and print disabled.
3:45 - 4:10	Best practices for web accessibility implementation in medium to large corporation Mr. Francis MA, Senior Information Officer, Internet Resource Centre, Information Services Department A set of good implementation guideline is the key to the success of web accessibility. The guidelines include planning, support from senior management, standards, tests and evaluations, and training. The requirement of resources and manpower is not great in the course of implementation.
4:10 - 4:20	A brief introduction of web accessibility in China Mr. HE Chuan, Centre-in-charge of Computer Research and Development Centre, China Braille Press (Chinese version)
4:20 - 4:45	Break and Demonstration A mini-exhibition hall will be set up to display a wide range of computer assistive device for people with disabilities, including English/Cantonese screen readers, Braille display, screen magnifier, scanning keyboard ... etc.
4:45 - 5:10	Practical tips for constructing accessible website Mr. Kevin CHOW, Chairman, IT Advisory Committee of The Hong Kong Blind Union (Chinese version) The presentation will examine the major web accessibility obstacles for the vision-impaired people and how these obstacles can be removed. Design tips and an automatic web accessibility validator will be introduced.
5:10 - 5:35	Application of assistive technology on computer and web assessibility Dr. Eric TAM, Project Engineer, Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Individuals with disabilities often encountered difficulties in computer access and thus affected their ability to perform web browsing. In this presentation, we aim to share our experience in using assistive technology for computer access and discuss the concerns in web design towards a more accessible environment for internet browsing.

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Session 1 (Morning Session)	Session 2 (Afternoon Session)
Topic: Developing a Citizen-centric One-stop Portal - GovHK (2.4M) (Chinese version) Ms. Ida Yeung, Senior Manager, Product Development and Marketing, Special Duties Division, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer The speaker shared the experience in developing GovHK, the new one-stop portal of the HKSAR Government, with emphasis on making the portal citizen-centric with inputs obtained from a series of customer research and consultations with representative bodies.
Topic: Promoting Your Website through Search Engine Optimization (0.6M) Mr. Samuel Pun, Product Development Manager, Search and Community, Yahoo! Hong Kong Limited A high proportion of web traffic is driven by search engines. The first thing many users do is typing a keyword in the search box especially on a large website. This session discussed the benefits of optimizing your website for better search rankings and the DOs and DON'Ts on search engine optimization.
Topic: User Sharing - Web Accessibility - A Right Design for All (Chinese version) Mr. Tong Wan Ming, Member of Hong Kong Blind Union This presentation discussed the common barriers encountered by visually impaired people in using the web, the different needs of people with varying degree of visual impairment.	Topic: User Sharing - An accessible eLife - user perspective with illustration of websites (3.8M) (Chinese version) (3.1M) Mrs Grace Chan, JP, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Society for the Blind This presentation discussed "eLife and Web accessibility", how to create a website catering for specific needs of people with visual impairment, and how to increase opportunities of all people by the accessible website.
Topic: Going Beyond Basic Web Accessibility (1.8M) (Chinese version) Mr. Vinci Chou, Systems Manager, Special Duties Division, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer The speaker discussed the special accessibility features in GovHK and how GovHK has gone far beyond basic accessibility to create a website that is truly inclusive. Optimizing GovHK to improve search engine rankings and the use of a Web Content Management System in ensuring a consistent user experience in GovHK were also discussed.
Q & A Session