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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Good afternoon all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>See invitation below. I hope many of you’d be able to join us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Martine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Martine Abel-Williamson – World Blind Union Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Jason Ho <jason0924@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 2 October 2020 2:41 pm<br><b>To:</b> info <info@hkbu.org.hk><br><b>Subject:</b> WBUAP Regional Webinar - Web Accessibility Adoption Level in the Asia Pacific Region<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>I hope this email finds you all very well. <br><br>We have pleasure to invite you to join the subject webinar to be held on 22 October 2020 at 10:30am-12:00pm Hong Kong time (2:30am - 4:00am GMT on 22 Oct / 7:30pm – 9:00pm Pacific Time on 21 Oct). <br><br>In the WBUAP Mid-term Assembly (2018), the Hong Kong Blind Union, one of the member of World Blind Union (WBU) and Board members of World Blind Union-Asia Pacific (WBUAP), was assigned with the task to initiate and lead the implementation of a web accessibility campaign at the Asia Pacific region. In this connection, we organise this webinar to announce the findings of a survey on web accessibility adoption level of 12 countries within the region. The survey was conducted during mid of 2019 and mid of 2020, with the hope to provide basic reference materials for WBUAP board members in formulating future plans and strategies in promoting web accessibility within the region.<br><br>In this webinar, we will share with you the web accessibility adoption level data and good practices among various countries found in our survey. Also, Ms. Judy Brewer, one of the most well-known web accessibility experts and presently the Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of W3C, will be our keynote speaker, updating us the latest trends and impacts on the related topic. Moreover, HSBC, one of the member banks of Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) will share the best practice on promoting web accessibility in banking services.<br><br>For details and registration, please refer the eDM below. We appreciate if you could also help spread the word of this webinar via the social share buttons in the registration page.<br><br>We look forward to seeing you at the webinar.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Jason Ho<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Secretary General<br>World Blind Union – Asia Pacific<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>------------------- <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=900 style='width:675.0pt;background:white;border:solid #B7B7B7 1.0pt'><tr style='height:28.5pt'><td style='border:none;background:#F4F4F4;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:28.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Having trouble viewing this email? <a href="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/_files/edm/20200930WBUAP/edm.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width=880 style='width:660.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.hkbu.org.hk/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=233 height=90 style='width:2.425in;height:.9416in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/_files/logo3.jpg" alt="Hong Kong Blind Union 香港失明人協進會"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img border=0 width=445 height=92 style='width:4.6333in;height:.9583in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/_files/banner_2.jpg" alt="平等、機會、獨立 (Equality, Opportunities, Independence)"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0cm 15.0pt 0cm 15.0pt'><div><h2 style='line-height:19.2pt'><strong><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>WBUAP Regional Webinar </span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='line-height:19.2pt'><strong><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Web Accessibility Adoption Level in the Asia Pacific Region </span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=860 height=20 style='width:8.9583in;height:.2083in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/images/border.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Date: 22 October 2020 (Thursday)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Time: 10:30am Hong Kong time (2:30am GMT on 22 Oct / 7:30pm Pacific Time on 21 Oct)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO-vrjIqHdf51I3V6INQjFsTV8KhqafR" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Register</span></strong></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear members and colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We have pleasure to invite you to join the subject webinar to be held on 22 October 2020 at 10:30am-12:00pm Hong Kong time (2:30am - 4:00am GMT on 22 Oct / 7:30pm </span><span lang=ZH-CN style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>–</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> 9:00pm Pacific Time on 21 Oct)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>In the WBUAP Mid-term Assembly (2018), the Hong Kong Blind Union, one of the member of World Blind Union(WBU) and Board members of World Blind Union-Asia Pacific (WBUAP), was assigned with the task to initiate and lead the implementation of a web accessibility campaign at the Asia Pacific region. In this connection, we organise this webinar to announce the findings of a survey on web accessibility adoption level of 12 countries within the region. The survey was conducted during mid of 2019 and mid of 2020, with the hope to provide basic reference materials for WBUAP board members in formulating future plans and strategies in promoting web accessibility within the region.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>In this webinar, we will share with you the web accessibility adoption level data and good practices among various countries found in our survey. Also, Ms. Judy Brewer, one of the most well-known web accessibility experts and presently the Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of W3C, will be our keynote speaker, updating us the latest trends and impacts on the related topic. Moreover, HSBC, one of the member banks of Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) will share the best practice on promoting web accessibility in banking services.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:19.2pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>You'll hear from</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Speakers:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt'><tr><td width=266 style='width:199.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=156 height=194 style='width:1.625in;height:2.025in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/_files/edm/20200930WBUAP/01.png" alt="Chan-yau CHONG"><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Chan-yau CHONG</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>The President of<br>the Hong Kong Blind Union<br> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=266 style='width:199.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=144 height=194 style='width:1.5in;height:2.025in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/_files/edm/20200930WBUAP/02.png" alt="Judy BREWER"><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Judy BREWER</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>Director of Web Accessibility<br>Initiative (WAI) at the World<br>Wide Web Consortium (W3C)<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=266 style='width:199.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=163 height=194 style='width:1.7in;height:2.025in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/_files/edm/20200930WBUAP/03.png" alt="Robert HSU"><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Robert HSU</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>Senior Manager, Digital Design<br>Wealth & Personal Banking<br>HSBC<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>Moderator:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>Jason HO, Vice President of Hong Kong Blind Union and Secretary General of World Blind Union Asia Pacific.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>To register for the webinar, please click <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO-vrjIqHdf51I3V6INQjFsTV8KhqafR" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><div><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>We appreciate if you could also help spread the word of this webinar via the social share buttons in the registration page.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>We look forward to seeing you at the webinar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000119'>Best regards,<br>Hong Kong Blind Union</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><h2 style='line-height:19.2pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=860 height=20 style='width:8.9583in;height:.2083in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://edm.hkbu.org.hk/images/border.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>