We take great pleasure in inviting you to the First Conference on Assistive Technologies: Expanding a Universe of Opportunities for People with Disabilities, to be held in Hong Kong, October 10th to 12th, 2006.

          The RehabAid Society of Hong Kong, The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong are our local Supporting Organizations, while we are gratefully receiving similar international support from Rehabilitation International, Disabled Peoples International, and the International Paralympic Committee.

         The Hong Kong Conference is the first of three focused on Assistive Technologies, with the subsequent two to occur in Beijing in 2007 and 2008. The last of the three conferences coincides between the World Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008. The conferences in 2006 and 2007 will promote the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. With the world in attendance in 2008 in Beijing, a conference can be held before the Paralympic Games to show the attendees these products in action and how they can improve the mental and physical lives of people using them.