(2:00 - 3:45 pm)

1. Challenges for library consortia providing e-learning support

Chair: Dr. Tony Ferguson, President of the Hong Kong Library Association and Chief Librarian, HKU

• Online Shared Reference Services: Overview with a Shanghai Library and Lingnan University Library Case study - Francis Chan and Ivy Kan, Lingnan University Library
• Effective delivery of library services to distance learners: challenges to the library professionals - Wai-man Wong, Open University of Hong Kong Library
• Providing Library Support to Distance Learners in China: Issues, Problems and Prospects - Y.C. Wan and Angela Ko, University of Hong Kong Libraries

2. Global trends of e-learning for quality education: a school perspective

Chair: Sr. Margaret Wong, Principal, St. Paul's Convent School

• What is e-learning and its implication for education/schooling - Evon Ying, Director of Education & Training, HK Computer Society, also Acting Head of Business Services & Management at the Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)
• Experiences of e-learning in other parts of the world at the school level - Peter Woodhead, ICT Advisor, English Schools Foundation, HK
• HKSAR Government's vision on e-learning in schools - Mimi Lee, Principal Assistant Secretary (Quality Education), Education & Manpower Bureau, HKSAR Government
• Parent's role on e-learning - Agnes Mak JP, Director, Information Technologies, Sunday Communication Ltd.
• E-learning in shaping the future of our next generation - Jacqueline Cheng, CEO, HK Education City Ltd. (Education & Manpower Bureau, HKSAR Government)
• Developments in Singapore - Vic Tor Pok, Litespeed Education Pte Ltd.

3. Getting an international qualification without leaving home and job

Chair: Dr. F.T. Chan, Associate Professor & Head, Information Technology, HKU SPACE

• Non-local courses in Hong Kong: registration,
  exemption, and recognition - WONG Wai Sum, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation
  
• Attending trans-national e-learning courses - students' voice
  (A panel of students/graduates)
  
• Issues in offering trans-national e-learning
• Mr. C. H. Chan, President and Principal, Hong Kong College of Technology
• Dr. Anthony Tam, Director, SPEED, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Ms Susanna Tsang, Director, IDP Education Australia Limited (Hong Kong)
• Mr. Andrew Wong, Associate Director, SPACE, The University of Hong Kong
• Dr. K. S. Yuen, Head, Education Technology and Publishing Unit, The Open University of Hong Kong
• Dr. Maia Dimitrova, Research Fellow on the Global Campus team of Middlesex University, United Kingdom
  
• The way forward
  (Guided discussions by all on recommendations)