Inclusive Design Week 2025
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Date: 29 July to 31 July 2025
Building an inclusive Smart Nation starts with us
Join us virtually and/or physically from 29 July to 31 July for Inclusive Design Week 2025 (previously known as A11y week) as part of GovTech’s month-long Design Festival. Learn from Design and Accessibility experts, from various government agencies, private industries like Google, DBS Bank, Figma, National Institute of Education, and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
Inclusive Design Week is the Government’s digital inclusion learning festival for all public officers, especially those making Singapore a Smart (and Inclusive) Nation. We look forward to hosting you as we share best practices, case studies, tools, and resources that enable us to build a more accessible and inclusive Singapore.
Event Programme
Day 1: 29 July 2025, 9 AM to 4 PM
📍 In-person at the Enabling Village, UOB Ability Hub, 20 Lengkok Bahru, Singapore 159053
Venue Partner: Enabling Village
Note: Due to venue capacity restrictions, we have reached the maximum capacity and will no longer accept any additional registrations. Shortlisted attendees will receive a confirmation email by 21 July 2025.
Lunch and a tea reception will be provided at the venue. Vegetarian options are available upon request.
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 am | Registration |
| 9:30-9:40 am | Opening Speech Mrs Josephine Teo Minister for Digital Development and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity |
| 9:40-10:10 am | Living with Digital Inclusivity Tools Chong Kwek Bin, Technology Analyst, SG Enable Jasmine Yau, Member with Muscular Dystrophy Association (Singapore) Jee Su Giam, Senior Digital Ambassador |
| 10:10-11:40 am | Panel Discussion on Accessibility and Inclusivity Moderator: Immanuel Goh, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Panellists: Chong Kwek Bin, Technology Analyst, SG Enable Dexter Zhao, Design Systems Lead - AVP, DBS Bank Judy Wee, Executive Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association (Singapore) Dr Wong Meng Ee, Associate Professor, Early Childhood and Special Needs Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education |
| 11:40-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:40 pm | Digital Accessibility Assessment Tools Showcase Singpass: Koh Chin Wee, Senior Software Engineer, Government Technology Agency Zheng Yurong, Product Designer, Government Technology Agency Oobee: Vir Chiniwala, Product Manager, Government Technology Agency |
| 1:40-2.30 pm | Understanding the A11y Playground Goh Bing Qian, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Vanessa Ow, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency |
| 2:30-2:40 pm | Break |
| 2:40-3.40 pm | Agency Best Practices Sharing Beaumont Ng, Product Manager, Home Team Science & Technology Agency Zheng Weijie, Product Manager, Home Team Science & Technology Agency |
Day 2, 30 July 2025, 9 AM to 4.30 PM
💻 Virtual via Microsoft Teams
Join us for a full day of webinars exploring the foundations of inclusive design.
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:45 am | What is EMP2030? Bernice Ang, Deputy Director, Ministry of Social and Family Development |
| 9:45-11:15 am | Digital Service Standards Sharing Jonathan Lim, Senior UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Yeo Beng Huay, Director, Government Technology Agency |
| 11:15-12 pm | Accessibility Made Simple with Inspect Plus Andrew Li, Product Manager, Government Technology Agency |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:45 pm | Accessibility by Design: How We Built the A11y Playground Goh Bing Qian, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Vanessa Ow, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency |
| 1:45-2.30 pm | A11ies in Design Josh Ferrell, Design Systems Engineer, Figma |
| 2:30-3:30 pm | How to Work with Persons with Disabilities Joshua Tseng, Director of Digital Accessibility Services, Etch Empathy |
| 3:30-4:30 pm | Inclusive UX Research Methods Fung Si Qi, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency |
Day 3, 31 July 2025, 9 AM to 4.30 PM
💻 Virtual via Microsoft Teams
A full day of webinars focused on applying inclusive design in practice.
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 am | User Journey Mapping for Inclusive Design Guo Jiayi, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Talia Ong, Senior UX Designer, Government Technology Agency |
| 10:00-11:00 am | Prototyping & Testing Mario Kounio, Head of Product and Design, Cognizant Technology Solutions |
| 11:00-12:00 pm | The 6 W’s of Inclusive User Testing Royce Cheng, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Seow Zhi Hao, UX Designer, Government Technology Agency |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:45 pm | Sharing Practical Lessons on Structuring Better Information Architecture (IA) for Real People Samantha Tan, UX Writer, Government Technology Agency |
| 1:45-2:30 pm | Google Gameface Avneet Singh, Product Manager, Google |
| 2:30-4:20 pm | Impact by Design Panel Discussion (Livestream) Moderator: Joy Ng, Principal UX Designer, Government Technology Agency Panellists: Amanda Yip, Co-Founder and Lead Artist, Rebirth Ensemble Angela Tan, Executive Director, ART:DIS Eyung Lim, Senior Director, Government Technology Agency Shalom Lim, Managing Director, Rebirth Ensemble |
| 4:20-4:30 pm | Closing Speech |
*The programme and speakers may be subject to change without advance notice. This event is only open to Singapore government staff.
For enquiries, please contact engagement@wise.gov.sg.