Presentations of W3C Team, Office Staff, and Working Group Participants (Recent and Upcoming)

May 2009

26 May

Ivan Herman gives a tutorial entitled "Introduction to the Semantic Web" at the "PhD School Course, Netherlands Bioinformation Centre" on Tuesday, 26 May 2009, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

26 May

Daniel Dardailler gives a talk on behalf of the Morocco Office entitled "Improving Society through Better Use of Web Standards " at the ""Gouvernance de l’Internet: défis et enjeux pour le Maroc (Internet Governance: Issues and challenges for Morocco)" on Tuesday, 26 May 2009, in Rabat, Morocco. (see abstract)

Abstract:

This event aims to present the results of actions taken at international level since the World Summit on the Information Society in 2005, through the three Forums Athens, Rio and Hyderabad. The main topics to be discussed will be around the global governance of the Internet, the digital divide, the ongoing international negotiations on the management of domain names and on Standards and Technical Services of the Internet.

26 May

Najib Tounsi participates at a panel entitled "Les Activités Actuelles du W3C et le Rôle de ses Membres. (The Role of W3C members)" at the "Gouvernance de l’Internet : défis et enjeux pour le Maroc (Internet Governance: Issues and challenges for Morocco)" on Tuesday, 26 May 2009, in Rabat, Morocco. (see abstract)

Abstract:

See same event on the same day, same place.

27 May

Daniel Dardailler gives a talk entitled "W3C Overview" and gives a talk entitled "W3C and Internet Governance" ; Marie-Claire Forgue gives a talk entitled "Mobile Web for Development" at the " W3C Senegal Office launch " , on Wednesday, 27 May 2009, in Dakar, Senegal.

27 May

Carlos Cecconi gives an invited talk entitled "O uso de padrões web (Using web standards)" at the "VII Seminário CONECTA do Governo do Estado do Espírito Santo (CONECTA Seminar)" on Wednesday, 27 May 2009, in Vitoria, Brazil.

June 2009

4 June

Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a keynote entitled "Content for All: Web Accessibility Guidelines" at the "International Conference on Next Generation Networks and Services" on Thursday, 4 June 2009, in Rabat, Morocco.

5 June

Daniel Dardailler gives a talk entitled "W3C Overview" at the "A qui profite la normalisation documentaire ? (Who's benefiting from document standards ?)" on Friday, 5 June 2009, in Paris, France.

6 June

Jeanne Spellman gives a talk entitled "Digital Media for All " at the "Connecticut Film Festival" on Saturday, 6 June 2009, in Danbury, CT, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Your web project can be the latest-and-greatest AND be accessible to people with disabilities, older users, people using mobile devices, and more. Learn how the techniques and resources of WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA help make your interactive, media-rich website work for the widest audience.

9 June

Shadi Abou-Zahra gives an invited talk entitled "International Standards for Web Accessibility" at the "Pristupačnost ili informacijske barijere? (Accessibility or information barriers?)" on Tuesday, 9 June 2009, in Premantura, Croatia.

9 June

Reinaldo Ferraz gives a tutorial on behalf of the Brazil Office entitled "Acessibilidade na web: o caminho das pedras para construir sítios acessíveis (Web accessibility: the road map to build accessible websites)" at the "CONIP 2009 - 15º Congresso de Inovação e Informática na Gestão Pública (CONIP 2009 - 15th e-Government Conference)" on Tuesday, 9 June 2009, in São Paulo, Brazil. (see abstract)

Abstract:

This is the first tutorial on web accessibility in Portuguese presenting the keypoints to have a accessible website, including WCAG 2.0 features.

11 June

Philipp Hoschka participates at a panel entitled "De-Fragmentation & Apps in the Cloud" at the "Open Mobile Summit 09" on Thursday, 11 June 2009, in London, United Kingdom.

11 June

Kevin Novak gives a talk entitled "W3C eGovernment Interest Group Overview" at the "U.S. Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee (DAS) Meeting" on Thursday, 11 June 2009, in Arlington, USA.

11 June

François Daoust gives a talk entitled "Guidelines for Mobile Web Content Adaptation by Third-party Proxies" at the "ICT-MobileSummit 2009" on Thursday, 11 June 2009, in Santander, Spain.

15, 16 June

• Ivan Herman gives a tutorial entitled "Introduction to the Semantic Web" and gives a talk entitled "What is New in W3C Land?" ; Lee Feigenbaum and Eric Prud'hommeaux give a tutorial entitled "SPARQL By Example" (see abstract) on Monday, 15 June 2009;
• Ivan Herman participates at a panel entitled "Introducing OWL 2" on Tuesday, 16 June 2009;

at the "2009 Semantic Technology Conference" , San Jose, CA, USA.

Abstract for “SPARQL By Example”:

As the query language of the Semantic Web, SPARQL is a key foundational technology to finding answers and building software based on the Semantic Web. This hands-on tutorial will teach you everything you need to know to be proficient in SPARQL, from the ground up. No previous knowledge of SPARQL is assumed. In the tutorial, we'll use real queries that can be run against real data on the Web to learn about the structure and features of SPARQL, how to create, evolve, and debug queries, and how to run queries against SPARQL endpoints around the Web. The tutorial will cover all of the details of the SPARQL standard and will also discuss common extensions. We'll also discuss the work currently underway on version 2 of SPARQL.

17 June

Vagner Diniz gives an invited talk entitled "W3C activities in Brazil" at the "ICT Forum" on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, in Brasilia, Brazil.

17 June

Dave Raggett and Diane Mueller give a talk entitled "XBRL and the Semantic Web" at the "2009 Semantic Technology Conference" on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, in San Jose, USA.

18 June

José Manuel Alonso gives an invited talk on behalf of the Spain Office entitled "La reutilización de información del sector público y la Web: Open Government Data" at the "Jornada #admin20 en Internet Meeting Point (#admin20 event at Internet Meeting Point)" on Thursday, 18 June 2009, in Gijón, Spain.

19 June

Crhis Hofmann and Marcio Galli give an invited talk on behalf of the Brazil Office entitled "Exploring the Universe of Web Technologies" at the "Café com Browser (Cafe with Browser)" on Friday, 19 June 2009, in São Paulo, Brazil. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Cafe with Browser is an opportunity to hear from browser industry about the future of browsers and their commmitment with web standards. This is the second edition, this time with Mozilla Firefox. The previous one was with Opera. Next ones will be with Microsfot IE followed by Apple Safari.

23 June

Dave Raggett gives a talk entitled "How can we exploit XBRL and Semantic Web technologies to realize the opportunities?" at the "19th XBRL International Conference" on Tuesday, 23 June 2009, in Paris, France. (see abstract)

Abstract:

XBRL is a business reporting standard that is being adopted worldwide, particularly for financial reports. This talk looks at who will benefit, and how the Semantic Web will help to enable an ecosystem of services around the flood of data.

30 June

Steven Pemberton gives an invited talk entitled "The Future of Code" at the "Kings of Code" on Tuesday, 30 June 2009, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

30 June

Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "W3C's Current (SW) Activities" at the "Dagstuhl Perspective Workshop: Semantic Web Reflections and Future Directions" on Tuesday, 30 June 2009, in Dagstuhl, Germany.

30 June

Felix Sasaki gives a talk on behalf of the Germany and Austria Office entitled "Wie implementiert man einen Standard? Eine Anleitung für Praktiker (How to implement a standard? A manual for practitioners)" organized by the Tutorial organized by the Berlin University of the Arts, on Tuesday, 30 June 2009, in Berlin, Germany.

July 2009

2 July

Klaus Birkenbihl gives a talk on behalf of the Australia Office entitled "W3C: a Use Case for Web Technologies" organized by the NICTA, Queensland Research Laboratory, on Thursday, 2 July 2009, in Brisbane, Australia. (see abstract)

Abstract:

W3C develops Web standards and technologies. W3C this is ~400 members, working on Technologies and Standards; 55 team members coordinating this work; 17 Offices acting as local points of contact. Team, members, and Offices are distributed over the world. The talk introduces to the work of W3C and presents its players, goals, the technologies and the way of working. The glue that keeps it together is: the Web. Communication, dissemination, presentation, documentation, archiving, work management ... there is nearly no aspect of work that is not heavily dependent on Web or Internet technologies. By avoiding applications that are based on proprietary technologies there is quite some flexibility in extending and combining applications. The talk introduces to technologies, and shows how technologies and work flows are interwoven and how W3C not only gains from using its own standards and technologies but also proves that they are are workable and feasible.

7 July

José Manuel Alonso participates at a panel entitled "Acceso a la Información Pública y Redes Sociales (Access to Public Information and Social Networking Sites)" at the "V Congreso Internet, Derecho y Política (5th Internet, Law and Politics Conference)" on Tuesday, 7 July 2009, in Barcelona, Spain.

10 July

Masao Isshiki gives a talk entitled "Web技術の現状と将来 (Current web technology )" at the "オープンソースカンファレンス 2009 Kansai (Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai)" on Friday, 10 July 2009, in Kyoto, Japan.

14 July

Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a talk entitled "WCAG 2.0 ist da, was nun? (WCAG 2.0 is here, what now?)" at the "IKT Forum 2009 (ICT Forum 2009)" on Tuesday, 14 July 2009, in Linz, Austria.

20 July

Judy Brewer participates at a panel entitled "Web Accessibility, Universal Design, and Standardization" at the "Accessing the Future: A global collaborative exploration for accessibility in the next decade" on Monday, 20 July 2009, in Boston, USA.

20 July

Shawn Henry gives an invited talk entitled "Accessibility: It's for Everyone and Everything" at the "Web Design World 2009 Seattle" on Monday, 20 July 2009, in Seattle, WA, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Accessibility is a key aspect of high-quality web sites, yet the benefits of accessibility for web designers and for web users are not widely understood. Yes, accessibility is critically important for users with vision, hearing, physical, and cognitive disabilities. But the fundamental design practices behind accessibility also streamline the site-development process and open the doors to key markets, such as mobile phones and other alternative browsing devices.

Accessibility is also on the forefront of cutting-edge technical development—with the W3C's standards draft for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA), for example.

The bottom line: following today's best practices for accessibility is a great way to make your web site shine for users on the front end, and for developers on the back end. Learn how the latest specifications and development practices can expand your audience, streamline your development, and make your sites available to everyone and everything.

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21 July

Shawn Henry gives an invited talk entitled "Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World" at the "Web Design World 2009 Seattle (discount "Passport" registration code: S9W06)" on Tuesday, 21 July 2009, in Seattle, WA, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

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Web 2.0, Ajax, rich web applications, blogs, wikis—the web continues to develop. What are the accessibility issues in this next-generation web? Scripting, once a no-no for accessibility, is a key aspect. Join us to get the latest on how the W3C's new web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0), Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), and Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite (WAI-ARIA) address these web developments. Learn how to take advantage of current and developing strategies to make dynamic web content and applications accessible.

24 July

Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a talk entitled "WCAG 2.0 Test Samples Repository" at the "HCI International 2009" on Friday, 24 July 2009, in San Diego, USA.

27, 28 July

Doug Schepers gives a talk entitled "Ex-XHTML HTML" (see abstract) on Monday, 27 July 2009 and gives a talk entitled "Open Graphics and the Sustainable Web: Scalable Vector Graphics and Canvas" (see abstract) on Tuesday, 28 July 2009 at "The Summer XML 2009 Conference" , Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Abstract for “Ex-XHTML HTML”:

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about the future of HTML and XML. This presentation will cover some of the differences (and similarities) between HTML5, XHTML, and XHTML2, discuss the future roadmap of X/HTML and XML in browsers.

Abstract for “ Open Graphics and the Sustainable Web:…”:

This is an introductory presentation on SVG, Canvas, and how they fit into the larger Web ecosystem.

August 2009

10, 11 August

Mohamed ZERGAOUI gives a talk entitled "Memory management in streaming: buffering, lookahead, or none. Which to choose?" (see abstract) on Monday, 10 August 2009 and gives a talk entitled "Visual Designers: Those XML tools with no angle bracket at all!" (see abstract) on Tuesday, 11 August 2009 at the "Balisage" , Montréal, Canada.

Abstract for “ Memory management in streaming: buffering,…”:

Although the ideal approach to streaming is to process markup events as soon as they are encountered, with no memory needing to be used for storing parts of the input document, this is not always feasible, and in practice it is useful to consider "near-streaming" approaches that involve a limited amount of buffering or lookahead. In the extreme, however, such approaches degenerate until they are indistinguishable from non-streaming processes. This paper attempts a classification of streaming and near-streaming processing methods using different approaches to memory management, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Abstract for “ Visual Designers: Those XML tools with no…”:

Is the future of XML planned to be without XML? Visual tools are everywhere and XProc might be the first XML dialect to be immediately available with its visual editor. After erratic evolutions, visual tools have become more and more precise (even HTML+CSS tools are now very powerful), and are become more and more main stream. Could we imagine dealing with XML Schema without descent Visual Tools? We will show in this presentation an overview of where we do XML without seeing any angle bracket and the places where we expect to have some equivalent tools soon.

11 August

Liam Quin gives a talk entitled "Automatic XML Namespaces" at the "Balisage" on Tuesday, 11 August 2009, in Montreal, Canada. (see abstract)

Abstract:

The XML community has lived with XML namespaces for a decade. They are useful to the point of seeming indispensable, they are ubiquitous, and yet they are at the same time unwieldy and flawed. Namespace declarations can be inconvenient to remember, and errors in them are frequently the source of subtle and hard-to-diagnose errors. From a programming perspective, namespaces provide scope and disambiguation; from a document authoring perspective, namespaces provide headaches. By introducing a single new feature namespace declarations could be simplified and namespace functionality enhanced without losing the existing benefits of namespaces. Let’s talk about making namespace lemonade from namespace lemons.

29, 30 August

Ivan Herman gives a tutorial entitled "Introduction to the Semantic Web" on Saturday, 29 August 2009 and gives a keynote entitled "State of the Semantic Web" on Sunday, 30 August 2009 at the " 第三届中国语义万维网研讨会 (CSWS 2009) (The Third Chinese Semantic Web Symposium)" , Nanjing, China.

October 2009

29, 30 October

Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled "WAI-ARIA Introduction: Making Advanced Websites and Web Applications Accessible" (see abstract) on Thursday, 29 October 2009 and gives a talk entitled "Web Accessibility Standards and Guidelines Update 2009" (see abstract) on Friday, 30 October 2009 at the "ATIA 2009 Chicago" , Chicago, IL, USA.

Abstract for “ WAI-ARIA Introduction: Making Advanced…”:

This presentation introduces WAI-ARIA for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. WAI-ARIA defines a way to make websites and web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. With WAI-ARIA, developers can make advanced web applications accessible and usable to people with disabilities. Currently certain functionality used in web applications is not available to some users with disabilities, especially people who rely on screen readers and people who cannot use a mouse. WAI-ARIA addresses these accessibility challenges, for example, by defining new ways for functionality to be provided to assistive technology. More specifically, WAI-ARIA provides a framework for identifying user interaction features, how they relate to each other, and their current state. For example, with WAI-ARIA, developers can identify menus, navigat ion, primary content, and other regions of pages, and thus enable keyboard users to easily move among regions, rather than having to press Tab many times. This session describes the problems that WAI-ARIA addresses, and introduces how WAI-ARIA solves them. We'll also clearly demonstrate the more simple aspects of WAI-ARIA that apply even to basic websites.

Abstract for “ Web Accessibility Standards and Guidelines…”:

This presentation provides the latest on new international Web accessibility standards from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), and the U.S. TEITAC Committee report for updating Section 508 and Section 255 standards. WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 published in December 2008 defines how to make websites accessible, including web applications developed with Ajax. In 2009, WAI accessibility guidelines/standards are being updated for browsers and other "user agents", as well as for authoring tools including content management systems (CMS), blog software, social networking sites, and more. This session also covers the overlap between designing for people with disabilities and designing for older users with age-related impairments. We'll review the findings and current work of the WAI-AGE project (Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation). You'll also get examples of the overlap between making a website accessible for a mo bile device and for people with disabilities. The presentation gives you background and support for promoting web accessibility in a variety of situations, from individual websites to government requirements. You'll get a clear overview of how the different standards relate, a summary of the new requirements, and practical guidance on finding the information you need.

March 2010

13 March

Mohamed ZERGAOUI runs a booth at the "XML Prague 2010" between Saturday, 13 March, and Sunday, 14 March 2010, in Prague, Czech Republic. (see abstract)

Abstract:

XML Prague is a conference on XML for developers, markup geeks, information managers, and students