W3C Video on the Web Workshop 12-13 December 2007, San Jose, California and Brussels, Belgium

Workshop Logistics

The meetings are located in Cisco Systems facilities. Our local contact for the meetings is Mark Bakies from Cisco Systems (mobile:+1.408.219.3980). W3C Contact in San Jose is Philippe Le Hégaret (mobile:+1.617.417.9822). W3C Contact in Brussels is Chris Lilley (mobile:+33.673.848.729).

Please, schedule to arrive 15 minutes early in order to properly register on site (you will be asked to show an ID) and be accompanied to the meeting room. Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) will not be asked to access the meeting room but workshop participants will not be allowed to wonder freely outside the meeting area. We will start the meeting on time on both days.

Registration is required to access the meeting rooms, so don't forget to register!

We will use two locations for the workshop, San Jose and Brussels (Diegem to be exact). Both locations will be linked with a telepresence system and we encourage participants to attend the workshop at the two locations. The workshop itself will be on Pacific Standard time…

San Jose, California, USA (map)

Building # 3
Room New Frontier Conference Room
Address 225 East Tasman Drive
City San Jose
State California
Country United States

On December 12, this meeting will start at 8:45am, Pacific Standard Time, and finishes at 5:00pm, Pacific Standard Time. On December 13, this meeting will start at 9:00am, Pacific Standard Time, and finishes at 5:00pm, Pacific Standard Time. See also the agenda for more details about the timing.

Cisco will provide breakfast at 8:30am, as well as morning break, lunch, and afternoon break. No event is scheduled in the evening of December 12.

We recommend using the following hotels for the meeting:

Crowne Plaza Hotel
777 Bellew
Milpitas, CA 95035 United States
Hotel Reservations: +1.800.496.7621
1.7 miles - about 4 mins
Hampton Inn
215 Barber Ct., Milpitas, California, USA 95035
Tel: +1.408.428.9090 Fax: :+1.408.428.9012
1.8 miles - about 4 mins
Hilton Garden Inn
30 Ranch Drive, Milpitas, California, USA 95035
Tel: +1.408.719.1313 Fax: +1.408.719.0191
2.0 miles - about 5 mins
Hilton Santa Clara
4949 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California, United States 95054
Tel: +1.408.330.0001 Fax: +1.408.562.6736
3.1 miles (or is it 10 miles?) - about 8 mins

Brussels, Belgium (map)

Building Pegasus 1
Room Emerald Conference Room
Address Pegasus Parc
De Kleetlaan 6A
City Diegem
State Brabant
Country Belgium

On December 12, the meeting starts at 5:45pm, Central European Time, and finishes at 2:00am+1, Central European Time. On December 13, the meeting starts at 6:00pm, Central European Time, and finishes at 2:00am+1, Central European Time. See also the agenda for more details about the timing.

Cisco will provide dinner at 9:00pm, as well as coffee during the meeting.

We recommend using this hotel for the meeting:

NH hotel
De Kleetlaan 14
1831 Diegem
+32(0)2/203.92.52
Novotel Brussels Airport
Leondardo Da Vincilaan 25
1831 Diegem
+32(0)2/725.30.50
Sofitel Brussels Airport
Bessenveldstraat 15
1831 Diegem
+32(0)2/713.66.66

Phone access

Remote participants can also join by phone using the W3C Zakim bridge:

+1.617.761.6200, conference 8689 ("VOTW")
+33.4.89.06.34.99, conference 8689
+44.117.370.6152, conference 8689

Internet Relay Chat access

Participants are encouraged to tune in on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC):

Serverirc.w3.org
Port6665
Channel#video

See also Client software for IRC.

Note: Individuals with W3C accounts can try the Web interface for IRC.