What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Open Web Platform compared with native apps, and what is being done to close the gap.

Introduction to the features of the Open Web Platform

An introduction to the principles of responsive design for Web applications

General presentation of W3C, Open Standards, Arab resources

This panel will discuss copyright in the wake of SOPA/PIPA: how law gets made, how it impacts innovation, and how it interacts with civil liberties, particularly free speech & privacy. It consists of Andrew Bridges, Margot Kaminski, Wendy Seltzer, & a surprise industry guest

Smart cities combine sensors, actuators and other information to enable services that allow people to lead better lives. This talk will look at examples, architectural challenges, and the emergence of the Web of Things, together with the potential for re-establishing control over personal data with Personal Zones.

This panel will provide background for the difficult choices artists make in deciding where they fall in the copyright debates. It aims to provide information for artists to strike their own a balance between seeing copyright as a way to make money, while not wanting to alienate their fans. The panel aims to address both the widespread nature of infringement and the potential for abuse of draconian copyright laws.

How the Web has expanded from the desktop to mobile and beyond, and the challenges for applying Web technologies to Smart Cities.

As the Web gained adoption as a technology platform over the past 20 years it transformed every industry. We are seeing the next round of those transformations occurring based on the Open Web Platform which is the current set of Web Standards defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We will discuss how this platform is impacting all industries including Mobile, Web & TV and Digital Publishing. Although the boundaries of the platform continue to evolve, industry leaders speak nearly in unison about how HTML5 is the cornerstone for this platform. But the full strength of the platform relies on many more technologies that W3C and its partners are creating, including CSS, SVG, WOFF, the Semantic Web stack, XML, and a variety of APIs.

What are the technical problems with using open data? Are there current technologies that could and should be standardized? What technical approaches are emerging as best practices? Can Linked Data play nicely with other formats? These are the broad questions that were addressed in a workshop jointly organized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation, hosted by Google right in the heart of London’s Tech City of Shoreditch in April. Phil Archer will present a summary of the topics discussed and how it is likely to affect future standards work at W3C.

SEMIC 2013 will offer a unique opportunity to explore and discuss how Public Administrations are tackling Semantic Interoperability issues to make information exchange more efficient and effective.