Presentations of W3C Team, Office Staff, and Working Group Participants (2009)

January 2009

9 January

Steven Pemberton gives an invited talk entitled "Never is a long time" at the "Freelance Factory" on Friday, 9 January 2009, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

14 January

François Daoust gives a lecture entitled "Les Bonnes Pratiques du Web Mobile et le validateur mobileOK" organized by the Polytech'Nice-Sophia University, on Wednesday, 14 January 2009, in Sophia-Antipolis, France.

15 January

Dick Bulterman gives a talk entitled "SMIL 3.0: Beyond the YouTube Paradigm" (see abstract); Ivan Herman gives an invited talk entitled "What is the Semantic Web?" ; Steven Pemberton gives an invited talk entitled "Why you should have a Web Site" at the " ISOC Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2009 (ISOC New Years Reception)" , on Thursday, 15 January 2009, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract for “SMIL 3.0: Beyond the YouTube Paradigm”:

In December, W3C published version 3.0 of SMIL: the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. SMIL is a language that allows various media items to be orchestrated into a single, coherent whole. It adds lots of functionality to make multimedia on the Web more interactive, moving significantly beyond the YouTube paradigm. This talk will survey the functionality of SMIL and provide an overview of work done on SMIL at CWI in Amsterdam.

15 January

Dave Raggett gives a talk entitled "Web of Things and Model-Based Design" at the "Seminar at the Information Sciences & Digital Media Department, Bristol Institute of Technology, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England" on Thursday, 15 January 2009, in Bristol, United Kingdom. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Many people still think of the Web in terms of browsers, HTML, JavaScript and CSS. However, the Web is so much more than that. This talk will cover Dave Raggett's work on ubquitous web applications, model-based design, and the increasing role of the Semantic Web, with a special look at the work of the W3C Model-Based UI Incubator Group.

20 January

Tim Berners-Lee gives a talk entitled "Semantic Web and Linked Data" at the "Campus Party Brazil" on Tuesday, 20 January 2009, in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

21, 23 January

Carlos Cecconi gives an invited talk entitled "Internet & Web: past, present and future" on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 and gives an invited talk entitled "Internet & Web: past, present and future" on Friday, 23 January 2009; Vagner Diniz participates at a panel entitled "Web Standards: Mobile Web, Accessibility and how to leave nobody out" (see abstract) on Friday, 23 January 2009 at the "Campus Party" , São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract for “ Web Standards: Mobile Web, Accessibility…”:

This panel will discuss the importance of webstandards for mobile web and accessibility. A blind woman will present the problems she faces browsing websites and demos of mobile application using and not using webstandards will be presented. At the end, issues of accessibility in mobile environment will be raised. W3C Brazil Office will chair this panel.

22 January

Steve Bratt , Daniel Dardailler , and Stéphane Boyera give a talk entitled "World Wide Web: Empowering All People" at the "ICT for a Global Sustainable Future" on Thursday, 22 January 2009, in Brussels, Belgium. (see abstract)

Abstract:

http://www.w3.org/2009/01/paradiso.html co-authored with Daniel Dardailler and Stephane Boyera

29 January

Jeanne Spellman gives a talk entitled "Update on Accessibility Guidelines for Browsers, Media Players, Cell phones, PDAs and Other User Agents" at the "Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference 2009" on Thursday, 29 January 2009, in Orlando, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

The World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative is developing updated guidelines for browsers, media players and other agents for interacting with the Web, such as mobile devices. Learn the current highlights of the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines and the benefits to you and your organization.

30 January

Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled "Web Accessibility Update 2009: WCAG 2.0, WAI-ARIA, Section 508" at the "Assistive Technology Industry Association " on Friday, 30 January 2009, in Orlando, USA.

30 January

Martín Álvarez gives an invited talk entitled "Estándares Web y SEO (Web Standards and SEO (Search Engine Optimization))" at the "Search Congress Barcelona 2009 " on Friday, 30 January 2009, in Barcelona, Spain.

31 January

Jeanne Spellman gives a talk entitled "Accessible Social Networking and Web 2.0 Content" at the "Assistive Technology Industry Association" on Saturday, 31 January 2009, in Orlando, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites are everywhere, but many have accessibility barriers to people with disabilities, to the elderly or to assistive technology. Is your organization's blog accessible? Learn how to keep your web site accessible even when using modern “Web 2.0” technologies. The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative is updating guidelines for authoring tool accessibility that address the new challenges of accessibility in a Web 2.0 world. Learn how to address the needs of accessibility in authoring tools in the procurement environment.

31 January

John Sheridan participates at a panel entitled "eGov and the W3C" at the "UK Government Web Barcamp" on Saturday, 31 January 2009, in London, United Kingdom.

February 2009

2 February

Dan Connolly gives a keynote entitled "Welcome and Opening Keynote" at the "Web Directions North" on Monday, 2 February 2009, in Denver, Colorado, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

TBD

4 February

Tim Berners-Lee gives a talk entitled "Linked Data" at the "TED2009 “The Great Unveiling”" on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, in Long Beach, California, USA. (See also a video format.)

4 February

Olle Olsson gives a talk entitled "Standarder och Open Source (Standards and Open Source)" at the "DFS-seminarium (DFS Seminar)" on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, in Malmö, Sweden.

6 February

Steve Bratt gives a keynote entitled "World Wide Web 2010" at the "Netexplorateur Forum 2009" on Friday, 6 February 2009, in Paris, France.

12 February

José Manuel Alonso participates at a panel on behalf of the Spain Office entitled "Innovative Uses of Mobile ICTs for Development" at the "II International Meeting on ICT for Development Cooperation" on Thursday, 12 February 2009, in Gijón, Spain.

12 February

Daniel Dardailler gives an invited talk entitled "Improving Government through Better Use of the Web" at the "eGov Monaco" on Thursday, 12 February 2009, in Monaco, Monaco.

17 February

Vagner Diniz gives an invited talk entitled "Internet & Web: passado, presente e futuro (Internet & Web: past, present and future)" at the "aula inaugural das Faculdades de Engenharia" on Tuesday, 17 February 2009, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

25, 26 February

Lee Feigenbaum, Susie Stephens, and Eric Prud'hommeaux give a tutorial entitled "W3C's Semantic Web in Heath Care and Life Sciences Interest Group" (see abstract) on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 and Tim Berners-Lee gives a keynote entitled "Linked Data and Healthcare and Life Sciences" on Thursday, 26 February 2009 at the "Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (C-SHALS)" , Cambridge, MA, USA.

Abstract for “ W3C's Semantic Web in Heath Care and Life…”:

Wednesday, February 25, 1:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m.

This half day tutorial will include two educational elements. W3C's Semantic Web in Heath Care and Life Sciences Interest Group (HCLSIG) brings together many leading bioinformaticists and life scientists to solve a very wide array of data expression/integration problems in terms of modeling, unifying and querying biological data. This work is founded upon the full suite of W3C Semantic Web technology standards that work together to provide a rich semantic toolbox for software and system developers.

The first half of this tutorial will present a nuts-and-bolts introduction to many of the W3C Semantic Web technologies. We will motivate the introductions with use cases and examples taken from the health care and life sciences domains.

The tutorial will cover the following technologies:

• RDF (data model)
• RDFS (schema language)
• OWL (ontology language)
• SPARQL (query language)
• GRDDL (XML to RDF)
• RDFa (embedding RDF in HTML)

Presenter: Lee Feigenbaum, Cambridge Semantics

The part two of the tutorial explores how the W3C HCLSIG has been re-chartered to continue its mission to develop, advocate for, and support the use of Semantic Web technologies for biological science, translational medicine and health care. Membership in the group has grown to 89 participants, with a wide range of representation from industry and academia. The HCLSIG tutorial will discuss the challenges and opportunities at hand. An overview of the activities of the each of the current task forces in HCLSIG will be provided, along with a description of how specific Semantic Web technologies are being applied.

Presenters:

• Kei Cheung, Yale University
• Tim Clark, Harvard Medical School
• Vipul Kashyap, Cigna Healthcare
• John Madden, Duke University
• Eric Prud'hommeaux, W3C
• Susie Stephens, Eli Lilly
  

March 2009

2 March

Deborah Dahl gives a talk entitled "Frontiers in Interaction: The Power of Multimodal Standards" at the "Voice Search 2009" on Monday, 2 March 2009, in San Diego, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

As the capabilities of mobile devices and networks increase, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of multimodal applications that combine speech and GUI interfaces. Furthermore, other mobile device capabilities such as accelerometers, touchscreens and biometric devices are making a wide variety of other innovative applications possible. However, coordinating all of these capabilities in an application while presenting a coherent user experience is a complex task. Standards play an important role in managing this complexity. This talk will present some of the newest standards in this area and discribe how the standards are being applied in applications.

2, 3 March

Paolo Baggia gives a talk entitled "PLS, a New Standard for Pronunciation Lexicons" (see abstract) on Monday, 2 March 2009 and gives a talk entitled "Emotion in Speech Technologies" (see abstract) on Tuesday, 3 March 2009 at the "Voice Search 2009" , San Diego, CA, USA.

Abstract for “ PLS, a New Standard for Pronunciation…”:

The accurate specification of the correct pronunciation is critical to the success of many speech applications, especially when targeted on multilingual, mobile and search applications. For example, the pronunciation of proper names and place names can create barriers to communication. The Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) is today a W3C Recommendation, a full-fledged standard, designed to make simple and interoperable the specification of pronunciation information for both ASR and TTS engines. The presentation will demonstrate how the effective use of PLS enables the efficient development and deployment of speech applications.

Abstract for “Emotion in Speech Technologies”:

Brief overview of how emotions might impact on speech applications in the near future. The emotions can be detected from a customer voice, or be expressed by TTS as well as by the facial expressions of an ECA/avatar. The presentation offers an update of major research areas and the effort to make emotions to be standardazied to allow a quicker adoption in the industry.

6 March

Steven Pemberton gives an invited talk on behalf of the Benelux Office entitled "XForms and Declarative Applications" at the "MozCamp" on Friday, 6 March 2009, in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

6 March

Paolo Baggia gives an invited talk entitled "Voice Browsing and Multimodal Interaction in 2009" at the "Google TechTalk" on Friday, 6 March 2009, in Mountainview, CA, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

W3C and IETF standards were strong drivers for a revolution in the way the speech applications are done and used today. The talk will review the status of the Voice Browser and Multimodal Interaction standards and give insights in the most recent evolutions under way. Video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Yz6y7nvOg

11 March

Olle Olsson gives a talk entitled "Tillgänglighet, metoder, tekniker (Accessibility, methods, techniques)" at the "EPiServerdagen 2009 (EPi Server Day 2009)" on Wednesday, 11 March 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden. (see abstract)

Abstract:

An overview of WCAG 2.0 - rationale, approach, components, effects.

12 March

Carlos Cecconi gives an invited talk entitled "O W3C e a Web Semântica (The Semantic Web in the W3C)" at the "Reunião do grupo e-ping - interoperabilidade no Governo Federal (Government interoperability group meeting)" on Thursday, 12 March 2009, in Brasília, Brazil.

13 March

Tim Berners-Lee gives a talk entitled "The History of the Web and the Future of the Web" at the "World Wide Web @20" on Friday, 13 March 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland.

14 March

Michael Cooper participates at a panel entitled "Making Web Widgets Accessible: Tools and Techniques" at the "South by Southwest Conference" on Saturday, 14 March 2009, in Austin, TX, USA.

15 March

Matt Womer participates at a panel entitled "Breaking Boundaries: Mobile Web Access in Emerging Economies" at the "SXSW Interactive" on Sunday, 15 March 2009, in Austin, Texas, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

In many regions, the mobile phone is the primary tool for Web access. As mobile Web connections increase in developing nations the impact will be significant. This panel examines the differences between mobile Web access in developing and developed regions and how the mobile Web can affect social development.

16 March

José Manuel Alonso gives an invited talk entitled "Open Government Data" at the "Public Services 2.0" on Monday, 16 March 2009, in Brussels, Belgium.

16 March

Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "Some W3C SW technologies to watch" at the "Dutch Semantic Web Get-Together" on Monday, 16 March 2009, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

18 March

Steve Bratt gives a talk entitled "The Future of the Web and the New World Wide Web Foundation" at the "Foundation Information Systems Management Meeting" on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, in Miami, Florida, USA.

19 March

Jeanne Spellman and Jim Allan give a talk entitled "Towards a More Accessible Browser" at the "CSUN Center on Disabilities 24th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference" on Thursday, 19 March 2009, in Los Angeles, CA, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Improve Web Accessibility with better browsers and players. Learn about new proposals for guidelines for browsers and user agents (video players, cell phone browsers, etc).

19 March

Shawn Henry , Michael Cooper , and Loretta Guarino Reid participate at a panel entitled "The New WCAG 2: Web Accessibility Q&A with the Editors" at the "CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference" on Thursday, 19 March 2009, in Los Angeles, CA, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

This session provides an opportunity to get the latest updates and answers on recently published Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 from the editors themselves.

21, 22 March

Mohamed Zergaoui gives a talk entitled "XML Processing and Choreography" on Saturday, 21 March 2009 and Norman Walsh gives a talk entitled "Exploring XProc" (see abstract) on Sunday, 22 March 2009 at the "XML Prague 2009" , Prague, Czech Republic.

Abstract for “Exploring XProc”:

This presentation will explore the current state of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language through a combination of slides and live demos. Particular attention will be paid to demonstrating pipelines that are, or could be, useful to solve real world problems.

24 March

François Daoust gives a talk entitled "Moving the Web with Standards" at the "Mobile Internet 2009" on Tuesday, 24 March 2009, in Vienna, Austria.

27 March

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux participates at a panel entitled "Mobile Access – Device-independent or Accessible" at the "European Accessibility Forum" on Friday, 27 March 2009, in Frankfurt, Germany.

31 March

Daniel Dardailler gives an invited talk entitled "Improving Society through Better Use of Web Standards" at the "Technical Regulation of the Internet" on Tuesday, 31 March 2009, in Paris, France.

April 2009

1 April

Steve Bratt gives a keynote on behalf of the Southern Africa Office entitled "A Web that Empowers All People" at the "Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development" on Wednesday, 1 April 2009, in Maputo, Mozambique.

14 April

Philippe Le Hégaret gives a talk entitled "Standardizing Rich Web Applications for Web 2.0" at the "2009 MIT Information and Communication Technology Conference" on Tuesday, 14 April 2009, in Cambridge, MA, USA.

16 April

Jesús García gives a talk entitled "WCAG 2.0" at the "Día W3C en España (W3C Day in Spain)" on Thursday, 16 April 2009, in Barcelona, Spain.

16 April

Carlos Cecconi gives a talk entitled "W3C e Web Semântica (The Semantic Web in the W3C)" at the "O futuro da internet (The Future of Internet)" on Thursday, 16 April 2009, in Campinas, Brazil.

16 April

Vagner Diniz gives an invited talk entitled "M-Gov Cidadania Móvel (M-Gov Mobile Government)" at the "Foro Iberoamericano de Governo Eletrônico (Iberoamerican E-government Form)" on Thursday, 16 April 2009, in Isla Margherita, Venezuela.

17 April

Kevin Novak gives an invited talk entitled "Interoperability and Web Applications" at the "eGov Washington Workshop: Putting Open Standards to Work for Transparency, Security and Interoperability" on Friday, 17 April 2009, in Washington, DC, USA.

18 April

Steve Bratt gives a keynote entitled "The Empowering Web" at the "Knowledge Globalization Conference 2009" on Saturday, 18 April 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

20 April

Andrew Arch gives a keynote entitled "Web Accessibility for Older Users - Success and Opportunities" at the "W4A2009 - International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility" on Monday, 20 April 2009, in Madrid, Spain. (see abstract)

Abstract:

(See Abstract)

23, 24 April

Richard Ishida participates at a panel entitled "Panel on Multilingual Web Sites" on Thursday, 23 April 2009 and Martín Álvarez participates at a panel entitled "Open Innovation and Open Labs: An emergent opportunity for leading technology innovation and development for the Future Internet" on Friday, 24 April 2009 at the "18th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2009)" , Madrid, Spain.

24 April

Daniel Dardailler gives a talk entitled "Improving Society through Better Use of Web Standards" at the "Openforum Summit 2009" on Friday, 24 April 2009, in Brussels, Belgium.

May 2009

3, 4 May

Shawn Henry gives an invited talk entitled "Unleashing Opportunities through Accessibility" (see abstract) on Sunday, 3 May 2009 and gives a talk entitled "Advancing Web Accessibility" (see abstract) on Monday, 4 May 2009 at the "STC Technical Communication Summit" , Atlanta, GA, USA.

Abstract for “ Unleashing Opportunities through…”:

What if there was one simple thing you could do that would vastly improve people’s lives around the world, advance your career, and benefit your organization? And missing it is doing harm. Shawn illustrates how making your websites, online help, and other communications products accessible to all (think: baby boomers using iPhones, as well as people with disabilities) is enlightened self-interest.

Abstract for “Advancing Web Accessibility”:

Get a jumpstart on new guidelines and best practices for making your website work better for everyone, especially people with disabilities and older users -- enter WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA.

4 May

Oreste Signore gives a lecture entitled "Origini, motivazioni e regole di evoluzione del World Wide Web (Origins, motivations and evolution rules for the World Wide Web)" at the "Storia dell' Informatica (History of informatics)" on Monday, 4 May 2009, in Pisa, Italy. (see abstract)

Abstract:

A brief history of the Web, with an insight towards the Semantic Web

7 May

Andrew Arch gives a talk entitled "WCAG 2.0 - addressing the needs of people with disabilities and older people." at the "Do Web Accessibility Guidelines guarantee Universal Design?" on Thursday, 7 May 2009, in Oslo, Norway.

7 May

Felix Sasaki gives a talk on behalf of the Germany and Austria Office entitled "Von den "Leiden des jungen Werther" bis zu Metadaten für Multimedia: Aspekte der Verknüpfung heterogener Ressourcen (From the "The Sorrows of Young Werther" to metadata for multimedia: Aspects of the combination of heterogenous resources)" at the "Computerlinguistik Kolloquium, Universität Potsdam (Computational Linguistics Colloquium, University of Potsdam)" on Thursday, 7 May 2009, in Potsdam, Germany.

7, 9 May

Shawn Henry gives a keynote entitled "Web Accessibility with WCAG 2.0: International Cooperation, Local Implementation" on Thursday, 7 May 2009 and gives a tutorial entitled "Improving Your Web Site with WCAG 2.0" on Saturday, 9 May 2009 at the "ICTA 2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology & Accessibility" , Hammamet, Tunisia.

11 May

Robin Berjon gives a talk entitled "Les Widgets W3C (W3C Widgets)" at the "Mobile Monday Paris " on Monday, 11 May 2009, in Paris, France.

12 May

Lee Feigenbaum gives a tutorial entitled "The 2009 Semantic Web Landscape" at the "PRISM Forum SIG Meeting" on Tuesday, 12 May 2009, in Luzern, Switzerland.

12 May

Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "State of Semantic Web Technologies" and gives a talk entitled "Introduction and Applications of Semantic Web" ; Michael(tm) Smith gives a talk entitled "HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history about how to drive the future of the Web" and gives a talk entitled "validator.nu: A next-generation markup validator for the Web" at the "Presentation series "The future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies"" , on Tuesday, 12 May 2009, in Brisbane, Australia.

13 May

Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "Introduction and Applications of Semantic Web" and Michael(tm) Smith gives a talk entitled "HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history about how to drive the future of the Web" at the "Presentation series "The future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies"" , on Wednesday, 13 May 2009, in Sydney, Australia.

15 May; 19 June

Charles McCathieNevile gives an invited talk entitled ""Upcoming web standards and capabilities"" (see abstract) on Friday, 15 May 2009 and Crhis Hofmann and Marcio Galli give an invited talk entitled "Exploring the Universe of Web Technologies" (see abstract) on Friday, 19 June 2009 at the " Café com Browser (Cafe with Browser)" , São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract for “"Upcoming web standards and capabilities"”:

This event was the first Cafe with Browser, a serie of meeting with browser industry. The first invited talk was by Opera's Standard Chief Officer, Charles McCathieNeville, which approach was a look at such topics as XHTML2 and HTML5, the development of new capabilities in browsers such as Geolocation, and access to various platform features including address books, file system and camera, and improved multimedia such as 3D graphics and native video support.

Abstract for “ Exploring the Universe of Web Technologies”:

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.

15 May

Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "State of Semantic Web Technologies" and Michael(tm) Smith gives a talk entitled "validator.nu: A next-generation markup validator for the Web" at the "Presentation series "The future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies"" , on Friday, 15 May 2009, in Canberra, Australia.

18, 19 May

• Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "State of Semantic Web Technologies" ; Michael(tm) Smith gives a talk entitled "validator.nu: A next-generation markup validator for the Web" on Monday, 18 May 2009;
• Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "Introduction and Applications of Semantic Web" ; Michael(tm) Smith gives a talk entitled "HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history about how to drive the future of the Web" on Tuesday, 19 May 2009;

at the "Presentation series "The future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies"" , Hobart, Australia.

19 May

Carlos Cecconi and Vagner Diniz give an invited talk entitled "Semantic Web + e-Gov activities in W3C" at the "CONIP e-Gov conference Steering Committee Meeting" on Tuesday, 19 May 2009, in São Paulo, Brazil.

20 May

Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "Introduction and Applications of Semantic Web" and Michael(tm) Smith gives a talk entitled "HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history about how to drive the future of the Web" at the "Presentation series "The future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies"" , on Wednesday, 20 May 2009, in Melbourne, Australia.

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.

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.

26 August

Deborah Dahl gives a talk entitled "Improving Dialogs with EMMA" at the "SpeechTEK" on Wednesday, 26 August 2009, in New York, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

The Extensible MultiModal Annotation specification (EMMA) is a standard of the World Wide Web Consortium for representing user input. EMMA is most commonly used for representing the interpretation of spoken input in dialogs. However, EMMA provides a great deal of additional information that can also be taken advantage of in speech applications. This presentation will discuss various ways in which this additional information can be used. As one example, EMMA includes information about the duration of an utterance. Given the number of words in an utterance and its duration, the speech rate can be determined. A slow speech rate might be an indication of a novice user, which in turn could allow the system to provide novice prompts or to slow its own speech rate. EMMA information can also be useful in log analysis. For example, if the average lag between the end of a specific system prompt and the beginning of the user’s response tends to be relatively long, this could be an indication that the prompt is complex or confusing. A number of other ways to exploit EMMA data will also be discussed.

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.