TPAC 2010 Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee Meetings Week
1 - 5 November 2010, Lyon, France

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TPAC 2010 brings together participants in the W3C Community for an energetic week of coordinated work and discussion. People in Working, Interest Groups Incubator Groups, the Advisory Board, the TAG, the Advisory Committee, and invited guests will convene at a venue in Lyon, France: the "Cité Internationale - Centre de Congrès".

The schedule for the week at a glance:

Table view:

Monday (1 Nov) Tuesday (2 Nov) Wednesday (3 Nov) Thursday (4 Nov) Friday (5 Nov)
Morning Groups Groups TP Day for AC, Chairs, group participants, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team (agenda)

AC Executive Session for AC, Chairs, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team

Groups

 Groups
Afternoon Groups

AC Executive Session for AC, Chairs, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team

Groups		 TP Day for AC, Chairs, group participants, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team (agenda) Groups Groups
Evening AC Dinner for AC, Chairs, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team TP Reception for AC, Chairs, group participants, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team W3C Public Meetup (free event)

Participation Policies and Recommendations

The following participation policies and recommendations are intended to promote participation while ensuring that meeting chairs have the tools necessary to run their meetings effectively.

Plenary Participation

Participation in the Technical Plenary is open to participants in good standing in a W3C Working, Interest or Incubator Group, Advisory Committee Representatives, the TAG, the Advisory Board, Offices staff or Team.

Group Meeting Participation

You must be a participant in a W3C Working Group, Interest Group or Incubator Group, the Advisory Committee Representative of a W3C Member organization, a member of the TAG, AB, Offices staff or Team or an Invited Guest in order to be eligible to register for and attend these meetings.

Group Meeting Observers

Anyone eligible as described above may request multiple meetings to observe provided there is an attendance checkbox. Observer attendance is at the Chair's discretion. The Chair will inform you if admission is granted. Chairs have wide latitude to grant or reject requests based on space considerations, confidentiality, and the ability to conduct the business of the group. Please contact the WG or IG Chair for information about participation policy (see Member-only Chair contact information).

Suggestion: Secure permission to attend a meeting as an observer before making any travel plans.

Advisory Committee Discussion Session Participation

Participation in the Tuesday and Thursday portions of the Advisory Committee Meeting is open to one Advisory Committee representative from each Member Organization. If an Advisory Committee Representative cannot attend the meeting an alternative may be sent instead. See section 2.1.3.2 of the Process Document for more information about Member participation.

The TAG, the Advisory Board, Chairs, Offices staff and Team members are also encouraged to attend the AC discussion sessions.

Advisory Committee Meeting and Dinner Attendance

These events are open only to a limited group: one AC representative per organization, Group Chairs, AB, TAG, Offices staff and Team.

Registration and Registration Fees

Registration is a two-step process:

  1. Completing the Registration form. Chairs, please see the Member-visible Registration List by Groups.
  2. Paying a registration fee via a payment system

We will accept walk-ins, space-permitting. We reserve the right to refuse walk-ins if we believe it will have a negative impact on meeting space or meals. We strongly advise people against making flight arrangements if they have not already registered.

Registration and Walk-In Fees

A daily fee helps W3C offset the cost of these meetings. The fee applies to anyone who is attending meetings, whether as a participant or as an observer, Monday through Friday. However, if you are an AC Rep and on Tuesday you plan to attend only the dinner (and not the afternoon session), you do not need to pay the fee for Tuesday.

The per person, per day fees are as follows:

Practical note: To simplify the collections procedure, we encourage you also to complete payment by the registration close date. In practice, we are likely to charge more for any payment made after the close of registration, then process refunds for those who, in fact, registered on time.

Payment System

Payments are processed through a payment system. If payment was successful, you will receive a receipt.

Note: We use PayPal for collecting registration payments, but you do not need a PayPal account to use the payment system. PayPal accepts major credit cards.

If you have problems with the registration payment page, contact w3t-tpregister@w3.org.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

  1. Cancellations and requests for refunds must be received by 17:00 ET on 26 October 2010. Refund requests will not be honored after that time.
  2. Refunds are subject to a €12 service charge.
  3. Contact w3t-tpregister to cancel your registration and request a refund.

Schedule at a glance

Note: In order to avoid groups having to meet on Saturday, the Advisory Committee meeting will take place in parallel with groups on Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning. We recognize that there may be a scheduling conflict between a Group Meeting and the Tuesday and Thursday AC sessions. We apologize for any inconvenience, and encourage people to favor the AC session. Please consider arranging the agenda of your Working/Interest/Incubator Group meeting accordingly.

Monday/Tuesday Group Meetings: 1-2 November 2010
Group Est. Att. No Overlap with Meet with Observers Member Confidential
CSS 15-20 HTML SVG Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Education and Outreach 10 Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Egovernment Interest Group 30 Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Forms 8 HTML AB Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
HTML Speech Incubator Group -Tues. pm only) Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Internationalization (I18n) Core 10 AB AB Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Media Fragments 12-15 Media Annotations HTML Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Model-based UI (Tues.pm only) 20 Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Protocols and Format 12 HTML, WebApps, SVG AB Yes w/ Agreement from Chair Partially
TAG (Mon. only) 6 To be confirmed Yes w/ Agreement from Chair Yes
Voice Browser 12 Multimodal Interaction HTML, WebApps, Device APIs & Policy Yes w/ Agreement from Chair Yes
Web Applications 30 HTML Device APIs & Policy, ECMA's TC39 Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
XML Query To be confirmed XSL Yes Members only Yes
XML Security 17 Device APIs & Policy XML Core Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
XSLT 4-6 XML Schema, XML Processing Model XML Query No Yes
3D on the Web
Mon. 10h00-11h00		 6 Observers are welcome for this one hour meeting No
Thursday/Friday Group Meetings: 4-5 November 2010
Group Est. Att. No Overlap with Meet with Observers Member Confidential
AB 13-17 CSS No Yes
Device APIs & Policy 35 XML Security To be confirmed Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Forms 8 HTML AB Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Geolocation 5-10 Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
HTML Speech Incubator Group (Thurs. am only) Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
HTML 40 AB TAG Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Media Annotations 15 Media Fragments Device APIs & Policy Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
Multimodal Interaction 12 Voice Browser, Device APIs Protocols and Format Yes w/ Agreement from Chair Yes
SVG 10 CSS CSS, XSL, HTML, WebApps Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
TAG (Fri. only) 6 To be confirmed Yes w/ Agreement from Chair Yes
WebFonts 16 AB CSS, SVG, XSL Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
XML Processing Model 5 XML Core Working Group AB Yes w/ Agreement from Chair No
XML Schema 5 Yes w/ Agreement from Chair Yes

Venue

Local organizers:
W3C/ERCIM
Meeting location:
Cité Centre de Congrès de Lyon
50, quai Charles de Gaulle
69463 Lyon Cedex 06
France
Tel: +33 4 72 82 26 26
Fax: +33 4 72 82 26 27

Map of the Cité Internationale - Centre de Congrès

Stop "Musée d'Art Contemporain" of the Trolleybus line C1. Please refer to the Transportation section for further information.

See the evacuation plan of the conference center.

Accommodations

Please note that no block booking has been made. It is strongly recommended to make hotel reservations as soon as possible as there will be other meetings at the conference center.

See suggestions below and the hotels wiki (and add your own info, if you'd like) for hotels options.

There are three hotels housed within the conference center. There are all at a 1 to 2 minute walk from the conference venue:

There are many other hotels nearby at different prices ranges.

You can use the Lyon Tourist Office online booking system which lists several hotel
Tips to choose an area:

You can use Oanda for currency conversions

Transportation

Transportation status information:

Lyon Airport (Saint-Exupéry)

Lyon Saint Exupéry is the closest international airport to the meeting site. The "Cité Centre de congrès de Lyon" is located about 25 kilometers from the airport.

Express Train from Lyon airport to city center

An express train links the airport to the Lyon Part-Dieu train station every 15 minutes. This is the cheapest and recommended way to reach Lyon city center.

A one way ticket costs €13, and a round trip ticket costs €23. The travel time between the airport and the train station is less than 30 minutes. Further information on the RhôneXpress website.

From the Lyon Part-Dieu train station you can reach easily the conference center by using the C1 Trolleybus line as indicated below.

Taxi from Lyon airport to conference center

Taxi fares will cost around €50 during the day (07:00-19:00) and €80 at night (19:00-07:00), Sundays and holidays. The travel time between the airport and the conference center is around 30-40 minutes.

See the taxi wiki (and add your own info, if you'd like) for options for sharing rides.

Trains

Lyon is 2 hour from Paris and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport via high speed train. (Connexion every hour, or half an hour). The recommended stop in Lyon is "Lyon Part-Dieu".

Get train status information from the SNCF (the national train system).

Lyon Public Transportation

The public transporation (metro, bus, trolleybus) tickets can be purchased at automatic ticket dispensers, directly in the buses or trolleybus (change is needed) or at the TCL sales offices outside Gare Part-Dieu station (Monday-Friday: 7:30-18:30, Saturday: 9:00-12:00; 13:30-17:00).

Further information available on TCL, Lyon public transportation, web site.

Trolleybus from Lyon Part-Dieu train station to conference center

The Lyon Part-Dieu train station is 10 minutes from the congress center by trolleybus (see map). Take C1 Line from stop "Gare Part-Dieu Vivier Merle" to stop "Musée d'Art Contemporain".

A one way ticket costs €2.40. To reach the trolleybus stop from the train station, take exit "Vivier Merle".

Buses from other parts of the city of Lyon to conference center

The Bus line n°58 links the "Cité Centre de congrès de Lyon" to Lyon City Center in 15 minutes (stop "Cité Internationale Centre de Congrès").

Useful Information

Internet Access: Wireless Internet access only will be available during the week. The wireless network name (SSID) is "W3C".

IRC: There will be an IRC channel used for both taking meeting minutes and for submission of questions from AC Members who are unable to attend the meeting in person. Details will be supplied in an email message to the AC.

Power: 220 V, 50Hz, Europe Standard outlets. Power outlets will be provided at all seats in the meeting room.

Currency: Euro. (You may use OANDA Currency Converter.)

Weather: You may refer to wunderground.com for Lyon weather.

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