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

July 2008

29 July

Tim Berners-Lee gives a tutorial entitled "The Future of the Web" at the "Campus Party 2008" on Tuesday, 29 July 2008, in Valencia , Spain.

August 2008

1 August

Ori Idan gives a talk entitled "Why do we need Internet standards and W3C" at the "August Penguin " on Friday, 1 August 2008, in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

16 August

Molly E Holzschlag gives a tutorial entitled "Hot and Spicy Style with CSS" at the "Hot and Spicy Style with CSS" between Saturday, 16 August, and Sunday, 17 August 2008, in Honolulu, HI, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

From image replacement to effective navigation and background graphic design, integration with Flash in standards-based design, to anecdotes, and wit and wisdom from the entertaining Molly E. Holzschlag, this two day CSS hands-on methods helps any modern Web designer advance his or her work with CSS, no matter which tool or level of CSS knowledge.

20 August

Deborah Dahl , Ingmar Kliche, and Raj Tumuluri give a talk entitled "Multimodal Standards and Applications" at the "SpeechTEK" on Wednesday, 20 August 2008, in New York, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

This presentation will showcase standards-based multimodal applications developed by member companies of the W3C Multimodal Interaction Working Group. It will also demonstrate some laboratory applications that illustrate the principles of the W3C Multimodal Architecture and a deployed healthcare application that enables users to type, speak, and scribble on their mobile devices to record vital readings, highlight regions of interest on images, and submit them wirelessly.

22 August

Ivan Herman gives a tutorial entitled "Detailed introduction into RDF and the Semantic Web" at the "4th Search & Find Workshop" on Friday, 22 August 2008, in Ghent, Belgium.

28 August

Olle Olsson gives a talk entitled "Affärsmodeller och samarbete på framtidens webb (Business models and collaboration on the future web)" at the "Världshandelsdagen 2008 -- "Bortom Web 2.0" (World Trade Day 2008 -- "Beyond Web 2.0")" on Thursday, 28 August 2008, in Stockholm, Sweden.

September 2008

1 September

Andrew Arch gives a talk entitled "Web Accessibility and the Older Population" at the "HCI and the Older Population 2008" on Monday, 1 September 2008, in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (see abstract)

Abstract:

This paper introduces the “Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation” (WAI-AGE) project, a W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) project funded by the European Commission under its 6th Framework Programme (FP6) of the Information Society Technologies (IST). It briefly discusses some of the initial findings from the first stage of the project – a comprehensive review of the literature relating to this topic. It concludes with a discussion of some of the ways we intend to promote the needs of the older user to the Web development community.

2 September

François Daoust gives a talk entitled "From pages to applications: Mobile Web Best Practices" at the "Mobile Internet User eXperience (MIUX'08)" on Tuesday, 2 September 2008, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) was created in 2005 to help make browsing the Web from mobile devices a reality.

This paper presents an overview of the Mobile Web Best Practices developed within the MWI to improve the mobile-browsing user experience on as many mobile devices as possible.

4 September

Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a talk entitled "Senioren im Web: Barrierefreiheit für Ältere Menschen (Seniors on the Web: Accessibility for Older People)" at the "Webkongress 2008 (Web Congress 2008)" on Thursday, 4 September 2008, in Erlangen, Germany.

16 September

Phil Archer and Matt Womer give a state of the art report entitled "Introduction to the Protocol for Web Description Resources" at the "POWDER: More of what you want, when you want it" on Tuesday, 16 September 2008, in Yahoo!'s Mission College Campus, Santa Clara, California, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

Members of the POWDER Working Group will gather at Yahoo's Mission College Campus to present its work, highlighting its benefits to end users, publishers and aggregators.

17 September

François Daoust gives a talk entitled "Mobile Web: Trust starts with a few Best Practices" at the "Smart Mobility 2008" on Wednesday, 17 September 2008, in Sophia-Antipolis, France.

23 September

Andrew Arch and Shadi Abou-Zahra give a talk entitled "How web accessibility guidelines apply to design for the ageing population" at the "Accessible Design in the Digital World" on Tuesday, 23 September 2008, in York, United Kingdom. (see abstract)

Abstract:

There has been extensive development of guidelines for accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities. While these guidelines address many requirements needed by the ageing population, the relevance of these guidelines to the needs of the ageing population is not well understood by many organizations representing and/or serving the needs of the ageing community nor by technology developers. There is a need to better understand the relationship and overlap of the requirements, and to develop educational resources to help developers provide Web sites that work better for people who experience changes in abilities due to ageing.

One of the key aspects of ageing is a development of functional limitations such as declines in vision, dexterity, and hearing. Additionally, we find various declines in cognitive ability, and these may be as likely, or more likely, to affect the use of ICT and the Web than physical and sensory limitations in older adults. In addition to the diversity in functional ability of older adults, we need be aware of the diversity of attitude and aptitude, when we are discussing the use of ICT and the Web.

This paper introduces the “Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation” (WAI-AGE) project, a W3C Web Accessibility Initiative project that is funded by the European Commission under its 6th Framework Programme of the Information Society Technologies. A significant part of this work includes researching existing literature with regard to information technology access, and comparing the findings with solutions provided by the Web Accessibility Initiative.

This reflective paper will report on the findings from the literature review and the synergies with the existing WAI guidelines.

23 September

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux gives a talk entitled "Standardisation vs. Openness vs. Proprietary Systems - Examining in which Direction the Mobile Web Industry is heading and why this really Matters" at the "Mobile Web Europe 2008" on Tuesday, 23 September 2008, in London, United Kingdom.

24 September

Kevin Novak gives a talk entitled "Introducing the W3C eGovernment Interest Group" at "The Next Generation of Our Public Record:Many Voices, One Voice" on Wednesday, 24 September 2008, in Washington, DC, USA.

24 September

Klaus Birkenbihl and Ivan Herman give a talk on behalf of the Germany and Austria Office entitled "Auf dem Weg ins Semantische Web (On the Way to the Semantic Web)" at the "W3C-Tag" on Wednesday, 24 September 2008, in Berlin, Germany. (see abstract)

Abstract:

High level introduction on the benefits of complementing the Web of documents by a Web of data.

24 September

Ivan Herman gives a tutorial entitled "Introduction to the Semantic Web" at the "2nd European Semantic Technology Conference" on Wednesday, 24 September 2008, in Vienna, Austria.

30 September

Klaus Birkenbihl and Ivan Herman give a talk on behalf of the Brazil Office entitled "On the Way to the Semantic Web" at the "W3C Brazil meeting" on Tuesday, 30 September 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil. (see abstract)

Abstract:

High level introduction on the benefits of complementing the Web of documents by a Web of data.

October 2008

2 October

Klaus Birkenbihl and Ivan Herman give a talk on behalf of the Brazil Office entitled "On the Way to the Semantic Web" at the "Rio Info 2008" on Thursday, 2 October 2008, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (see abstract)

Abstract:

High level introduction on the benefits of complementing the Web of documents by a Web of data.

13, 14 October

Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled "Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World" (see abstract) on Monday, 13 October 2008 and gives a talk entitled "Getting Real with Accesibility" (see abstract) on Tuesday, 14 October 2008 at the "Web Builder 2.0" , Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Abstract for “Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World”:

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.

Abstract for “Getting Real with Accesibility”:

Accessibility isn't about checklists, it's about making your site more usable to more people in more situations. This session puts standards and guidelines in perspective, and shows you a new approach for developing effective accessibility solutions efficiently. Get hands-on screening techniques that anyone can use, and guidance on including people with disabilities in your project to learn how they really interact with your site.

17 October

Renato Iannella gives a keynote entitled "The Policy-Aware Web meets Virtual Goods" at the "6th International Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business Models for Virtual Goods" on Friday, 17 October 2008, in Poznan, Poland. (see abstract)

Abstract:

The Policy-Aware Web is the promise for supporting policy management at the Web infrastructure level. A policy is any set of rules or statements that capture and express the requirements of individuals and organsaitions from a corporate, legal, best practices, and/or social perspective. Currently, policy languages exisit that cover and broadly address the privacy, access control, and obligation management areas. However, what is missing is an overall framework and architecture for these policy languages to interoperate and provide an accountable, enforceable, flexible and trusted experience for the web community. This talk will review the technology challanges that face the Policy-Aware Web, the current policy specifications and the supporting standards and the road forward towards an enhanced web architecture. The goal is to provide a balance between creators, distributors, and consumers of digital goods by providing an open and transparent framework to transact and exchange digital items over the policy-savvy web.

26 October

Michael Hausenblas , Ivan Herman , and Ben Adida give a tutorial entitled "RDFa—Bridging the Web of Documents and the Web of Data" at the "7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2008)" on Sunday, 26 October 2008, in Karlsruhe, Germany. (see abstract)

Abstract:

RDFa is the bridge between the Web of Documents, targeting at human users, and the Web of Data, focusing on machines. Not only due to the recent uptake of RDFa (Digg, Yahoo!, etc.), learning how and where to use RDFa is essential. This tutorial will introduce the usage of RDFa in real-world use cases and will enable the attendees to work with RDFa both on the client as on the server side. We will create, publish and consume RDFa-marked-up data in the course of the tutorial and discuss advanced aspects, such as dynamic content handling. There are no pre-requisites for participation in the tutorial other than a familiarity with the basics of the (Semantic) Web such as URIs, RDF, XHTML, and SPARQL.

December 2008

5 December

Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled "Overlapping User Experiences: Mobile Web Usability and Accessibility for People with Disabilities" at the "UPA Europe 2008, Usability and design: cultivating diversity" on Friday, 5 December 2008, in Turn, Italy. (see abstract)

Abstract:

There is significant overlap between designing websites to be usable on mobile devices and designing websites to be accessible to people with disabilities (using desktops). Understanding this overlap helps more efficiently meet both goals. This session highlights those overlaps and introduces new resources to help you address both effectively.

6 December

Shawn Henry gives an invited talk entitled "How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience Design " at the "UPA Europe 2008, Usability and design: cultivating diversity" on Saturday, 6 December 2008, in Turin, Italy. (see abstract)

Abstract:

This presentation provides the latest on new international standards expected in 2008, including W3C's WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA for accessibility of Ajax applications, as well as European accessibility activities. It compares different standards, and demos how the new requirements impact user experience design, such as new accessibility requirements for forms.