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Talks by W3C Speakers (Recent and Upcoming)

Many in the W3C community — including staff, chairs, and Member representatives — present W3C work at conferences and other events. Below you will find a list some of the talks. All material is copyright of the author, except where otherwise noted.

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

  • 2012-06-04 (4 JUN)

    An Introduction to Writing Systems and Unicode (tutorial)

    by Richard Ishida

    Relevant technology area: Web Design and Applications.

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:
    This tutorial will provide a good understanding of the many unique characteristics of non-Latin writing systems, illustrate the problems involved in implementing such scripts in products, and describe how Unicode deals with these features. It does not provide detailed coding advice but does provide the essential background information needed to understand the fundamental issues related to Unicode deployment across a wide range of scripts. It has also proved to be an excellent orientation for newcomers to the conference, providing the background needed to assist understanding of the other talks! The tutorial goes beyond encoding issues to discuss characteristics related to input of ideographs, combining characters, context-dependent shape variation, text direction, vowel signs, ligatures, punctuation, wrapping and editing, font issues, sorting and indexing, keyboards and more. The concepts are introduced through the use of examples from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Hindi/Tamil, Russian and Greek. While this tutorial is perfectly accessible to beginners, it has also attracted very good reviews from people at an intermediate and advanced level due to the breadth of scripts discussed. No prior knowledge is needed.
  • 2012-06-04 (4 JUN)

    Internationalization: An Introduction (tutorial)

    by Addison Phillips

    Localization World

    Paris, France

    Relevant technology area: Web Design and Applications.

  • 2012-06-04 (4 JUN)

    Towards the Promised Land: Globalization Developments in Web Standards (tutorial)

    by Richard Ishida and Addison Phillips

    Relevant technology area: Web Design and Applications.

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:
    A new era of competition between the major browsers has rekindled work on the HTML and CSS standards. One of the results has been a renewed focus on providing features to support international content in new and exciting ways, from typeset quality presentation to vertical text; from East Asian support such as ruby and emphasis to improved bidirectional language support. In this presentation we'll explore the changes that are available today, the status of these standards and the challenges that remain.
  • 2012-06-05 (5 JUN)

    Semantic Web and Related Work at W3C

    by Ivan Herman

    Relevant technology areas: Web Design and Applications and Semantic Web.

  • 2012-06-06 (6 JUN)

    Mobile Web Apps and HTML5

    by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, in cooperation with the Spain Office

    Taller sobre Web Móvil y HTML5
    (Workshop on mobile Web & HTML5)

    Barcelona, Spain

    Relevant technology areas: Web of Devices and Web Design and Applications.

  • 2012-06-06 (6 JUN)

    Schema.org (panel)

    by Ivan Herman

  • 2012-06-08 (8 JUN)

    A short introduction to Semantic Web technologies

    by Ivan Herman

    Oracle

    Redwood City, CA, USA

    Relevant technology area: Semantic Web.

July 2012

  • 2012-07-09 (9 JUL)

    Semantic Web @ W3C

    by Ivan Herman

    Relevant technology area: Semantic Web.

  • 2012-07-17 (17 JUL)

    Embracing Accessibility – Go for the Carrots

    by Shawn Henry

    Relevant technology area: Web Design and Applications.

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:
    Accessibility is essential for designers, developers and organizations who want to create high quality websites and Web tools, and not exclude people from using your online resources. Web accessibility is getting more attention at universities and colleges recently because of new requirements, for example, to meet WCAG. But meeting requirements just one aspect. In this session we'll look at the more exciting reasons to embrace accessibility, and how to reap the technical and financial benefits of accessibility. For example, we'll look at how understanding accessibility principles helps you design websites that work better on mobile devices. With engaging stories and illustrations, Shawn will offer a different approach to accessibility. Instead of focusing on the stick, go for the delicious carrots motivating accessibility.

September 2012

  • 2012-09-13 (13 SEP)

    Masterclass CSS3 (tutorial)

    by Bert Bos, in cooperation with the Benelux Office

    W3C Benelux + ISOC.NL

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Relevant technology area: Web Design and Applications.

  • 2012-09-28 (28 SEP) – 2012-09-29 (29 SEP)

    Accessible Design with HTML5

    by Rajesh Lal

    2012 HOW Interactive Design

    Washington D.C., USA

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:
    Learn how to design web interface in HTML5 which supports people with disabilities. An Accessible Interface gives maximum reach to your application’s information, functionalities and benefits, by allowing multiple input methods, different interaction models, and customization based on special needs and limited device supports. The four major disabilities that effect user capabilities are visual, hearing, mobility (difficulty in using the mouse), and cognitive disabilities, which are related to learning abilities. Know how to use the latest technologies to accommodate these users in the user interface. Takeaways 1. Understand the problem around designing interfaces for people with disabilities 2. Learn the standard practices and design guidelines for accessible design 2. Know concrete steps in HTML5 to design and develop web interfaces to accommodate the four kinds of major disabilities

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