Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Working Group Meeting
5-6 October 2000
Bristol, England, UK

The main goals are to:

1. address issues with drafts of WCAG 2.0,
2. determine how to incorporate ideas from the Device Independent Authoring Workshop,
3. develop a draft to be published as a public working draft.

Registration

You must register for the meeting if you plan to attend. Registration closes 29 September 2000. A list of those who have registered is available.

Participants

Registration is open to participants of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, participants of the Device Independent Authoring Workshop, and others interested in working on the next version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

Agenda

Thursday, 5 October 2000

• 8:30 - 9:00 Continental breakfast
• 9:00 - 10:30 Topic 1
• 10:30 - 10:45 Break
• 10:45 - 12:30 Topic 2
• 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch will be provided
• 1:30 - 3:00 Topic 3
• 3:00 - 3:30 Break
• 3:30 - 5:00 Topic 4
• 7:00 Working Group Dinner

Friday, 6 October 2000

• 8:30 - 9:00 Continental breakfast
• 9:00 - 10:30 Topic 5
• 10:30 - 10:45 Break
• 10:45 - 12:30 Topic 6
• 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch will be provided
• 1:30 - 3:00 Topic 7 - Joined by Authoring Tool Working Group
• 3:00 - 3:30 Break
• 3:30 - 5:00 Topic 8

7 October - AU WG F2F

The Authoring Tools Working Group will have a face to face meeting on Saturday.

Suggested readings

• Latest draft WCAG 2.0
• Requirements for WCAG 2.0
• WCAG 1.0
• WCAG WG home page
• Latest draft of WCAG Techniques document
• Other materials?

Logistics

Meeting place

The meeting is hosted by HP Labs Bristol.

Hotels

Block reservations for any nights between 2-7 October have been made at the following hotels until the deadlines shown. Participants to quote "W3C/HP" when registering.

• Posthouse Forte Filton Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol
  (10 mins walk from HP)
  Tel: +44 117 910 4207
  Fax: +44 117 956 9735
  Room Rate: 81 pounds excluding VAT (single occupancy) Breakfast: 11.95 pounds
  Release Deadline Date: Monday 25th September
• Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel (formerly Swallow Royal Hotel)
  College Green, Bristol BS1 5TA (city centre)
  Tel: +44 117 925 5100
  Fax: +44 117 925 1515
  Room & Breakfast: 102.50 pounds inc VAT (single occupancy) 112.00 pounds inc VAT (double occupancy)
  Release Deadline Date: Monday 25th September

Transportation

Bristol is the largest city in the South-West of England, situated 120 miles west of London.

HPLabs is situated 5 miles north of Bristol city centre. Coach transport will be provided each day between the Labs and the recommended hotels.

To reach Bristol by car from London Heathrow Airport, takes about 1 hr 30 mins via the M4 motorway.

Trains from London Paddington station to Bristol Parkway (5 mins taxi from HP and Posthouse Forte Hotel) take 1 hr 20 mins and run every hour. Trains also run to Bristol Temple Meads (city centre and Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel) from London Paddington. The Heathrow Express links Paddington to Heathrow Airport and takes 20 mins.

Bristol International Airport is 6 miles south of the city and provides daily direct flights to Paris and Amsterdam.

(information copied from the Device Independent Authoring Workshop).

Minutes

A summary of resolutions, action items, and new issues is available.

$Date: 2000/11/08 08:27:11 $ Wendy Chisholm
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