WAI Events

upcoming events - press and documents releases - meetings history

Upcoming WAI Events

• Best Practices Training Exchange, 5 July 2005, Lisbon, Portugal
• A calendar of technology conferences hosted by other organizations is also available.
• A history of previous WAI meetings is available.

Press and Document Releases

In addition to the WAI-related press releases listed here, a complete list of W3C press releases and W3C technical reports is available. WAI press contacts and W3C press contacts are also available.

• 11 March 2004, W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative Holds Best Practices Training in Spain
• 29 April 2003, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Working Draft
• 14 March 2003, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft
• 21 February 2003, Brewer receives Hadden Award
• 17 December 2002: Press Release announcingUser Agent Accessibility Guidelines [UAAG] 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. Associated Testimonials, FAQ. Implementation support includes Techniques for UAAG 1.0, Implementation Reports, Test Suites, Conformance Evaluation Forms.
• 6 December 2002: First public Working Draft of Evaluation and Report Language [EARL] 1.0, an RDF schema for test results
• 29 October 2002: Updated Techniques for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 available
  
• 3 October 2002: Updated Working Draft of XML Accessibility Guidelines available
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 advance to Candidate Recommendation, September 13, 2001
• Call for review for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Working Draft, incorporating issues raised during second last call.
• Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines updated (6 Nov. 2000)
• Accessibility Features of SVG becomes W3C Note, August 7, 2000.
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines becomes W3C Proposed Recommendation, March 10, 2000.
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 becomes W3C Recommendation, February 3, 2000. ATAG 1.0 Press Release, Testimonials, and Fact Sheet.
• Accessibility Features of SMIL becomes W3C Note, September 20, 1999.
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 becomes W3C Recommendation, May 5, 1999. WCAG 1.0 Press Release, Testimony, Fact Sheet.
• Accessibility Features of CSS becomes W3C Note, June 16, 1999.
• W3C Issues Guidelines to Extend Benefits of the Web to a Broader Community, February 3, 1998.
• Audio Webcast of Event with HRH The Duke of York profiling the Web Accessibility Initiative, July, 1998.
• W3C Issues First Public Draft of Browser Accessibility Guidelines, June 18, 1998.
• World Wide Web Consortium Launches International Program Office for Web Accessibility Initiative, October 27, 1997.
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Launches International Web Accessibility Initiative, April 7, 1997.
• WAI User Agent Guidelines, first public Working Draft announcement, June, 1998; updated releases July, 1998; November, 1998.
• Additional detail on WAI Activities are available in the WAI Technical Activity Statement and the WAI International Project Office Activity Statement.

WAI Meetings History

Additional information on meetings of different WAI groups is available on the home page of each group. List below is incomplete for 2004 and 2005.

• 28-29 April 2005, Authoring Tool Accessiibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
• 25-26 October 2004, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA
• 12-15 July 2004, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, Palo Alto, California
• 12-13 July 2004, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, Hellerup, Denmark
• WAI meetings at CSUN 2004, Los Angeles, USA
  • WAI Interest Group, 20 March 2004, 3pm-6:30pm
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 20-21 March 2004
• Web Accessibility Best Practices Training Exchange, 9-10 February 2004, Madrid, Spain
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 19-20 February 2004, Austin, Texas, USA
• WAI meetings at W3C Technical Plenary 2004, Cannes-Mandelieu, France
  • Education and Outreach Working Group, 1-2 and 5 March 2004
  • Protocols and Formats Working Group, 4 March 2004
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Techniques Task Force, 4-5 March 2004
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: AUWG Meeting 26-27 September 2003 in Seattle, WA, USA
• Education, Outreach, & Evaluation meetings in Dublin, Ireland in September 2003
  • Web Accessibility Networking, 3 Sept 2003, Dublin
  • Web Accessibility Evaluation Exchange, 4 Sept 2003, Dublin
  • Education and Outreach Working Group Meeting, 5 Sept 2003, Dublin
• Education, Outreach, & Training meetings in Palo Alto, California, July 2003
  • Education and Outreach Working Group Meeting 16 July 2003
  • Best Practices Training Exchange 17 July 2003
  • Web Accessibility Training and Exchange 18 July 2003
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: WCAG WG Meeting 1-2 July 2003, Venice, Italy
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: AUWG Meeting 13-14 June 2003, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
• WAI Meetings, 22 - 24 March 2003, following CSUN 2003 Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • WAI Interest Group, 22 March
  • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 23 March,
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 23 - 24 March
• WAI Meetings during W3C Technical Plenary Week, 3 - 7 March 2003, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Education and Outreach Working Group, 3 - 4 March
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 4 March
  • Protocols and Formats Working Group, 4 March
  • User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 6 - 7 March
• Protocols and Formats Working Group, 10 - 11 October 2002 Sankt Augustin, Germany. Contact PFWG Chair for more information.
• Education and Outreach Working Group meeting, 7 - 8 November 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Linz, Austria:
  • WCAG WG face-to-face meeting, July 15 and 16, 2002
  • ATAG face-to-face meeting, July 15 and 16, 2002 (registration available)
• Toronto, Canada: EOWG face-to-face meeting, July 29 and July 30, 2002
• Cannes-Mandelieu, France
  • AUWG, February 25-26, 2002, (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) meeting
  • EOWG, February 28-March 1, 2002, (Education and Outreach Working Group), Cannes Mandelieu, France
• Los Angeles, California, USA (following the CSUN 2002 Conference)
  • WAI IG, March 23, 2002 (WAI Interest Group)
  • WCAG WG, March 23-24, 2002 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group)
  • EOWG, March 23-24, 2002 (Education and Outreach Working Group)
• November 13-14, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and WAI Interest Group joint meeting (Telstra host) Melbourne, Australia
• October 22-23, 2001 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Seattle, Washington, USA
• October 1-3, 2001 Protocols and Formats Working Group and Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group joint meeting Brighton, UK
• September 12-13, 2001 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Seattle, Washington, USA
• September 11-12, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Seattle, Washington, USA
• June 18-19, 2001 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (CWI host) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• June 20-21, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (CWI host) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• June 22, 2001 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (CWI host) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• March 1 -2, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 1 -2, 2001 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 1 -2, 2001 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 1 -2, 2001 Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 24, 2001, WAI Interest Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 25, 2001 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• December 4-5, 2000 Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group and Protocols and Formats Working Group joint meeting Washington DC, USA
• November 16-17, 2000 User Agent Working Group meeting Washington DC, USA
• October 6-7, 2000 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting Bristol, UK
• October 5-6, 2000 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting Bristol, UK
• October 5-6, 2000 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting Ottawa, Canada
• October 3-4, 2000 Device-Independence Workshop meeting Bristol, UK
• March 20, 2000 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 25, 2000 WAI Interest Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 26, 2000 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 26, 2000 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• October 7-8, 1999 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting,
• October 11-12, 1999 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Redmond, Washington, USA
• July 19-20, 1999 WAI Interest Group, Education and Outreach Working Group, Protocols and Formats Working Group joint meetings Sophia-Antipolis, France
• May 15-16, 1999 Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group meeting (at WWW8 Conference) Toronto, Canada
• March 21, 1999 Protocols and Formats Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 20, 1999 WAI Interest Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 20, 1999 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 1-2, 1999 Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group meeting (Lotus host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• December 11-12, 1998 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines meeting Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• October 25-26, 1998 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• July 24-25, 1998 WAI Groups meeting (RNIB host) Peterborough, UK
• April 18, 1998 WAI Groups meeting (at WWW7 Conference) Brisbane, Australia
• March 21-22, 1998 WAI Groups meeting (at CSUN Conference)
• November 1997 WAI Groups meeting (IBM host) Austin, Texas, USA
• August 1997 WAI Groups meeting Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• May 1997 WAI Groups meeting Sophia-Antipolis, France

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