World Wide Web Consortium Delivers Tutorials at CeBIT 2001
Meet Technologists from the birthplace of XML, XHTML and critical Web technologies
http://www.w3.org/ -- 14 March 2001 - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is delivering its first series of tutorials at the CeBIT 2001 world business fair and exhibition which runs from 22 - 28 March in Hannover, Germany.
Members of the W3C Team and the W3C Deutsches Büro are available to meet with CeBIT attendees, show the latest W3C achievements in graphics, presentation, multimedia, privacy, and accessibility, and explain how W3C's over 500 members work together to create the technologies that serve as standards for the World Wide Web.
Five W3C Team members will give tutorials:
- Dr. Philipp Hoschka, the W3C Architecture Domain Leader, presents on Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) on 23 March 2001
- Dr. Daniel Dardailler, Technical Lead for the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) presents on Web Accessibility on 24 March 2001
- Rigo Wenning, W3C Privacy Activity Lead, presents on the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) on 25 March 2001
- Dr. Bert Bos, W3C Style Activity Lead, presents on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) on 26 March 2001
- Dr. Ivan Herman, Head of W3C Offices, presents on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) on 27 March 2001
W3C is located at the GMD Stand (Halle 16, D59). GMD is the sponsor of the W3C Deutsches Büro. For more information, please contact Marie-Claire Forgue (w3t-comm@w3.org) or Klaus Birkenbihl (w3c@w3c.de).
- Contact America --
- Janet Daly, <janet@w3.org>, +1.617.253.5884 or +1.617.253.2613
- Contact Europe --
- Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33.492.38.75.94
- Contact Asia --
- Kazuhiro Kitagawa <kaz@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170
About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]
The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. It is an international industry consortium jointly run by the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT LCS) in the USA, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) in France and Keio University in Japan. Services provided by the Consortium include: a repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers and users, and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology. To date, over 500 organizations are Members of the Consortium. For more information see http://www.w3.org/
