MobiWeb2.0 Project: "Mobile Web 2.0"

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• Project Closed - Check out the Project results in the Project Final Report
• Call for Papers: Future Network & MobileSummit 2010 Conference and Exhibition — 26 Novembre 2009
  The Future Network & MobileSummit 2010 will take place in the Historical City of Florence, 16-18 June 2010. This conference will address all the challenges of building the Future Internet, which will be based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications infrastructures. The Scientific Programme will incorporate all the key constituents of Future Networks including: Radio Access and Spectrum, Converged and Optical Networks, and Future Internet Technologies. The Call for Papers for Future Network and MobileSummit 2010 is published with a deadline of 04 December 2009 for paper submissions. Online submission will open on 09 November.
• Upcoming events in October 2009 — 12 October 2009
  MWI staff will participate in:
  • a developper conference: Paris Web 2009, 8-10 Oct. 09, Paris
  • a mobile group event: London Web Standards event on Mobile Web, 12 Oct. 09
  • live training on Mobile Web Design, 14 Oct. 09, in Cambridge, UK: read the course description and register online
  • a dev. conference: Mobile 2.0, 15-16 Oct. 09, San Francisco
  • a conference: Mobile Web Africa, 13-14 Oct. 09, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • a summit: NEM 2009, 28-30 Oct. 09, St Malo, France
  • another conference: Mobile Web & Applications Europe, 20-22 Oct. 09, London
• Last Call of Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies published — 6 October 2009
  The MWBP Working Group published a Last Call Working Draft of Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies. The document provides guidance to implementers of Content Transformation proxies as to whether and how to transform Web content. The document has already been published as a Last Call a year ago under the title "Content Transformation Guidelines", and has been updated based on feedback from reviewers. The Working Group invites the mobile developer community to review the draft once more and send feedback by 6 November 2009, sending comments to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list.
• Last Call of Mobile Web Application Best Practices published — 6 October 2009
  The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group published a Last Call Working Draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices. This document specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon statements made in the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, especially concerning statements that relate to the exploitation of device capabilities and awareness of the delivery context. The Working Group invites the mobile developer community to review the draft and send feedback by 6 November 2009, sending comments to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list.
• Mobile Web Online Training Course Starts Next Week — 5 October 2009
  As we noted recently it's uncertain whether it will be possible to run the successful online training course An Introduction to W3C Mobile Web Best Practices next year. We've received a great deal of positive feedback from previous students so if you want to make sure you don't miss the opportunity of taking this course with W3C, sign up today! The course begins on Monday 12th October and will run through to Friday 11th December. For more details of the course content and who will benefit most from it, please see the dedicated page.
• 30 Free Places for Cambridge Training Event — 26 September 2009
  The Live Introduction to W3C Mobile Web Best Practices course scheduled for Wednesday 14th October at the Møller Centre, Cambridge, is attracting more and more interest. However it's clear that the price of the event is a barrier to students, freelancers and small companies. As part of its MobiWeb 2.0 project, co-funded by the EU's FP7 Programme, W3C is able to offer a maximum of 30 free places for the course. For some, there really such a thing as a free lunch!

  If you believe that you should benefit from one of these free places, please e-mail Phil Archer and make your case! W3C members, as well as past, present and future registered participants in the online course are automatically allocated a place if requested.

  Participants in the day will:

  • meet the tutors (Phil Archer and Dominique Hazaël-Massieux) and your fellow participants in the course;
  • spend time in a mixture of lectures and informal workshop sessions where you can try out different solutions and share ideas;
  • learn about the specific promises and challenges of the mobile platform;
  • gain practical experience of turning desktop content into mobile content;

  Guest speaker Paul Berney, Managing Director Europe of the Mobile Marketing Association, will speak about the exciting developments in marketing via mobile. Full details of the event are available.

• Online or Live - You Chose in October — 22 September 2009
  The Introduction to Mobile Web Best Practices course that began in September is running well with over 100 participants. As we had to turn several people away after registration had closed, and it's uncertain at this stage whether we'll be able to offer the course again next year, we're squeezing in one more run of the online course before the end of the year.

  Full details of the course - the content, the timing, who it's for and more is available.Registration is now open for a new run of the the online course beginning on Monday 12th October and ending on Friday 11th December.

  So, you choose - the online version or the live version. Either way, come and learn the mobile Web with W3C!

• Lots of events in September 09! — 15 September 2009
  MWI staff will participate in:
  • jam sessions: Jam @ OSIM, 16 Sept. 09, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • a test fest: Widgets Test Fest, 21-23 Sept. 09, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • code camps and dev. sessions: Over the Air, 25-26 Sept. 09, London, UK
  • a summit: NEM 2009 Summit, 28-30 Sept. 09, St Malo
  • a MW4D related event called "To Connect the Unconnected", 30 Sept. 09, Brussels, Belgium: register online!
• W3C Mobile Web Design "live course", in Cambridge, UK — 7 September 2009
  Take advantage of the early bird registration rate (save 50%) before 11 September! Set for Wednesday 14 October, the "Introduction to W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices - Live" event is designed to help you to really get a grip on the mobile world. You'll meet the W3C experts who helped to formulate the Best Practices document (and its developer's cards), and enjoy a series of lively lectures and informal workshop sessions. Guest speakers will also give their perspective on mobile Web trends and opportunities. For more information, see live course page or the event's flyer.
• Upcoming MWI promotion— 21 July 20
  • in jam sessions: Jam @ OSIM, 16 Sept. 09, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • at code camps and dev. sessions: Over the Air, 25-26 Sept. 09, London, UK
  • live training on Mobile Web Design, 14 Oct. 09, in Cambridge, UK: read the course description and register online.
  • at a conference: Mobile Web Europe, 20-22 Oct. 09, London, UK
• Live Training Sessions On Mobile Web Design Rescheduled to 14 Oct. 2009 — 3 July 2009
  Originally scheduled for July, W3C has rescheduled a Live Training Sessions On Mobile Web Design for 14 October 2009, Cambridge, UK. Students will attend a full day of lectures and hands on sessions about the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices standard, and more generally on mobile Web design. Read the full announcement and register, and learn more about the W3C Mobile Web Initiative.
• POSTPONED to 14th October 2009 ! Live Training Sessions On Mobile Web Design — 26 June 2009
  The W3C Mobile Web Initiative opens registration for its first ever live training day. Training will take place Tuesday 14 October in Cambridge, UK. Students will attend a full day of lectures and hands on sessions on the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices standard, and more generally on mobile Web design.
• Mobiweb tweets! — 22 May 2009
  Follow MWI work updates on the mobiweb twitter feed (http://twitter.com/mobiweb).
  
• W3C Online Training Course: Registration open! — 15 May 2009
  W3C is running an extended and improved version of its online course to introduce Web developers and designers to its Mobile Web Best Practices. In this course you will:
  • learn about the specific promises and challenges of the mobile platform;
  • learn how to use W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices to design mobile-friendly Web content and to adapt existing content for mobile;
  • discover the relevant W3C resources for mobile Web design.

  For more information including details of the course material, more about who will benefit most from the course, the registration fee and access to a free sample of the course itself, please visit http://www.w3.org/2009/04/MobiWeb102

• Mobile Widgets and Social Web camps at WWW09 — 16 April 2009
  

  

  W3C invites people to attend the W3C Track at WWW2009, in Madrid, Spain on 23-24 April 2009. Part of WWW2009, the first day of the track is a Mobile Widgets Camp and the second a Social Web Camp. Conference participants and the local developer community are invited to submit topics of discussion in advance, via the W3C Track wikis.

• W3C Launches Social Web Incubator Group — 8 April 2009
  Following the "Future of Social Networking" workshop report recommendations, W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Social Web Incubator Group. The group's mission is to understand the systems and technologies that permit the description and identification of people, groups, organizations, and user-generated content in extensible and privacy-respecting ways (read also the group's charter for more details).
• W3C Invites Developers to Mobile Widgets, Social Web Camps During WWW2009 — 7 April 2009
  W3C invites people to attend the W3C Track at WWW2009, in Madrid, Spain on 23-24 April 2009. Part of WWW2009, the first day of the track is a Mobile Widgets Camp and the second a Social Web Camp. Conference participants and the local developer community are invited to submit topics of discussion in advance, via the W3C Track wikis. Read the press release.
• Social Networking Challenges Identified by Industry Leaders in W3C Workshop — 3 February 2009
  W3C has published a report from the Workshop on the Future of Social Networking. Observations from the fifty-five organizations that participated (and submitted 72 position papers) include:
  • By enabling users to share profiles and data across networks, social networking sites can grow further and open possibilities for a decentralized architecture for the Social Web.
  • Contextual information, especially for mobile device users, can significantly enrich the social networking user experience.
  • Many users remain unaware of the impact of social networking on their privacy.

  The report highlights the need for an interoperable distributed social Web framework and suggests concrete next steps for W3C. W3C now welcomes interested parties to contribute to public discussion. Read the press release.

• Social networks at W3C: foreseeing a 2009 success story! — 12 January 2009
  The W3C social networks workshop is already a blast and it hasn't happened yet! We received a record number (72) of interesting position papers from a wide range of key players. The agenda of the 2 days event is now published. Have a look at the impressive list (papers and submitters). This workshop is likely going to have an important impact on how the users (you and I, and kids the world over) are doing and will be doing in the social Web space.
• New draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices published — 5 January 2009
  Shortly before the end of year 2008, the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group published an updated Working Draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices. This document specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon statements made in the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, especially concerning statements that relate to the exploitation of device capabilities and awareness of the delivery context.

  The Working Group is seeking feedback on the draft as well as suggestions for additional and/or improved best practices that should be recommended.

• Mobile Web Made Easier with W3C mobileOK Tests Standard and Online Checker — 8 December 2008
  

  

  W3C made it easier to create content that will improve the user experience on a broad range of devices. The W3C mobileOK checker provides feedback on whether content is "mobileOK" and is based on the W3C Recommendation also published today, mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0. "Clean content offers a number of benefits to authors and users alike. The mobileOK checker does a nice job helping you improve your content one step at a time," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. Read the press release, Member testimonials, and learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative.