Potsdam, Germany 2009-09-16
Klaus Birkenbihl, W3C
this talk at http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/1015Potsdam-KB/
BRUSSELS -- 24 November, 1997 -- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today announced the launch of W3C-LA, a new initiative to promote W3C developments to leverage the Web for European industry. W3C-LA (Leveraging Action) is one of the European Commission's "Leveraging Actions for Software Technologies", sponsored by the Esprit programme.
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To enhance the communication between W3C and the Web community, W3C will open W3C Offices covering specific geographical areas. W3C Offices will be the first point of contact between the Consortium and its membership, as well as the general public in their corresponding region. CLRC-RAL has been established as the first W3C Office, covering the United Kingdom. Other Offices to be launched during the first quarter of 1998 include GMD (Forschungszentrum informationstechnik) in Germany, CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica) in the Netherlands, SICS (Swedish Institute of Computer Science) in Sweden, and FORTH (Foundation Of Research and Technology) in Greece.
Australia (CSIRO) |
Benelux (CWI) |
Brazil (NIC.br) |
China (Beihang University) |
Finland (TU Tampere) |
Germany and Austria (FH Potsdam) |
Greece (FORTH-ICS) |
Hungary (SZTAKI) |
India (MIT-DIT) |
Italy (CNR) |
Israel (ISOC-IL) |
Korea (ETRI) |
Morocco (EMI) |
Southern Africa (Meraka Institute) |
Senegal (ESP) |
Spain (CTIC) |
Sweden (SICS) |
UK and Ireland (STFC RAL) |
more to come ... | more to come ... |
One succes criterion for Offices is the membership development in their region
All countries mentioned in this list - except Switzerland and Canada - have an W3C Office or W3C Host presence today
Being W3C.de/at Office staff does not require a specific hairstyle ...
Klaus Birkenbihl |
Henning Fischer |
Thomas Tikwinski |
Felix Sasaki |