The presentation “Leichte Sprache – Large Scale” (Simple Language – Large Scale) from Christian Lieske, given at the W3C Day event in Berlin on 19 September 2011, received the X-Award. This award is given for presentations at the annual Xinnovations event that foster innovative ideas and solutions. See also the complete list of winners for this year. The topic of simple language on the Web was awarded because it bears the potential to build bridges between communities: accessibility, language technology and Web technology standardization. The group of people who has gathered around this topic is eager to pursue this direction and to help realizing the Web for everybody.
