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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Face-to-face Meeting
13 - 16 June Hosted by ASCii in Brussels, Belgium

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Participation

Participation is open to participants in good standing of W3C/WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG). If you are not currently a participant in good standing, but wish to attend please contact Gregg Vanderheiden (Chair), John Slatin (Chair), and Wendy Chisholm (Team contact).

The meeting is scheduled for four days to discuss major issues related to the advancement of WCAG 2.0 towards a W3C Recommendation, and is one of the WAI meetings held in association with the WAI-TIES project, a project of the European Commission IST Programme.

Registration

Registration is required and is open until 8 June 2005. The registration system is password protected. If you have not previously requested a login, please follow these instructions and contact Wendy Chishom with any questions.

Step 1: Request login information

• If you work for a W3C Member organization, fill out and submit the Member Access Request Form.
• If you do not work for a W3C Member organization, fill out and submit the Public Access Request Form.

Step 2: Fill out the registration form

After you have your login information, fill out the registration form.

Agenda (draft)

All times are Central Europe Time (CET). Timing for each day:

• Start time: 9:00 a.m.
• Lunch: 12:30-13:30
• Adjourn: 17:00

13 June 2005

• Go through feedback from surveys, determine where we have agreement and record proposed resolutions. Where there is disagreement, harvest key issues (rather than trying to resolve them). Document what is unresolved and return to those items on day 2.

14 June 2005

• Divide into pairs or small groups and distribute the unresolved items as work items. Deliverables for each group: write proposals that address the key issues.

15 June 2005

• Review of first two days, agenda check-in
• Baseline impact on techniques
  • What baselines against which we want to describe techniques
  • How we indicate a technique's status with respect to a baseline
  • Recommended criteria for selecting a baseline, and WCAG "default" baseline recommendation
• Script techniques
  • Review existing techniques & proposals
  • Go through the guidelines and propose techniques

16 June 2005

• Review HTML and CSS techniques
• Techniques harvesting: go through guidelines and propose techniques for all technologies to make sure we've fully "exercised" the guidelines
• Requirements
• Checklists
• Test cases

Logistics

Meeting room

Ibis Brussels Centre Ste Catherine Hotel
Meeting room: "Schumann"

Accomodations

The meeting organizers do not recommend making or confirming reservations by phone. The preferred method for making reservations for the Ibis hotels listed below is to use the provided reservation forms (Microsoft Excel format) and send them by fax or e-mail to the hotel. If you are unable to complete the reservation forms in this format, please contact Gregg Vanderheiden (Chair).

1. Ibis Brussels off Grand Place
   • Address: Rue du Marché aux Herbes 100, 1000 Brussels
   • Tel.: (+32) (0)2 514 40 40
   • Fax : (+32) (0)2 514 50 67
   • E-mail: H1046-RE@accor-hotels.com
   • Ibis Grand Place Reservation form (Excel format)
   • Room rates (includes service, taxes and breakfast)
     • Single room: 111 € per night
     • Double room: 115 € per night
2. Ibis Brussels Centre Ste Catherine
   • Address: Rue Joseph Plateau 2, 1000 Brussels
   • Tel.: (+32) (0)2 513 76 20
   • Fax : (+32) (0)2 514 22 14
   • E-mail: H1454-sb@accor-hotels.com
   • Ibis Ste Catherine Reservation form (Excel format)
   • Room rates (includes service, taxes and breakfast)
     • Single room: 94 € per night
     • Double room: 103 € per night
3. Participants looking for a very basic hotel room (less than 100 € per night and close to the meeting venue) can try to book a room at brusselshotels.com (select "2-star hotels", "City Center" as the location, "all types of resorts" as the type of resort and press "Search").

Transportation from Brussels airport to the venue

By Taxi

Taxis (metered) are only available outside the Arrivals Hall. The fare between the airport and the centre of Brussels is normally around 29,75 €.

Licensed taxis can be identified by the yellow and blue licence emblem. ALWAYS AVOID UNLICENSED TAXIS!

Taxi for wheelchair users

Taxi Hendriks
Tel: +32 2 752 98 00
Fax: +32 2 752 98 01
E-mail: info.melsbroek@hendriks.be

By Train

By train, Brussels Airport is less than twenty minutes from the City Centre. From 06:00 till nearly midnight, the "Airport City Express" links the airport with the Brussels Midi, Central and North stations four times an hour. A one-way ticket costs 2,60 € second class and 4.10 € first class.

The train station is located in the basement (level -1) of the terminal building.

Timetable information for the Airport City Express is available on the Belgian Railways (SNCB/NMBS) website (enter Zaventem Airport as the departure or destination station).

Note: when traveling by train or bus, the destination should be the "Brussels Central" train station.

By Bus

The bus station is located below the Arrivals Hall, and can be reached by escalators and lifts through the Diamond Area.

Useful numbers:

• Local buses from the airport (De Lijn) +32 (0)70 220 200
• Trams, metro and buses in Brussels (STIB/MIVB) +32 (0)2 515 20 00

The Brussels bus company MIVB/STIB operates a bus link between the railway station Brussels-Luxemburg and the Brussels Airport. The number of stops on this new "Airport Line" (n° 12) is limited to five. This line operates on work days between 7.00 a.m. and 8.00 p.m., three times per hour. Outside these hours, Schuman is the terminus (instead of Brussels-Luxembourg).

A single ticket costs 3 € (validity 1 hour on MIVB/STIB network).

This line is operated by means of comfortable articulated buses with space for luggage storage.

• Timetable (in French, not available in English)

The bus stops near the Brussels-Luxembourg railway station. From there it is possible to take a direct train to the Brussels Central station (travel time: 15 mins, tickets cost 1,40 € one way).

Note: when traveling by train or bus, the destination should be the "Brussels Central" train station.

Travelling from the "Brussels Central" railway station to the IBIS hotels

To the "Ibis Brussels off Grand Place" Hotel (by foot: +/- 7 mins)

1. In front of the main entrance of the "Brussels Central" railway station you will see the hotel "Le Méridien". At the left side of the main entrance of this hotel there is a "gate" (which goes under some of the hotel rooms).
2. Walk through this gate and take the first street on your right (Rue De L'Infante Isabelle).
3. Cross the "Grasmarkt" and you will arrive in the "Rue du Marché aux Herbes".
4. The IBIS off Grand Place Hotel is located at n° 100.

To the "Ibis Brussels Centre Ste Catherine" Hotel (by foot: +/- 15 mins)

1. In front of the main entrance of the "Brussels Central" railway station you will see the hotel "Le Méridien". At the left side of the main entrance of this hotel there is a "gate" (which goes under some of the hotel rooms).
2. Walk through this gate and take the first street on your right (Infante Isabellastraat / Rue De L'Infante Isabelle).
3. Cross the "Grasmarkt" and you will arrive in the "Rue du Marché aux Herbes".
4. At the end of this street you will arrive in the "Kiekenmarkt". Turn right on the "Rue de la Vierge Noire" and then turn left on the " Rue Joseph Plateau".
5. The hotel is located at n° 2.

$Date: 2005/06/14 13:43:57 $ Wendy Chisholm

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