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WoT F2F meeting during TPAC 2025 (Hybrid)

Date

  • 09-14 November 2025
    • Plugfest will take place between 09-11 November 2025
      • On November 9 we can enter the PlugFest room at 1pm (until 6pm)
    • Demo day take place on 12 November 2025
    • WoT F2F meetings take place between 13-14. November 2025

Location

Kobe, Japan

Participants

Please complete the table and indicate if possible to join/travel:

  • YES Will join/travel or Local: 100%
  • YES Possible and mostly approved: 90%
  • YES Possible but need approval: 75%
  • NOT sure yet: 50%
  • NOT Decided yet and need approval: 25%
  • NOT possible to join/travel: 0%
Name Organisation % Attend In-person?
Kaz Ashimura W3C 100% Y
Ege Korkan Siemens 100% 100%
Daniel Peintner Siemens 100% 0%
Kunihiko Toumura Hitachi 100% 100%
Sebastian Käbisch Siemens 100% 100%
David Ezell Conexxus 100% 100%
Josh Thomas Ignite Retail 100% 100%
Michael Koster IE 100% 25%
Mahda Noura Siemens 100% 100%
Tomoaki Mizushima Internet Research Institute 100% 100%

Meeting Schedule

WoT Meeting

Basic proposal to be confirmed

  • Thursday, Nov 13, 8:30-18:00
  • Friday, Nov 14, 8:30-18:00

Topics

Possible topics for the WoT F2F meeting include:

  • Charter (WG/IG)
  • How to deal with the UCR work?
  • Thing Description / Binding
  • Profile
  • Discovery
  • Architecture
  • Scripting API
  • Security / Privacy
  • Liaisons
    • OPC UA
    • IEC SC3D
    • Smart Cities IG
  • Outcomes from joint meetings (e.g., JSON-LD?)
  • Summary of PlugFest results

Joint Meetings

Which group(s)?

Candidates:

  • JSON-LD WG
    • need to check if there are meetings
  • Smart Cities IG
  • Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group

Less priority (only if there is time);

  • Spatial Data on the Web WG
  • DID WG
  • Security IG
  • Privacy WG

Potential Conflicts:

  • DID
  • VC

Breakouts

There will be:

  • 9 breakouts in parallel for each time slot during TPAC 2025
  • also see: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2025JulSep/0007.html
    • we should provide an issue for our WoT PlugFest / Demo session
      • should be a topic of the first ÜlugFEst planning call taking place on 20th August
    • there should be also an issue for the Digital Smart City topic
  • 9 one-hour slots during the TPAC week as follows (all times are JST):
    • Monday: 1 one-hour slot at 17:00-18:00
    • Tuesday: 1 one-hour slot at 08:30-09:30
    • Wednesday: 6 one-hour slots at 08:30-18:30
    • Thursday: 1 one-hour slot at 17:00-18:00

WoT F2F Agenda (Draft)

Breakout day: Wednesday, Nov 14, 08:30-18:00 (TBC)

  • Plugfest demo

Day 1: Thursday, Nov 13, 09:00-16:45

  • 09:00-09:10: Opening (Sebastian / Michael)
  • 09:10-10:15: PlugFest Summary (all)
  • 10:15-10:30: Reports from joint or relevant group meetings (e.g., JSON-LD)
  • 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00-12:30: Charter WG plans (Sebastian / Michael)
  • 12:30-13:45: Lunch
  • 13:45-15:00: Thing Description (Ege)
  • 15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
  • 15:30-16:45: Scripting API (Daniel / Cristiano)
  • 16:45: End of day
  • 19:00: WoT Dinner (tbd)

Day 2: Friday, Nov 14, 09:00-18:00 (TBC)

  • 09:00-09:10: Opening (Sebastian / Michael)
  • 09:10-10:30: Liaisons (all)
  • 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00-12:30: Use Case (Tomoaki / McCool)
    • do the call of resolution for publication
    • most likely 1,5h is not needed
  • 12:30-14:00: Lunch
  • 13:45-15:00: Profile (tbd)
    • needs to be checked if Ben can moderate the session (depends on funding)
  • 16:00-16:30: Coffee Break
  • 16:30-18:00: Joint meeting with WoT CG (Ege / Cristiano)
  • 18:00: End of day

WoT Plugfest during TPAC 2025 (Hybrid)

Proposed Dates

  • November 9-11 Plugfest
    • Note: On November 9 we can enter the PlugFest room at 1pm (until 6pm)
  • November 12 Presentations

Venue

  • Plugfest will be part of the TPAC location
  • Room: R07 (tbc)

Plugfest Prepearation & Topics

  • see for details here

Participants

  • We need an idea of who would be able to travel and participate in TPAC 2025 in November 2025.
  • Please put your first name and select one of the following categories:
    • YES Will join/travel or Local: 100%
    • YES Possible and mostly approved: 90%
    • YES Possible but need approval: 75%
    • NOT sure yet: 50%
    • NOT Decided yet and need approval: 25%
    • NOT possible to join/travel: 0%
  • Please indicate which days you can be there
  • Please indicate if you can only join remotely
  • Please note that the event on Wednesday requires a separate registration.
# Name Organisation % Physical Attendance Remote Attendance Registered to TPAC
1 Kaz Ashimura W3C 100 0 TBD
2 Kunihiko Toumura Hitachi 100 0 Yes
3 Sebastian Käbisch Siemens 100 0 TBD
4 Ege Korkan Siemens 100 0 Yes
5 David Ezell Conexxus 100 0 Yes
6 Daniel Peintner Siemens 0 100 TBD
7 Josh Thomas Ignite Retail 100 0 TBD
8 Michael Koster IE 0 100 TBD
9 Erich Barnstedt Microsoft 0 100 TBD
10 Mahda Noura Siemens 100 0 Yes
11 Tomoaki Mizushima Internet Research Institute 100 (Observer) 0 Yes
12 Denis Ioan ArmorSafe Technologies 100 0 Yes

Demo preparation

Venue for Demo preparation

Address: TBD

Meeting room: TBD

Room availability: TBD