Upcoming: W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents
W3C announced today a Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, to be held virtually on Zoom from 25 to 27 February 2026.
The goals of this workshop are:
- To identify stakeholders of Voice Agents standardization to drive the development of Web standards aligned with the real needs of Voice Agents
- To identify and discuss the pain points, technological gaps, and clarify potential impacts on Web standards
And the possible topic areas for the workshop may include:
- Clarification of use-cases for smart voice agents and their requirements (including voice interaction with smart devices, browsers, the Web of Things)
- User & developer needs: accessibility/usability, internationalization, input-to-output coordination, modality integration (voice, typing, handwriting)
- Horizontal platform considerations: resource discovery, trust/privacy/security, business models, and implications for Web standards
If you agree to work on the goals above and have experience and/or expertise in the topic areas above, please apply to the workshop.
This workshop will be a fully virtual event with pre-recorded talks, online discussions, and interactive sessions. With the consent of the speakers, recordings and slides of the talks will be made available after the workshop.
Attendance is free for all invited participants and is open to the public, whether or not W3C members.
Please submit your proposal using the "Submit a talk proposal form" before 27 November 2025. We will work with you in confirming and defining your proposed contribution. You may also contact the Program Committee by email directly at any time if you have any questions.
