Agenda available for W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents
The W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents will take place on 25-27 February 2026, virtually on Zoom. The workshop agenda is now available.
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 have experience and/or expertise in the topic areas above, please apply to the workshop.
The deadline to register as workshop participant is 19 February 2026. To help us prepare and run the event effectively, please email a brief proposal when registering.
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 contact the Program Committee if you have any questions.
