W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board

The W3C Advisory Committee has elected the following people to fill four seats on the W3C Advisory Board (AB), starting 1 July 2026: Daniel Appelquist, Wei Ding, Elena Lape, and Andrew Wafaa. They join continuing AB participants, Theresa O'Connor, Hiroshi Ota, Avneesh Singh, Hidde de Vries, Song Xu, and Brent Zundel.

Many thanks to the departing participants for their contributions to the AB, Max Gendler and Tatsuya Igarashi, whose terms end at the end of June 2026.

Created in March 1998, the Advisory Board provides ongoing guidance to the W3C Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. The Advisory Board also serves the W3C Members by tracking issues raised between Advisory Committee meetings, soliciting Member comments on such issues, and proposing actions to resolve these issues. The Advisory Board manages the evolution of the Process Document. As part of a W3C Council, members of the Advisory Board hear and adjudicate on Submission Appeals and Formal Objections. For several years, the AB has conducted its work in a public wiki. 

The elected Members of the Advisory Board participate as individual contributors and not representatives of their organizations. Advisory Board participants use their best judgment to find the best solutions for the Web, not just for any particular network, technology, vendor, or user.