W3C Community Convenes to Discuss Future of HTML, Health of InternetEcosystem

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Silicon Valley Developers Invited to Discuss Open Standards Development atPublic Gathering

http://www.w3.org/— 6 October 2009 —The W3C community convenes next month in Santa Clara, California forTPAC Week 2009

, this year's edition ofan annual week-long opportunity for W3C groupparticipants to share news of progress and to address hot-button technicalissues face-to-face.

TheInternet Society (ISOC), as part of its mission tosupport the development of open standards, will sponsor TPAC 2009 and activelyparticipate in the event. In addition to ISOC representatives, participantsfrom other standards development organizations will joinin discussion about the health of the "Internet Ecosystem."

"The Internet Society is pleased to support and participate in the important work of the W3C community around TPAC 2009,” said Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society. “The Internet's immense success as a platform for innovation over the past 40 years has been built on a foundation of open standards, and its continued evolution will be driven by efforts such as those led by the W3C.”

"I'm pleased that the Internet Society is sponsoring and participating in TPAC 2009," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "ISOC and W3C both work to foster the open development of standards that empower users around the world. A lot of social networking happens during TPAC, and this year there will be an even greater number of participants from the broader open standards community."

AFAQ about ISOC and W3Cis available for more information.

Developer Gathering Offers New Opportunity for Interaction

Thursday, 5 November, 1pm - 6pm PT

For the first time, W3C is organizing aDeveloper Gathering

, opento the public, where developerscan join an afternoon of discussion and networking. People involved in various W3C groups and other organizations will lead the freeexchange of opinions and feedback among all participants. Speakers include:

• Arun Ranganathanon APIs;

• Elika Etemadon CSS;

• Philippe Le Hégareton W3C spearheading publicdevelopment of a browser test suite;

• Mark Davis, President of the Unicode Consortium, on controversies around international domain names

W3C encourages those not alreadyparticipating in W3C groups toregister, but please note that space is limitedto 100 people. More information about participation and the registration fee is available on themeeting page

.

Media Invited to Breakfast on 3 November

Tuesday, 3 November, 7:30am - 8:30am PT

Representatives from a select number of W3C groups will introduce the hot topics that will be addressed during the Wednesday Plenary Session (HTML 5, Internet Ecosystem, eGovernance), followed by a question and answer session. For more information, see themedia breakfast information page. To register, please send email to w3t-pr@w3.org.

Plenary Day to Address HTML 5, Internet Ecosystem, Privacy Challenges, More

On the Wednesday, 4 November, there is aplenary sessionopen to all W3Cgroup participants. The W3C plenary session will include discussions on:

• HTML 5 support for decentralized extensibility
• Maintaining a healthy Internet ecosystem -- challenges to an open Internet infrastructure
• Government Transparency and Accountability; what more can the Web (and W3C) do to help?
• Privacy challenges arising from more powerful Web Applications

The proceedings of the plenary session are public.

About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium whereMember organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together todevelop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creationof Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for theWeb. Over 350 organizations are

list="List">Members

of the Consortium.W3C is jointly run by theMIT ComputerScience and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory(MIT CSAIL) in the USA, theEuropean Research Consortium for Informaticsand Mathematics(ERCIM) headquartered in France andKeio University

in Japan, and has additionalOffices worldwide. For moreinformation seehttp://www.w3.org/

Media Contacts

Contact Americas, Australia—

Ian Jacobs, <ij@w3.org>, +1.718.260.9447or+1.617.253.2613

Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East—

Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33 6 76 86 33 41

Contact Asia —

Naoko Ishikura, <keio-contact@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170

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