Technical Plenary and WG Meeting Event
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA USA

3 - 7 March 2003

• REGISTRATION - CLOSES - 26 February 2003 | See registrant list
• Local Logistics
  • Royal Sonesta Hotel Reservation Form - Hotel Discount Rate EXTENDED - EXPIRES - 7 February 2003 (17:00 Eastern)
  • Transportation
  • Meals
  • Connectivity
• Participation
• Schedule
  • Monday/Tuesday, 3-4 March - WG/IG Meetings
  • Wednesday, 5 March - All-day Technical Plenary - Agenda
  • Wednesday, 5 March - Lunch-time BOF Tables
  • Wednesday (evening), 5 March - Reception (19:00 - 21:00, Skylines)
  • Thursday/Friday, 6 - 7 March - WG/IG Meetings
• Contacts and Program Committee
• Appendix: Group Responses
• Teleconference dial-back to meeting rooms
• Participants list

Local Logistics

Venue - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA USA

• A block of rooms have been reserved at the Royal Sonesta Hotel at a discount rate for 7 nights, from Saturday 1 March through Saturday 6 March, 2003.
• Discount rate(as of 4 October 2002):
  • $140.00 (plus 12.75% tax) -- double or single room
• Discount rate expires: 1 February 2003

Please call the hotel and mention you are part of the "MIT/W3C" group or fax the completed reservation form to: +1.617.806.4232.

Transportation Details

Boston Logan International Airport is the closest international airport to the meeting site. The Royal Sonesta Hotel is located three miles from Logan Airport. The travel time between the airport and the hotel (meeting site) will vary between 30 minutes to one hour depending on traffic conditions. Taxi are plentiful and fares will range between $18.00-$28.00. More ground transportation details

Please Note: There is a major road construction project going on in Boston called the "Big Dig." For this reason, we recommend taking a taxi or public transportation rather than renting a car. If you prefer to rent a car, all major car rental companies have locations at Logan Airport (Avis, Budget, Hertz, etc.).

Meals

Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday: 12:00-14:00 - Buffet Lunch
It will be at the discretion of group Chairs to decide when their groups will break for lunch, 12:00-13:00 or 13:00 - 14:00 etc.

Wednesday: Buffet style with BOF Tables

There will be a light reception (there will be light food, but attendees may want to plan for dinner afterwards) in the Skyline rooms from 19:00-21:00.

A sign-up sheet will be posted at the registration desk if you would like to organize a lunch-time BOF discussion table. Please sign up early; there may be space limitations.

Connectivity

Wireless connection will be provided in all the meeting rooms. The connection will be almost exclusively wireless so attendees should plan to bring wireless cards in order to be connected to the network. There will be one wired connection in each meeting room as a back-up for the chair. Due to the contract for connectivity we have negotiated with the Sonesta, each connection must be through the Sonesta and so absolutely no hubs will be allowed.

Attendees should bring a 802.11b compliant (aka "WiFi") wireless card.

Note: We do not make specific manufacturer recommendations, however WiFi cards that are known to have worked fine in the past include the Enterasys RoamAbout cards, the Orinoco cards, and the Apple Airport cards. There are other name-brand products that are very probably suitable; be sure up-to-date drivers are available for your particular operating system. If you have had your card for more than a couple of years you should check that the firmware in your card is up-to-date.

Participation

• For the Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday WG and IG meetings, participation is subject to each group's policy. Please contact the WG or IG Chair for information about participation policy.

  Consult the list of Working Group Chairs (Member only).

• The Wednesday Technical Plenary session is open to W3C WG and IG participants.Note:the discussion during the plenary day will notbe considered Member confidential.

Schedule

Meeting rooms have been reserved for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday to accommodate W3C Working Group (WG) and Interest Group (IG) face to face meetings. Please note due to space limitations and group sizes, some groups will not be in the same room each day.

All rooms will be available from 08:00 to 18:00, with registration open from 08:00-09:00, morning and afternoon coffee breaks and a lunch break beginning at 12:00. Each group group should provide the exact daily agenda (start time, end time, break time) to their participants.

Related: W3C Events Calendar (Member only)

MONDAY/TUESDAY, 3- 4 March 2003 -- schedule

Table updated 25 February 2003; registrants list by group page updated automatically from registration system.

WEDNESDAY, 5 March 2003 - Plenary

All Plenary presentations will take place at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. W3C will host a reception in the evening after the plenary session. People are encouraged to use this opportunity to meet participants from other W3C groups.

The plenary day will begin at approximately 08:30 and end at approximately 17:30.

An agenda page is available.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 6 - 7 March 2003 -- Schedule

Table updated 25 February 2003; registrants list by group page updated automatically from registration system.

Contacts and Program Committee

• Plenary Day Program Committee Steve Bratt, Janet Daly, Paul Cotton, David Orchard, Debbie Dahl, Donald Eastlake, Patrick Ion, Al Gilman, Noah Mendelsohn, Brian McBride and Steven Pemberton. Please contact the Committee with questions or suggestions.
• Local Host - World Wide Web Consortium - W3C/ MIT site
• Local Meeting Planners - Amy van der Hiel and Susan Westhaver
• Send questions and queries to tpregister@w3.org

Appendix: Group Responses

These are the results of the request for information (W3C Member only) about participating groups.

(* are those which are not flexible about meeting days, "Meet/Not Meet" entries in italic are those unmet in the allocation table above)