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TPAC 2009 Sponsor
Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, California, (Silicon Valley) USA
2 November - 6 November 2009
TPAC 2009: the Combined Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee Meetings Week brings together W3C Working and Interest Groups, the Advisory Board, the TAG and the Advisory Committee for an exciting week of coordinated work. The highlight of the week is the Plenary Day, Wednesday, 4 November, for all to attend.
Use #tpac09 to refer
to the event on social networking sites!
(remember: do not microblog W3C
Member confidential matters).
Participation
Participation in the Technical Plenary is open to participants in good standing in a W3C Working or Interest Group, Advisory Committee Representatives, the TAG, the Advisory Board, Offices staff or Team.
Participation in the All Group Meetings is subject to each group's observer and confidentiality policies. Please contact the WG or IG Chair for information about participation policy (see Member-only Chair contact information).
Participation in the Advisory Committee Meeting is open to one Advisory Committee representative from each Member Organization. The TAG, the Advisory Board, Chairs, Offices staff and Team members are also encouraged to attend. From section 2.1.3.2 of the Process Document:
Each Member organization SHOULD send one representative to each Advisory Committee meeting. In exceptional circumstances (e.g., during a period of transition between representatives from an organization), the meeting Chair MAY allow a Member organization to send two representatives to a meeting.
Further, we announced in February 2007 that if an Advisory Committee Representative cannot attend the meeting an alternative may be sent instead. Learn more About W3C Meetings.
Registration and Registration Fees
Registration is now CLOSED. Chairs, please see the Member-visible Registration List by Groups
Registration Fees:
The early-bird registration fee of $50 has now ended. The on-site
walk-in registration fee is: $150/day. The fee applies to anyone who
is attending meetings, whether as a participant or as an observer, Monday
through Friday.
Walk-in Registration Policy: After Registration closes on 23 October registration will be permitted on a walk-in only basis. Walk-ins will only be accommodated on a space available basis and will be charged $150 USD per person, per day. There will be a wait for walk-in registration as we must confirm availability and PayPal payment must be confirmed on site before entrance to the meeting can be granted.
We must reserve the right to refuse walk-ins if we believe it will have a negative impact on meeting space or meals.
Please be mindful of the important dates below:
9 October 2009:
Chairs/Team Contacts: WBS AV Questionnaire is due.
23 October 2009:
Registration closes.
Refund requests due by 17:00 eastern time.
Please make every effort to register for the meeting by the 23 October 2009 deadline. Space and food & beverage arrangements will be confirmed prior to the meeting. We strongly advise folks against making flight arrangements if they have not pre-registered.
Registration Payment: PayPal
A PayPal page (available
through the WBS
Registration) has been organized to collect registration fees. Please note
that you do not need a PayPal account to use the PayPal
payment system. PayPal will accept major credit cards.
Cancelation/Refund Policy:
1. Cancelations and requests for refunds must be received by 17:00
eastern time, Friday, 23 October 2009. Refund
requests will not be honored beyond this point.
2. Refunds are subject to a 15 USD service charge.
3. Contact w3t-tpregister to cancel
your registration and request a refund.
Schedule
Group Meetings will be held all day Monday and Tuesday, 2-3 November, and all day Thursday and Friday, 5-6 November. The Technical Plenary Day will be held Wednesday 4 November, and the AC Executive Session will start on the evening of Tuesday 3 November and will continue on the morning of Thursday 5 November (see below table).
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Groups | Groups | 8:45: TP Day for AC, Chairs, group participants, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team (TP Agenda) (TP minutes) | 8:45: AC Executive Session (Agenda) for AC, Chairs, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team* Groups* |
Groups | |
| Afternoon | Groups | Groups | Groups, Developer's Meeting | Groups | ||
| Evening | 17:30: AC Executive Session and Dinner (Agenda) for AC, Chairs, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team* | 19:00: TP Reception for AC, Chairs, group participants, AB, TAG, Offices staff, Team |
*Note: In order to avoid groups having to meet on Saturday, the Advisory Committee meeting will take place in parallel with groups on Thursday morning. AC meeting participants who are also in groups meeting on Thursday AM should, if possible, coordinate with their Groups to be absent, and arrange their group meeting schedule to minimize the difficulties due to their absence.
Detailed Schedule and Group Information by day is available on the
Schedule page.
Group Chair Replies - See Table Below
Background
In 2005, the staff initiated discussions with AC representatives and Chairs on options for rearranging our annual calendar of big meetings in order to increase the value of these meetings. The resulting plan was to hold a joint TP/AC Week around November of each year.
Benefits we hope to encourage by co-locating the meetings include: more AC reps attending the AC meeting, more AC reps attending or observing group meetings and participating in the Technical Plenary Day, all participants benefiting from an expanded level of interaction and that members with representatives who are Chairs or are in Groups, the AB or the TAG would be able save time and travel costs by reducing the number of meetings each year.
Venue - Santa Clara Marriott
TPAC 2009, W3C's Combined Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee Meeting,
will be held for the first time ever on the US west coast at the Santa Clara
Marriott Hotel. The Santa Clara Marriott, located in California's famous Silicon Valley, is
conveniently located just 4 miles from the San
Jose International Airport and 30 miles south of the San Francisco International
Airport.
- Local organizers:
- W3C MIT
- Meeting location:
- Santa Clara
Marriott
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Tel: +1 408 988 1500 (main line)
Fax: +1 408 352 4353 (front desk)
Hotel - Santa Clara Marriott
Santa
Clara Marriott (Fact
Sheet)
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Reservation Details:
Group Name: W3C Advisory Committee and Technical Plenary
Group Rate: 174 USD plus local and state taxes (currently
9.6% plus 1.00 USD TID tax)
Special Offer: In room Wired-for-Business*: Included in rate
(12.95 USD value)
Reservation Contacts:
Santa Clara Reservations: +1 800 578 9986
Marriott Reservations: +1 800 228 9290 (24 hrs.)
Online
Reservations: Active as of 26 May 2009
Cancelation Policy:
Guest room cancelations must by made by 18:00 day of
arrival in order to avoid a charge of one night's room and tax on your
credit card.
A block of guest rooms have been reserved at the Santa Clara Marriott hotel
for TPAC meeting attendees beginning Saturday, 31 October through
Saturday, 7 November 2009. W3C's discount group rate for TPAC2009 is
174 USD plus local and state taxes (currently 9.6% plus
1.00 USD TID tax);single, double, triple, or quad occupancy. Reservations
will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. *The in room
Wired-for-Business special offer includes high-speed internet access, unlimited
local phone calls, and unlimited long distance calls within the continental
United States.
Booking Tip: We advise folks to book early (before the
Summer Holiday if possible) in order to receive the discount guest room
rate for their entire hotel stay. Reservations can easily be changed. If a
particular night sells out in W3C's block, meeting attendees will be offered
the standard guest room rate for that night and the W3C rate for the remaining
nights that have not sold out. If folks book early enough, and it looks like
our block is going to fill up, we will have the opportunity to increase W3C's
block. If the majority of folks wait until the last minute (just before the 12
October deadline), W3C will not be able to increase it's block.
The discount rate will expire 12 October 2009,
17:00 pacific coast time. Reservations made after the 12 October
cutoff will be accepted on a space-available basis at the standard
guest room rate. (The standard guest room rate at the Santa Clara
Marriott for November 2009 is currently 239 USD plus applicable taxes; this
rate is subject to change based on the hotel's availability.).
Please do your best to stay at the Meeting Hotel. We have done our best to offer a very competitive guest room rate. In order to meet our guest room quota, avoid steep charges for meeting rooms, and still keep our hold on all the meeting space we require for a successful meeting, we kindly ask that you book your room at the Santa Clara Marriott.
Transportation
Mineta San Jose International Airport is
the closest International airport to the meeting site. The Santa Clara Marriott
is located just 4 miles from the San Jose International Airport and 30 miles
south of the San Francisco
International Airport. The travel time between the airport and the hotel
(meeting site) will vary between 15-30 minutes depending on traffic conditions.
Taxi are plentiful and fares vary.
The Hotel
Fact Sheet provides driving directions from the San Jose, San Francisco,
and Oakland airports.
Ground Transportation:
San Jose International Airport - Rental Car Information
San Francisco International Airport - Rental Car Information
See the taxi wiki (and add your own info, if you'd like) for options for sharing rides.
Useful Information
Internet Access: Wireless Internet access only will be available during the week.
IRC: There will be an IRC channel used for both taking meeting minutes and for submission of questions from AC Members who are unable to attend the meeting in person. Details will be supplied in an email message to the AC.
Power: 110 V, 60Hz, US standard outlets. Power outlets will be provided at all seats in the meeting room.
Currency: US Dollar. (You may use OANDA Currency Converter.)
Weather: You may refer to wunderground.com for Santa Clara, CA weather..
Getting Around
- Fodors.com - San Jose and Silicon Valley, CA
- Google Maps - Santa
Clara, CA
Please use #tpac09 as a tag for the meeting on social networking sites. We remind people not to microblog W3C Member confidential matters.
The days assignments below were based on replies from Group Chairs. We did our best to accommodate group preferences regarding preferred days and overlapping meetings but not all requests were possible.
See the detailed schedule page
| Group | Est. Att. | No Overlap | Meet w/ | Member Confidential | Observers | Comments |
| CSS | 15 | HTML, AB | I18N, SVG | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| Device API and Policy WG | 15-20 | XML Security | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | ||
| Education & Outreach | 10 | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |||
| Efficient XML Interchange | 10-15 | AC Mtg. | XML Sec. | YES | Members Only | |
| Forms | 8 | XHTML | HTML | NO | Yes, w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| GEO Location | 8 | AB | AB | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| I18N | 6 | AB | HTML, CSS, SemWeb, SVG, QT, Schema | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| Math | ||||||
| Multimodal Interaction (MMI) | 10-12 | VB | AB | YES | Members Only | |
| None | YES | Don't know if group is mtg. per Rigo. Canceled 11 Sept. 2009. |
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| Protocols and Formats | 10-15 | HTML | HTML, CSS, TAG, SVG | YES | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | need space to meet w/ TAG |
| Semantic Web Healthcare Life Sciences IG (SWHCLS) | 16 | None | SPARQL | NO | Yes | need space for several observers |
| SPARQL | 10 | AB | RIF, OWL | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| Social Web XG | 25 | |||||
| TAG (Mon. only) | 7-8 | AB | AB | YES | NO | |
| Voice Browser - SCXML (Tues. only) | 8 | YES | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | Added September 2009 | ||
| Web Apps (APIs) | 15 | HTML | AB, XML Sec. | NO | Yes, w/ Agreement from Chair. | |
| Web Apps (widgets) | 15 | HTML | AB, XML Sec. | NO | Yes, w/ Agreement from Chair. | |
| XML Processing Model | 6 | XML Core | None | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| XSL-FO | 4-8 | YES | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | Group change. (XSL-FO meeting instead of XSLT) |
| Group | Est. Att. | No Overlap | Meet w/ | Member Confidential | Observers | Comments |
| AB | 13 | HTML5, WebApps | YES | NO | ||
| HTML5 | 15 | AB | TAG | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | need space for several observers |
| Media Annotations | 10-15 | Media Fragments | Not sure | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| None | NO | Canceled 15 Sept. 2009. | ||||
| TAG (Fri. only) | 7-8 | AB | AB | YES | NO | |
| User Agent | 6-8 | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | (added August 2009) | ||
| Voice Browser | 12 | MMI | SVG, Video | YES | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| Canceled. | ||||||
| Web Services RA | 12 | Web Services Policy | TAG | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| Canceled. | ||||||
| XML Core | 5 | XML Proc. Model | None | YES | NO | |
| XML Security | 20 | XML Core, Web Apps | Effic. XML Interchange | NO | Yes w/ Agreement from Chair | |
| XML Query | 10-20 | XML Schema | XSL, XML Schema (1 day only) | YES | Members Only | |
| Group change. (XSL-FO subgroup meeting instead) |