Upcoming: W3C Workshop on Smart Cities, 25 June 2021

Hello,

W3C is pleased to call for participation in:

           W3C Workshop on Smart Cities
           25 June 2021, Virtual Event
           https://www.w3.org/2021/06/smartcities-workshop/

The goals of the workshop are:

1. Identify stakeholders of Smart Cities standardization to drive the 
development of Web standards aligned with the real needs of Smart Cities
2. Clarify reasonable applications for Smart Cities technologies we 
agree to build
3. and then see how to improve the draft Charter for the potential Smart 
Cities Interest Group [1] for further discussions within that IG

The event will be organized as a combination of pre-recorded talks 
(proposals for talks are due 30 April 2021; recorded talks to be 
submitted by 11 June 2021) followed by a series of live sessions on 25 June.

Possible topics for the workshop may include:

* Summary of the current status of Smart Cities
* Needs for Web-based Smart Cities of the stakeholders including the 
users, the developers and the governments
* Cross-cutting issues for integration of multiple sub-systems

Attendance is free for all the invited participants and is open to the 
public, whether or not W3C members.

For more information on the workshop, please see the workshop details at:
   https://www.w3.org/2021/06/smartcities-workshop/index.html
   https://www.w3.org/2021/06/smartcities-workshop/speakers.html

If you have any questions, please contact the organizer, Kaz Ashimura at 
<ashimura@w3.org>.

W3C Members interested in sponsoring this workshop, see:
   https://www.w3.org/2021/06/smartcities-workshop/sponsor.html

This announcement follows section 8 of the W3C Process Document:
   https://www.w3.org/2020/Process-20200915/#GAEvents

We look forward to seeing you there.

Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] 
http://w3c.github.io/wot/charters/smart-cities/smart-cities-ig-charter.html

Received on Friday, 9 April 2021 09:06:02 UTC