Call for Participation: W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, 25-27 February 2026

Hello,

W3C is pleased to call for participation in:

    W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents
    25-27 February 2026, Virtual on Zoom
    https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/

The goals of this workshop are:

* Identify stakeholders of Voice Agents standardization to drive the 
development of Web standards aligned with the real needs of Voice Agents
* Identify and discuss the pain points, technological gaps, and clarify 
potential impacts on Web standards

And the possible topic areas for the workshop may include:

* Clarification of use-cases for smart voice agents and their 
requirements (including voice interaction with smart devices, browsers, 
the Web of Things)
* User & developer needs: accessibility/usability, internationalization, 
input-to-output coordination, modality integration (voice, typing, 
handwriting)
* Horizontal platform considerations: resource discovery, 
trust/privacy/security, business models, and implications for Web standards

If you agree to work on the goals above and have experience and/or 
expertise in the topic areas above, please apply to the workshop.

This workshop will be a 100% virtual event with pre-recorded talks, 
online discussions, and interactive sessions. With the consent of the 
speakers, recordings and slides of the talks will be made available 
after the workshop.

Please submit your proposal using the "Submit a talk proposal form" 
before 27 November 2025:
  https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/speakers.html#submit-form

We will work with you in confirming and defining your proposed 
contribution. You may also contact the Program Committee 
group-voiceagents-ws-pc@w3.org by email directly at any time if you have 
any questions.

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

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Important Dates
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28 October 2025
   Call-for-Participation page published and Participant registration 
starts.

27 November 2025
   Deadline for submit a proposal for a talk during the workshop

16 December 2025
   Speakers acceptance notification

23 January 2026
   Deadline for selected speakers to provide their presentation slides 
and recorded talks
   Publish the basic agenda for the workshop

19 February 2026
   Public release of all accepted talks
   Deadline to register as workshop participant

25-27 February 2026
   Workshop (virtual)

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Program Committee
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You can send emails to the workshop Program Committee at: 
group-voiceagents-ws-pc@w3.org.

Chairs:
   Deborah Dahl, Conversational Technologies
   Dirk Schnelle-Walka, Switch Consulting

Committee:
   Deborah Dahl, Conversational Technologies
   Dirk Schnelle-Walka, Switch Consulting
   Gérard Chollet, CNRS
   Michael Koster, Dogtiger Labs
   Song Xu, China Mobile
   Brian Kardell, OpenJS Foundation
   Phill Archer, GS1
   Leonie Watson, TetraLogical
   Bev Corwin, Consultant
   Markku Hakkinen, Educational Testing Service
   Kimberly Patch, W3C Invited Expert
   Janina Sajka, W3C Invited Expert
   Kaz Ashimura

This announcement follows section 3.1.2 of the W3C Process Document:
     https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#GAEvents

We look forward to seeing you there.

Philippe Le Hégaret, on behalf of the Program Committee
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

Received on Wednesday, 29 October 2025 12:57:31 UTC