Call for Participation: W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL, 22-23 June 2026, London, UK

Hello,

W3C is pleased to call for participation in:

    W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL
    22-23 June 2026, London, UK
    https://www.w3.org/2026/ODRLWS/

Since becoming a W3C Recommendation in 2018, ODRL has gained increasing 
recognition and adoption across:

* Data space governance frameworks
* Industry consortia and international standards
* Digital media and creative content providers
* Financial sectors

At the same time, important challenges remain:

* Policy interoperability across domains
* Runtime enforcement and compliance verification
* Profile development and extension governance
* Tooling maturity and usability
* Integration with emerging Web standards

This workshop provides a forum to examine these topics collaboratively 
and define next steps.

And the possible topic areas for the workshop may include:

* ODRL Adoption & Industry Experience
* Innovation and Semantics of ODRL
* Interoperability & Architecture
* Roadmap & Community Development

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. 
Proposals are either position papers of up to 4 pages or scientific 
papers with up to 10 pages.

The workshop will include:

* Presentations (10–15 minutes each)
* Moderated discussion sessions
* Thematic breakout discussions
* Consolidated reporting of outcomes

Please submit your proposal by sending email to

odrl-ws-submission@w3.org
before 27 May 2026.

The Program Committee will review submissions and shape the final agenda.

You may also contact the Chairs at odrl-ws-submission@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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17 April 2026
   Call for participation

24 April 2026
   Participant registration starts

27 May 2026
   Deadline for position papers and scientific papers

18 June 2026
    Agenda published
    Public release of all papers
    Deadline to register as workshop participant

22-23 June 2026
   Workshop in London, remote participation possible
   Presentations are only in person

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Program Committee
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You can send emails to the Chairs at: odrl-ws-submission@w3.org.

Chairs:
  Renato Iannella, TRIPLES, Australia
  Nicoletta Fornara, USI Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
  Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Program Committee (to be confirmed):
  Beatriz Esteves, Ghent University, Belgium
  Rigo Wenning, W3C, France
  Pierre-Antoine Champin, W3C, France
  Ben Wittham-Smith
  Andrea Cimmino, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  Matthias Autrata, JP Morgan Chase
  Simon Steyskal, Siemens
  Joshua Cornejo, Marketdata, UK
  Yassir Sellami, Gaia-X, Belgium
  Wout Slabbinck, Ghent University, Belgium
  Philippe Rixhon, Valunode, Estonia
  Brendan Quinn, IPTC, Estonia
  Leonard Rosenthol, Adobe, USA

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.

Rigo Wenning, on behalf of the Chairs & the Program Committee,
Coralie Mercier, Director of W3C Marketing & Communications;
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

Received on Monday, 27 April 2026 12:32:00 UTC