Agenda available for W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, February 2026, Virtual on Zoom

Hello,

The W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents will take place on 25-27 February 
2026, virtually on Zoom.

The agenda is now available at:
    https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/agenda.html

The deadline to register as workshop participant is 19 February 2026. To 
help us prepare and run the event effectively, please email a brief 
proposal when registering via:
https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/index.html#submit-form

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

Please contact the Program Committee at group-voiceagents-ws-pc@w3.org 
if you have any questions.

Thank you,

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

On 10/29/25 8:57 PM, Xueyuan Jia wrote:
> 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.
>
> ---------------
> Important Dates
> ---------------
> 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)
>
> ---------------
> Program Committee
> ---------------
> 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 Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:02:46 UTC