Re: late incoming: Publishing@W3C Summit Theme

So it would appear that the following people have volunteered for the programming committee:
- Dave
- Tzviya
- Bill
- Liisa

Who else is with us?



From: Dave Cramer <dauwhe@gmail.com<mailto:dauwhe@gmail.com>>
Date: Friday, May 12, 2017 at 12:55 PM
To: Microsoft Office User <lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com<mailto:lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com>>
Cc: Graham Bell <graham@editeur.org<mailto:graham@editeur.org>>, Bill McCoy <bmccoy@w3.org<mailto:bmccoy@w3.org>>, Tzviya Siegman <tsiegman@wiley.com<mailto:tsiegman@wiley.com>>, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com<mailto:kerscher@montana.com>>, Bill Kasdorf <bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com<mailto:bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com>>, Karen Myers <karen@w3.org<mailto:karen@w3.org>>, Luc Audrain <LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr<mailto:LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr>>, Paul Belfanti <Paul.Belfanti@ascendlearning.com<mailto:Paul.Belfanti@ascendlearning.com>>, "PBG Steering Committee (Public)" <public-publishing-sc@w3.org<mailto:public-publishing-sc@w3.org>>
Subject: Re: late incoming: Publishing@W3C Summit Theme

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:23 PM, McCloy-Kelley, Liisa <lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com<mailto:lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com>> wrote:
Hi All-

Sorry I had to drop out of the discussion for the last 36 hours- it was all the usual health and work stuff. Dang that day job.

Sorry to hear that. I hope all is well!


I've tried to catch up this morning and wanted to throw in a few things that I'm happy to put on the wiki if that helps.

  1.  I'm in agreement with those who think that plenary is the way to go and that panels are not always great. I've participated in and observed few panels over the years that I thought were engaging. Doing multiple tracks is more work and more to manage.

Yep.


  1.  Short topical sessions would be my preference, with a large variety of 15-20 minute topics- this is one of the most successful things to me about BiB. No one gets a chance to fall asleep.

This helps the audience, and it also helps the speakers focus on what's important. But let's not have anyone drag a speaker off the stage after precisely ten minutes.


  1.  The Pecha Kucha style lightening rounds at EPUB Summit were great and that might be a good way to get things going at that slow moment after lunch.

Yeah, that was really quite fun! Great idea.


  1.  I'm not sure that I think "keynote" speakers are worth it. There are few big names in all of this at this point who people would pay to come see.

I've generally found the keynotes to be the least interesting part of any conference I've attended.


  1.  Having a clear "networking space" for people to talk in if the current session wasn't to their liking would be fantastic.

Yes!

As for themes, I feel like the overarching theme needs to be relatable, sexy and interesting. We need something that is going to draw those folks who think that "ebooks are done and over" and help them understand we're just getting started. There is so much more to do. This next evolution is beyond anything we've seen in the last 18 years and has great potential.

What if we did something like:
- The Horizon of Digital Publishing: What You Need to Be Doing NOW, What You Need to Be Considering SOON and How the Web Will Influence the Future of Reading

That way the sessions could be grouped:
- Now- Accessibility, Adopt EPUB3, Why Standards Matter, The Shock of the New
- Soon(ish)- Better formatting, Connecting Publications to the Web
- Future- EPUB 2027, PWP, web payments and all the amazing things

I really like this framing. It allows us to cover lots of topics, but gives a sense of where they fit in the proverbial "big picture."


This type of organization would help those who are never quite sure where something falls in the time-space continuum and need to know that we have to use this opportunity we have to push back the edges of the box we're in.  (and yes, you know there is one of those boxes on your doorstep right now).

:)


If we could get someone to talk about studies of digital reading habits with real info, that would be a HUGE draw for more publishing people. There is so little info out there about this that is trustworthy.

Micah has huge amounts of reading data, is totally awesome, and was one of everyone's favorite speakers at ebookcraft. Just sayin' :)

Dave