Call for Participation: Web-based Digital Twins for Smart Cities Interest Group Charter approved; Join the Interest Group

Dear All,

I'm relaying the announcement to the group's primary public mailing 
list, to notify the group of the approval of the initial charter for the 
Web-based Digital Twins for Smart Cities Interest Group and call for 
participation.

Regards,
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  Call for Participation: Web-based Digital Twins for Smart 
Cities Interest Group Charter approved; Join the Interest Group
Date:  Wed, 7 Aug 2024 17:45:04 +0800
From:  xueyuan <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]

W3C is pleased to announce the charter of the Web-based Digital Twins 
for Smart Cities Interest Group:
https://www.w3.org/2024/06/smart-cities/

The group is chartered through 31 July 2026.

The mission of the Web-based Digital Twins for Smart Cities Interest 
Group is:

* to identify and document use cases and requirements that W3C 
specifications need to meet to support various services within Smart Cities,
* to obtain feedback from all stakeholders on the usage of Web 
technologies for those services,
* to gather expert input on important features for those services based 
on the Web technology, and
* to provide a forum for technical and business discussions related to 
those services.

Please use the following form to have your organization join the group. 
The form will also instruct you how to nominate participants:
https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/smart-cities/join/

Please consider diversity when proposing people to participate in W3C 
groups. Representation from a wider group of people, especially people 
from under-represented groups, is vital for creating web standards that 
meet the needs of the wider web community.

The group plans to organize a breakout session at TPAC 2024 as a 
kick-off meeting with related W3C groups and external SDOs, and may have 
a preliminary group meeting in August to prepare for the breakout session.

The group chair is Michael Koster (W3C Invited Expert). The Team Contact 
is Kazuyuki Ashimura (0.2 FTE).

More information about the group can be found on the group home page:
https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/smart-cities/

[...]
This announcement follows section 5.7.2 of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#ACReviewAfter

and the Call for Participation follows section 4.4 of the W3C Process 
Document:
https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#cfp

Thank you,

For Philippe le Hégaret, W3C Strategy and Project Lead,
Kazuyuki Ashimura, Web-based Digital Twins for Smart Cities Interest 
Group Team Contact;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications