Re: FW: TPAC 2015 Registration Now Open

Hey everyone, I'm just bumping Ann's email about TPAC as not many people
have indicated whether they can attend or not yet.. Do so on the wiki!
https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg/2015-10-29

On 10 June 2015 at 22:55, Bassetti, Ann <ann.bassetti@boeing.com> wrote:

> Hello Socialites (since I'm sending this to the IG, I thought I'd also
> send to WG as a convenience to those chairs) ...
>
> Here (below) are the info and sign-up links for the next Face-to-Face
> meeting opportunity, during the W3C Technical Plenary (aka "TPAC"). As
> you'll see, this TPAC will be in Sapporo, Japan, during the last week of
> October.
>
> If there is any chance for you to attend, I really encourage it!
>
> The TPAC is an exciting and fun web geek-fest. It is NOT a conference.
> This annual event is when most of the W3C WGs and IGs hold their F2F
> meetings, all at the same time and location. ~400 people attend the TPAC,
> many of whom are top web technology experts.
>
> The goal is to enable collaboration across groups, in the cases where
> there are overlapping technical interests.  (For example, at the TPAC in
> California last year, the Web Annotations WG requested a few hours with the
> Social Web WG, which was interesting.)
>
> Our social meeting is scheduled for Thursday and Friday (Oct. 29 - 30).
> Regardless, I encourage you to attend for the entire week:
>
> -- On Monday and Tuesday you can observe one or many WG meetings, on all
> the other topics. I think it's fascinating to see what other groups are
> thinking about, struggling with, how they work together, etc.
>
> -- Wednesday is scheduled as one huge plenary session, with everyone all
> together. There are usually talks and panel discussions on topics of
> general interest, plus break out "unconference"-style self-organized
> sessions on any topics.
>
> -- Thursday and Friday are the 2nd set of WG meetings, including ours.
>
> If the huge variety of technical meetings isn't enough, then you need to
> come just to play 'Werewolf'!  (A goofy group game, played most nights by
> any who want to stay up late and trick or be tricked.  Are you the seer?
> Please believe me, I'm just a plain and ordinary villager .... )
>
> Hope to see you in Sapporo!  -- Ann
>
>
> Ann Bassetti
> The Boeing Company
> mobile:  +1.206.218.8039
> email:  ann.bassetti@boeing.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coralie Mercier [mailto:coralie@w3.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 1:46 PM
> To: w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
> Cc: chairs@w3.org; ab@w3.org; tag@w3.org
> Subject: TPAC 2015 Registration Now Open
>
>
> Dear Advisory Committee Representatives, Group Chairs, Advisory Board, and
> TAG members,
>
> Registration for TPAC is now open:
>
>    TPAC2015
>    26-30 October
>    Sapporo Convention Center
>    Sapporo, Japan
>    http://www.w3.org/2015/11/TPAC/
>
> **Chairs, please be sure to forward this information frequently to
> participants in your groups. We will seek additional information from
> Chairs closer to the meeting regarding audio visual needs and other
> requests.***
>
> We invite all TPAC participants to:
>
> 1) Register (see below).
>
> 2) Make your hotel reservation. W3C has arranged a discount room rate from
> 23-30 October 2015
>     Please reserve by 26 September to benefit from the discount rate.
>     The hotel booking links are expected to be active later this month.
>
> For more information about the venue and four hotel options, see:
>     http://www.w3.org/2015/11/TPAC/#venue
>
> Please direct questions to w3t-tpregister@w3.org.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Coralie Mercier
> Acting Head of W3C Marketing & Communications
>
>   ------------------------------------------
> Registration
> ------------------------------------------
>
> There is a daily registration fee. The per person, per day fee is:
>
>   * 85 USD if registration and payment are completed by 7 October 2015.
>   * 170 USD otherwise.
>
> As in the past, registration is a two-step process:
>
> 1) A WBS form for meeting and dietary information
>     https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35125/TPAC2015/
>
> 2) A payment system
>     https://www.w3.org/2015/11/tpac_reg
>
> For more information about registration fees and the payment system, see
>    http://www.w3.org/2015/11/TPAC/Overview.html#registration.
>
> Please note that registration is not complete until payment has been made.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Plenary Day 2015 (Unconference)
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Plenary Day 2015 consists of:
>
> 1) A brief Plenary Session in the morning from approximately 8:30-10:30.
>     This will include a panel with Tim Berners-Lee, Jun Murai, and Vint
> Cerf
>     moderated by Jeff Jaffe.
>
> 2) Unconference breakouts for TPAC participants.
>
>     We invite attendees to suggest breakout sessions via the wiki:
>     https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC2015/SessionIdeas
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Advisory Committee Meeting / Group Meeting Overlap
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Group Meetings Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday:
>
> * 08:30-18:00: Traditional Group ftf meetings
> * 12:00-14:00: Lunch (each group will determine their lunch time)
> * 15:00-18:00: Unstructured time (for those groups that so choose)
>
> Some groups have requested guidance on when to allocate Unstructured time
> to break into parallel informal discussions within their groups, for more
> cross-group conversation, or for more hallway conversation.
>
> We encourage groups to have these informal discussions overlap the AC
> meeting to minimize hard conflicts for AC reps, and we encourage all groups
> to schedule their unstructured time at the same time, thus creating more
> opportunities for interaction.
>
> This year we have scheduled the AC Meeting towards the end of the day from
> 15:00 to 18:00 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. We hope this will
> minimize the likelihood of conflicts with group meetings.
>
> AC Representatives who would also like unstructured time within their
> Groups have the opportunity to use Monday and Friday and thus avoid
> conflict with the AC meeting.
>
>
> TPAC 2015 Meeting feedback will help us determine the 2016 structure.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Remote participation
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Groups may request telephone access for remote participants. We plan to
> use MIT's webex system as we have done for the past two AC Meetings.
>
> If you plan to attend the Advisory Committee Meeting remotely, please let
> us know on acregister@w3.org as the number of requests may play a role in
> the level of service we provide.
>
> IRC is available for all meetings.
>
>
> --
>   Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
> mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/
>
>