Fwd: TPAC 2017 registration now open

Hi everyone! PTAL below for information on attending TPAC this year.

Note that the schedule was recently updated and *our group will meet on Nov
6 & 7th -- i.e. Monday and Tuesday.*

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Registration for TPAC 2017 is now open:
   TPAC 2017
   6-10 November 2017
   Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
   1333 Bayshore Highway
   Burlingame, CA 94010
   https://www.w3.org/2017/11/TPAC/Overview.html


We invite all TPAC participants to:
  1) Register (see below) and
  2) Make your hotel reservation via the hotel booking link, “as an
attendee":
  https://aws.passkey.com/event/48983943/owner/4566/landing?gtid=
e96b0f8312fe5e63725056072d434a8f


W3C has arranged discount room rates from 4 until 11 November 2017 at the
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, CA. We recommend making
hotel reservations by mid-July at the latest.

Travel Advisory:
Dreamforce '17 is scheduled over TPAC dates, 6-9 November 2017 at the
Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. Dreamforce attracts approximately
170,000 people. Hotels expect to sell out in San Francisco and surrounding
cities.

For more details about the TPAC 2017 venue, refer to:
  https://www.w3.org/2017/11/TPAC/Overview.html#venue


We are excited to announce two co-located events this year as part of TPAC
week; W3C Executive Forum and W3C Publishing Summit, which we’ll shortly
introduce separately.


Please direct questions to <w3t-tpregister@w3.org>.

Thank you,

Coralie Mercier
Head of W3C Marketing & Communications

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Registration
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There is a daily registration fee. The per person, per day fee is:
  * 115 USD if registration and payment are completed by 6 October 2017.
  * 175 USD otherwise.

Registration is a two-step process:

1) A WBS form for meeting and dietary information
   https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35125/TPAC2017/

2) A payment system
   https://www.w3.org/2017/11/TPAC/tpac_reg (with W3C account)
   https://www.w3.org/2017/11/TPAC/tpac_reg_guest (without W3C account)

For more information about registration fees and the payment system, see:
  https://www.w3.org/2017/11/TPAC/Overview.html#registration

Please note that registration is not complete until payment has been made.


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Plenary Day 2017 (Unconference)
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Plenary Day 2017 consists of unconference breakouts for TPAC participants.
  https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2017

We invite attendees to suggest breakout sessions via the wiki:
  https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2017/SessionIdeas


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Advisory Committee Meeting / Group Meeting Overlap
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Group Meetings Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday:

  * 08:30-18:00: Traditional Group face-to-face 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.

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.


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Remote participation
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Working/Interest/Business Groups may request telephone access for remote
participants. We plan to use MIT's webex system as we have done for the
past few 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 will be available for all meetings.