TPAC 2024 Registration now open [was: Re: Fwd: AC 2025 announcement]

Sorry, we intended to send you the TPAC 2024 Registration announcement.

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Dear Community Groups (bcc'ed here),

We are pleased to announce the TPAC 2024 details and that registration 
is now open:

TPAC 2024
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/
Hybrid Meeting
23-27 September 2024

Main in-person hub:
Hilton Anaheim
777 W. Convention Way
Anaheim, California, 92802
USA

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Schedule
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Join us for a full week of events!
In addition to the group meetings, W3C Advisory Committee meeting, W3C 
breakout sessions, we will hold W3C@30
on Wednesday 25 September, taking the opportunity that the web standards 
community will be gathered in Anaheim,
CA, USA. We will celebrate three decades of W3C and of advances in the 
Web, demonstrate the incredible impact
of w3C standards on the world, imagine the possibilities for the next 30 
years of the web and enjoy ourselves
during an authentic evening of talks and gala.

See the full schedule at a glance at:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/Overview.html#schedule

The detailed schedule is at:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/schedule

Although this schedule is stable, there may be minor changes over the 
next couple of weeks. Changes will appear in the TPAC calendar
and on the TPAC website.
Meeting details (content, room numbers, meeting links, etc.) will be 
added as soon as they're available on each
meeting entry. Participants will be able to add these meetings to their 
personal calendar (available at
https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/ 
<https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/calendar>) by clicking on their
"Subscribe to this event" buttons.

More information about the Breakout sessions on Wednesday will be sent 
shortly.

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Registration and registration fees
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Registration and payment will be made using this form:
https://www.w3.org/register/tpac2024

The fees will help W3C offset some of the costs.
The below rates include participation for the whole week events, 
including the
W3C@30 anniversary gala for in-person participation (no fee for remote 
participation).

The fees for participant, observer and guest are as follows:

In-person participation
   * Early Bird rate – until 15 July (23:59 UTC): *USD 360* ***
   * Standard rate – until 31 August (23:59 UTC): *USD 660*
   * Late/on-site rate – starting 1 September: *USD 850*
   * Fee Waiver: No Fee (see below for more details)

***Early bird limited to the first 4 persons of a given company

Remote participation

   * Standard rate – until 15 September: *USD 90* ***
   * Fee Waiver: No Fee (see below for more details)

Participation fee waiver

For W3C Invited Experts:
The TPAC 2024 participation fees will be waived for all W3C Invited 
Experts.
You will not be asked to pay for the fees once you completed the TPAC 
registration form.

For all other TPAC attendees:
We understand that not everyone can afford the TPAC registration fee for 
a variety of reasons
and we do not want any of these to be a barrier to participation. For 
that reason, we make
available an unlimited number of fee waivers to remote and onsite 
participants. The fee waiver
operates on a trust basis, without checks on eligibility.
If you are planning to participate in person or remotely and cannot 
afford the registration
fee, please contact w3t-tpregister@w.org to benefit from the fee waiver 
before filling in
the registration form.

You will find below information about in-person participation:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/registration.html

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Accommodation
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W3C has arranged discount guestroom rates for TPAC attendees at the 
Hilton. We advise you to book
your room as soon as possible to benefit from these rates.
The rates include wifi. Breakfast is not included.

*Guest room rates:

$209 per night, standard king bed or standard 2 queen beds + 15% room 
tax, 2% tourism improvement district tax
and $1.70 tax per night assessment fee.

*Deadline*:
Please book your room as soon as possible as there will be other 
conventions in town.
The group rate will be available through Saturday *31 August 2024*. 
After 31 August
August 2023, reservations will be accepted on a space-available basis.

See booking method and more information at:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/venue.html

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Health rules
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We encourage the TPAC 2024 attendees to take the necessary precautions 
to protect themselves and
other participants who will come from around the world where the impact 
of illness may vary greatly.

Regarding the rules: After careful consideration and after reviewing the 
community feedback and the health situation, masks and daily
testing will be left to individual choice.
At the same time, the W3C Code of Conduct requires respecting the 
personal boundaries of all fellow participants,
and forbids exposing others to contagious disease.

The full health rules can be found at:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/health.html

For any questions please contact w3t-tpregister@w3.org

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Childcare
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Childcare will be offered to make events accessible to parents.
The request should be sent no later than 23 August 2024. Please see:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/venue.html#childcare.

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TPAC Inclusion Fund
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The TPAC inclusion fund aims to help remove barriers for people from 
groups that are under-represented in the web community
who want to contribute to TPAC in a meaningful way and who otherwise be 
unable without financial help.

Applications will open shortly.

More details are available at:
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/registration.html#inclusion-fund

If you have any questions, or if your organization or yourself wishes to
become a sponsor, please write to diversity@w3.org.

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TPAC 2024 and W3C@30 Sponsorship
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If you wish to support TPAC 2024 and/or W3C@30, consult our Sponsorship 
packages:
- https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/TPAC2024-Sponsorship.pdf
- https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/W3C30-Sponsorship.pdf
and contact sponsorship@w3.org.

Looking forward to seeing you, in person or virtually, soon!

Alexandra Lacourba
W3C Global Events Coordinator

On 2024-07-02 18:10, Léonie Watson wrote:
> FYI everyone.
> 
> We'll be putting the webApps TPAC agenda together in the coming weeks,
> so if you haven't responded to request agenda time, please do so soon.
> 
> 
> Léonie.
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> 
>    SUBJECT:
>    AC 2025 announcement
> 
>    RESENT-DATE:
>    Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:48:53 +0000
> 
>    RESENT-FROM:
>    w3c-ac-members@w3.org
> 
>    DATE:
>    Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:48:50 +0200
> 
>    FROM:
>    Alexandra Lacourba <alex@w3.org>
> 
>    ORGANISATION:
>    W3C
> 
>    TO:
>    W3C Members <w3c-ac-forum@w3.org>
> 
> Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
> (we will also share this announcement with the W3C Board of Directors,
> AB, TAG, Chairs,
> W3C Invited Experts,
> W3C Evangelists and W3C Chapters)
> 
> We are pleased to announce the 2025 W3C Advisory Committee meeting :
> 
> AC 2025
> Hybrid meeting
> 7 - 8 April 2025
> 
> The main in-person hub will be located at the Centre Inria
> d'Université Côte d'Azur premises, on the French Riviera:
> 
> Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur
> 2004 Route des Lucioles
> 06902 Valbonne - Sophia Antipolis
> France
> 
> This AC meeting should be the last edition in the format as we know
> it. Starting in 2026, we are aiming to offer a more connected format
> to our AC representatives and our community. More details will be
> shared in the upcoming months.
> 
> We hope to see many of you next April on the French Riviera to discuss
> and share ideas about strategic issues and future directions.
> 
> Alexandra Lacourba
> W3C Global Events Coordinator

Received on Tuesday, 2 July 2024 10:53:50 UTC