W3C Weekly News - 7 June 2006

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                         1 June - 6 June 2006

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In Memoriam: Alan Kotok

  Alan Kotok, W3C Associate Chair, MIT site manager and head of the W3C
  Systems Team, passed away last week in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  He was 64. Before his many contributions to W3C, Alan held senior
  engineering positions at DEC. A member of the MIT Tech Model Railroad
  Club, he helped to build the legendary computer game Spacewar. He
  appears in the "Origins of Computer Chess" and in "Hackers: Heroes of
  the Computer Revolution." We are grateful to have worked with Alan
  and will miss his great kindness, humor, intellect and dedication.
  Remembrances may be sent to the public-memoria@w3.org public mailing
  list.

   http://www.w3.org/People/all#kotok
   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-memoria/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kotok

W3C Launches Web Services Policy Working Group

  W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Web Services Policy
  Working Group. Paul Cotton (Microsoft) and Chris Ferris (IBM) will
  co-Chair. The group is chartered through 31 December 2007 to
  standardize a general policy framework for expressing Web service
  capabilities and requirements. Visit the Web services home page.

   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/policy/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

  W3C Members may use this form to join the Working Group.
   http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/39293/join

W3C Names Ivan Herman Semantic Web Activity Lead

  W3C has named Ivan Herman to the position of Semantic Web Activity Lead
  effective 1 June. Previously led by Eric Miller, the Semantic Web
  Activity includes development of the standards for RDF, OWL, SPARQL and
  rules languages. W3C wishes to thank Eric for his contributions as he
  moves to Semantic Web deployment. Based at CWI, site of the W3C Benelux
  Office, Ivan served as W3C Head of Offices and on the Semantic Web
  Coordination Group. Read more about W3C.

   http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/

W3C Names Daniel Dardailler Head of W3C Offices

  W3C has named Daniel Dardailler to the position of Head of W3C Offices
  effective 1 June. Daniel will continue his roles as W3C Associate Chair
  for Europe, liaison for international standards bodies, and in efforts
  such as UN organizations, ISOC, ISO, and ICANN. W3C Offices assist with
  promotion efforts in local languages, broaden W3C's geographical base,
  and encourage international participation in W3C Activities.

   http://www.w3.org/People/danield/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/

Experts Share Perspectives on Web Standards at Fundamentos Web 2006

  The W3C Spanish Office is pleased to present Vinton Cerf and noted Web
  Standards experts at the second edition of Fundamentos Web 2006 (Web
  Foundations 2006) on 3-5 October in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Experts
  Daniel Appelquist, Andy Clarke, Ben Hammersley, Richard Ishida, Molly
  Holzschlag, Dean Jackson, Bob Regan, Dave Shea, and Kevin Yank present.
  Registration for the conference, which sold out last year, will offer
  discounts for W3C Members.

   http://www.fundamentosweb.org/2006/Ponentes/

W3C Talks in June (revised)

  * Jesús García participates at a panel at Tecnimap 2006 on
    1 June in Sevilla, Spain.
  * Olle Olsson gives a keynote at the Metadatas roll inom rättslig
    informationsförsörjning on 1 June in Stockholm, Sweden.
  * Paolo Baggia gives an invited talk at the DIT Seminars on
    7 June in Povo, Trento, Italy.
  * Olle Olsson gives a talk entitled at Web 2.0 -- Nya mål och medel
    on 7 June in Stockholm, Sweden.
  * Steven Pemberton gives a keynote at The Web and Beyond, 10th
    SIGCHI.NL Conference on 8 June in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  * Judy Brewer gives an invited talk at ICT for an Inclusive Society
    on 12 June in Riga, Latvia.
  * Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a talk on 13 an 14 June at the Workshop
    on Web Accessibility and Metamodelling 2006 in Grimstad, Norway.
  * Shawn Henry gives a tutorial on 13 June and a talk on 15 June
    at UPA 2006 in Broomfield, CO, USA.
  * Molly Holzschlag gives a talk at @media 2006 on 15 June in
    London, UK.
  * Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a talk at the Euro-Southeast Asia ICT Forum
    2006 on 19 June in Singapore.
  * Judy Brewer gives a keynote at the RESNA Annual Conference on
    26 June in Atlanta, GA, USA.

  Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as
  an RSS channel.

   http://www.w3.org/Talks/

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