Invitation to Luncheon with Tim Berners-Lee, Mobile Industry Leaders at Mobile Internet World

You've been invited to join W3C Director and Web inventor Tim Berners- 
Lee along with Mobile Web Initiative Sponsors to attend a special  
Media and Analyst Luncheon at Mobile Internet World on Wednesday 14  
November at Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

In addition to Tim, the industry panelists in attendance currently  
include:

   * Andrew Bovingdon, VP Product Marketing, and Adam Kerr, VP North  
America, Bango

   * Craig Cumberland, Head of Technology and Applications Marketing,  
Mobile Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia

   * Alexandre Froment-Curtil, Senior Product Manager for Vodafone  
Consumer
Internet Service Platforms

   * Rotan Hanrahan, Chief Innovations Architect, Mobile Aware

   * James Pearce, CTO of mTLD

   * Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software

Members of the press and analyst community may attend this lunch  
meeting, intended as a follow up to Tim's Wednesday morning keynote,  
which will be made available on embargo on Monday 11 November.

Details

Date:  14 November 2007
Time:  12 noon - 1:30 pm
Place:  Mobile Internet World, Hynes Convention Center, Room 201
               http://www.mobilenetx.com/
Press/Analyst Conference Registration: http://www.mobilenetx.com/press_reg.shtml
	
Space is limited for the luncheon. To reserve your place, please send  
mail to Janet Daly <janet@w3.org> with a cc to w3t-pr@w3.org, or  
contact Janet at +1 206 228 1097.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: W3C, Tim Berners-Lee To Present Mobile Web Vision at  
Mobile Internet World

With focus on Mobile Web innovations, Web Inventor to Keynote and Host  
Media Luncheon

Web Resources

This press release
	In English: http://www.w3.org/2007/10/miw-mediaadvisory.html.en
	In French: http://www.w3.org/2007/10/miw-mediaadvisory.html.fr
	In Japanese: http://www.w3.org/2007/10/miw-mediaadvisory.html.ja

W3C @ Mobile Internet World: http://www.w3.org/2007/11/mwi-boston

Mobile Internet World: http://www.mobilenetx.com/

W3C's Mobile Web Initiative: http://www.w3.org/Mobile


http://www.w3.org/ -- 23 October 2007 -- W3C Director and Web inventor  
Tim Berners-Lee will deliver a keynote, "Escaping the Walled Garden:  
Growing the Mobile Web with Open Standards" at Mobile Internet World,  
13-15 November at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA, USA.  
W3C's Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) is holding a pre-conference  
Developer's Summit on Mobile Web Standards. Summit attendees can learn  
even more about the W3C "One Web" vision, with updates on the latest  
mobile Web developments from MWI staff and sponsors, including Google,  
MobileAware, mTLD, Nokia, Opera Software, France Telecom Group, and  
Vodafone.

Leaders and mobile Web experts from the W3C community will be on hand  
throughout the conference to share news about innovations regarding  
best practices, mobile Ajax, device description, mobileOK, and other  
trends that recognize that the mobile ecosystem thrives when an  
integral part of "One Web."

W3C will also host a special media and analyst luncheon on Wednesday,  
14 November from 12-1:30pm at Mobile Internet World. Speakers include  
Tim Berners-Lee and representatives from W3C's MWI. Seating is  
limited; please contact Janet Daly, Global Communications Officer at  
+1 617 253 5884 or <w3t-pr@w3.org> to reserve a place at the luncheon.

Registration for Mobile Internet World remains open; information for  
Media registration for the full conference is at http://www.mobilenetx.com/media_contacts.shtml

Contact Americas, Australia --
    Janet Daly, <janet@w3.org>, +1.617.253.5884 or +1.617.253.2613
Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East --
    Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33.492.38.75.94
Contact Asia --
    Yasuyuki Hirakawa <chibao@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170


About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium  
where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work  
together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission  
through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to  
ensure long-term growth for the Web. Over 400 organizations are  
Members of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer  
Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA,  
the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics  
(ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio University in Japan, and has  
additional Offices worldwide. For more information see http://www.w3.org/ 
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Received on Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:23:32 UTC