W3C Opens the W3C Germany and Austria Office at DFKI

W3C Opens the W3C Germany and Austria Office at DFKI

http://www.w3.org/ — 10 February 2011 — As part of strengthening its 
relation to European industry and research, the World Wide Web 
Consortium (W3C) announces today the opening of a new W3C Germany and 
Austria Office. The Office is hosted at the Project Office Berlin of the 
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the leading 
German research institute in the field of innovative software technology 
based on Artificial Intelligence.

W3C and DFKI celebrate today this collaborative effort at an opening 
event, at Theseus Innovation Center. With speakers from German 
ministries, industries, DFKI and W3C, the event agenda is of particular 
interest to government, industry, and the developer community.

"Today's grand opening of the Germany and Austria Office at DFKI is an 
important milestone," said Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, Director and CEO 
of DFKI. "We look forward to strengthen W3C's position in Europe, via 
our network including national and international research bodies, 
standardization organizations like DIN and ISO, and the IT-intensive 
industry in the German speaking region at large."

The opening event follows the successful Berlin W3C Web and TV workshop 
where the television industry and other producers of consumer 
electronics discussed how W3C Web standards are transforming entire 
industries including television and broadcasting. W3C's work on open Web 
platform will be the basis for convergence of many industries that are 
important to the regional economy, including automotive, television, 
chemical, pharmaceutical and mobile.

"European research and industry have a clear role in shaping the future 
of the Web," said Dr. Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "Increased participation from 
key German and Austrian industries will not only impact positively their 
businesses and innovation strategies, but will also influence W3C's 
international landscape."

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Web Resources:
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This press release:
   - in English: http://www.w3.org/2011/02/germany-austria-pr.html.en
   - in other languages: 
http://www.w3.org/Press/Releases-2011.html#x2011-germany-austria

W3C German and Austrian Office Web site:
     http://www.w3c.de/

W3C/DFKI opening event:
     http://www.w3c.de/Events/2011/w3c-office-at-dfki/

Media Contacts:
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Contact W3C Americas, Australia —
     Ian Jacobs, <ij@w3.org>, +1.718.260.9447
Contact W3C Europe, Africa and the Middle East —
     Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33 6 76 86 33 41
Contact DFKI —
     Reinhard Karger, <reinhard.karger@dfki.de>, +49 681 85775 5253

About W3C Offices
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W3C collaborates with regional organizations wishing to further W3C’s 
mission. The W3C Offices assist with promotion efforts in local 
languages, help broaden W3C’s geographical base, and encourage 
international participation in W3C work. W3C has Offices in: Australia; 
the Benelux countries; Brazil; China; Finland; Germany and Austria; 
Greece; Hungary; India; Israel; Italy; Korea; Morocco; Senegal; Southern 
Africa; Spain; Sweden; and the United Kingdom and Ireland.

About the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH)
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Since its foundation in 1988, the German Research Center for Artificial 
Intelligence has become the world’s leading research center in this 
field. DFKI projects cover the whole spectrum from application-oriented 
basic research to market- and client-oriented design of product 
functions. Currently more than 400 employees from 46 countries are 
conducting research focusing on knowledge management, multi-agent 
technology, simulated reality, language technology, intelligent user 
interfaces, image understanding, pattern recognition, robotics, safe and 
secure cognitive systems, augmented vision and information systems. The 
financial budget in 2010 was more than 36 million Euro. Impact: more 
than 50 professorships of former DFKI employees, and 57 spin-off 
companies with more than 1,300 highly qualified jobs. For more 
information see http://www.dfki.de/web

About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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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 300 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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