Media Alert: Web Inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee Joins Industry Thought Leaders at W3C Executive Forum 8 November in San Francisco

Dear Media, Analysts and Friends of W3C,

W3C is pleased to annouce that we will hold our first W3C Executive Forum on 8 November 2017 in San Francisco.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and the inventor of the World Wide Web, will be joined at the W3C Executive Forum by industry thought leaders on payments; connected cars and cities; and emerging technologies to share insights on the Future of the Web.

For more information, please see the our Media Advisory https://www.w3.org/2017/09/media-advisory-executive-forum.html.en  (and text version below).  Please contact us if you'd like more information or to schedule an interview. about the Forum. 

Yours sincerely,
Amy van der Hiel
W3C Media Relations
w3t-pr@w3.org
+1.617.253.5628

 
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 Web Inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee Joins Industry Thought Leaders at W3C
              Executive Forum 8 November in San Francisco

Experts on Payments, Connected Cars and Cities, and Emerging
Technologies will share insights on the Future of the Web and Business
Impact
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 — 26 September 2017 —  Web Inventor and
   W3C Director [4]Sir Tim Berners-Lee, together with [5]industry
   experts from Alipay, American Express, Bloomberg, HARMAN,
   Google, Intel, Mozilla, Samsung, Southern Nevada Regional
   Transportation Agency, University of Sydney, Worldpay and
   Yubico, will address emerging tech trends and the impact of the
   Web on business and industry at the World Wide Web Consortium's
   (W3C) inaugural [6]Web Executive Forum.

      [3] 
https://www.w3.org/

      [4] 
https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

      [5] 
http://www.webexecutiveforum.com/index.html#msg-box11-e

      [6] 
http://www.webexecutiveforum.com/


   The public event will be held Wednesday, 8 November 2017 at the
   Hyatt Regency Burlingame, San Francisco and is expected to
   attract senior executives from Silicon Valley technology
   companies as well as international leaders from automotive,
   entertainment, financial services, gaming, real estate and
   retail industries.

  Four Sessions Lead by Industry Experts

   The conference program has three industry expert panels: web
   payments and commerce, connected cars and cities, and emerging
   technologies and security. The capstone closing session is a
   conversation with [7]Berners-Lee and [8]Brad Stone, senior
   executive editor for technology at Bloomberg News.

      [7] 
http://www.webexecutiveforum.com.php56-26.phx1-1.websitetestlink.com/

      [8] 
http://www.webexecutiveforum.com/#stone


   W3C CEO [9]Dr. Jeff Jaffe will provide opening remarks and an
   overview of W3C's strategic impact on business and industry.

      [9] 
https://www.w3.org/People/Jeff/


   The kickoff panel will discuss the Future of Payments on the
   Web.  Moderated by Worldpay's Nick Telford-Reed, the panel
   includes Sang Ahn, Vice President and General Manager, Samsung
   Pay;  Souheil Badran, President, Alipay North America; and
   Karen Czack, Vice President of Industry Engagement and
   Regulation within the Global Network Business at American
   Express.

   Steve Crumb, Executive Director, GENIVI will then moderate the
   Connected Cars, Cities and the Web panel which will look at
   this rapidly evolving ecosystem. Panelists include Greg Bohl,
   Vice President HARMAN Connected Services; Patricia (Patti)
   Robb, Head of the Silicon Valley Innovation Center, Intel
   Corporation; and Tina Quigley, Regional Transportation
   Commission of Southern Nevada.

   Mark Pesce, Futurist and Web 3D pioneer, will moderate the
   Emerging Technologies panel with experts Stina Ehrensvard, CEO
   & Founder, Yubico; Sean White, Senior Vice President of
   Emerging Technologies, Mozilla; and Megan Lindsay, Product
   Manager WebVR, Google. They will consider new forms on the Web,
   such as virtual and mixed reality and voice interfaces as well
   as user experiences and security.

   All sessions will include time to engage the audience with
   industry experts formally, as well as informally in the
   networking sessions. Attendees of the W3C Executive Forum also
   have access to demonstrations in the Solutions Showcase and are
   invited to a dinner reception.

  Registration Open to Public

   [10]Advance Registration for the W3C Web Executive Forum on 8
   November 2017 is open to the public, in addition to W3C member
   organizations. The Executive Forum event will be co-located
   with, but separate from, W3C's annual Technical Plenary and
   Advisory Committee (TPAC) meetings.

     [10] 
https://www.regonline.com/registration/Checkin.aspx?EventID=2011574


   A limited number of complimentary seats will be set aside for
   qualified journalists to attend the W3C Executive Forum under
   Chatham House Rule.  To request an invitation, please contact
   [11]w3t-pr@w3.org.

     [11] mailto:w3t-pr@w3.org

About the World Wide Web Consortium

   The mission of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is to lead
   the Web to its full potential by creating technical standards
   and guidelines to ensure that the Web remains open, accessible,
   and interoperable for everyone around the globe. W3C develops
   well known specifications such as HTML5, CSS, and the Open Web
   Platform as well as work on security and privacy, all created
   in the open and provided for free and under the unique W3C
   Patent Policy. For its work to make online videos more
   accessible with captions and subtitles, W3C received a 2016
   Emmy Award.

   W3C's vision for "One Web" brings together thousands of
   dedicated technologists representing more than 400 [12]Member
   organizations and dozens of industry sectors. W3C is jointly
   hosted by the [13]MIT Computer Science and Artificial
   Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the United States, the
   [14]European Research Consortium for Informatics and
   Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France, [15]Keio
   University in Japan and [16]Beihang University in China. For
   more information see [17]
https://www.w3.org/.


     [12] 
https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List

     [13] 
http://www.csail.mit.edu/

     [14] 
http://www.ercim.eu/

     [15] 
http://www.keio.ac.jp/

     [16] 
http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/

     [17] 
https://www.w3.org/


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Media Contact

   Amy van der Hiel, W3C Media Relations Officer
   <w3t-pr@w3.org>
   +1.617.253.5628 (US, Eastern Time)
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Received on Tuesday, 26 September 2017 12:05:26 UTC