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WAI Events

Introduction

This page lists upcoming and past WAI Working Group face-to-face meetings, best practice exchanges, traning sessions, and other WAI events. See also:

• Presentations of W3C Team... for upcoming and past WAI presentations (in "Relevant Activity (if applicable):" select "WAI Technical Activity and "WAI International Program Office Activity")
• WAI Working Group Home Pages for information on teleconferences
• WAI Press Releases and Document Release Notices

2008

• During the World Wide Web Consortium TPAC 2008: W3C Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee Meetings Week, Mandelieu, France, October 2008
  • AUWG (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 23-24 October
  • EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) Meeting: 23-24 October
  • PFWG (Protocols and Formats Working Group) Meeting
  • UAWG (User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 20-21 October
  • WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting
• WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting: 1-3 October 2008, Boston, MA, USA
• AUWG (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 28-29 July 2008, Redmond, WA, USA
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 24-26 June 2008 (W3C member link), Redmond, WA, USA (PFWG Public Page)
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 20-22 February 2008 (W3C member link), Venice, Italy (PFWG Public Page)

2007

• During the TPAC 2007: W3C Combined Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee Meeting, Cambridge, MA, USA, November 2007
  • AUWG (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 8-10 November
  • EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) Meeting: 5-6 November
  • PFWG (Protocols and Formats Working Group) Meeting: 5-6 November
  • UAWG (User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 5-6 November
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 26-28 June 2007 (W3C member link), Walldorf, Germany (PFWG Public Page)
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 11-13 April 2007 (W3C member link), Dulles, VA, USA (PFWG Public Page)
• AUWG (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 25-27 April 2007, McLean, Virginia, USA
• ERT (Evaluation and Repair Tools) Working Group Meeting: 22-23 February 2007, Gijon, Spain
• During the W3C Multi-Group Meeting Week, Cambridge, MA, USA, January 2007
  • EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) Meeting: 22-23 January
  • UAWG (User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Meeting: 22-23 January
  • PFWG (Protocols and Formats Working Group) Meeting: 23-25 January
  • Joint WAI Working Group Meeting on Testing: 24 January

2006

• WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting: 25 - 27 October 2006, Chicago, IL, USA
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 18-19 September 2006 (W3C member link), Cambridge, MA, USA (PFWG Public Page)
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 11-12 May 2006 (W3C member link), Dulles, VA, USA (PFWG Public Page)
• EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) Meeting: 27 February – 2 March 2006, Mandelieu, France during W3C Technical Plenary Week
• ERT (Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group) Meeting: 27–28 February 2006, Mandelieu, France during W3C Technical Plenary Week
• PFWG (Protocols and Formats Working Group) Meeting: 2–3 March 2006, Mandelieu, France during W3C Technical Plenary Week and 6-7 March 2006 in Walldorf, Germany

2005

• EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) Meeting: 12-13 December 2005, Melbourne, Australia
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) Meeting: 5-6 December 2005, Austin, TX, USA
• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 14-15 November 2005 (W3C member link), Reutlingen, Germany (PFWG Public Page)
• WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting: 17-20 October 2005, Seattle, WA, USA
• Web Accessibility Evaluation Training — WAI-TIES Best Practices Exchange, 25 October 2005, St. Augustin, Germany
• ERT (Evaluation and Repair Tools) Working Group Meeting: 17-18 October 2005, St. Augustin, Germany
• Web Accessibility Best Practices Training, 5 July 2005, Lisbon, Portugal
• WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting, 13 - 16 June 2005, Brussels, Belgium
• WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) Interest Group Meeting 19 March 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA
• ATAG (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting, 28-29 April 2005, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
• WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group Meeting, 20 and 21 March 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA
• WAI meetings at W3C Technical Plenary 2005, Boston, MA, USA
  • EOWG (Education & Outreach Working Group), 28 February - 3 March 2005
  • ERT (Evaluation and Repair Tools) Working Group, 3 - 4 March, 2005
  • UAAG (User Agent Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group, 1-3 March 2005
  • WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Working Group

2004

• 25-26 October 2004, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, San Francisco, California, USA
• 19-22 October 2004, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, Dublin, Ireland
• 12-15 July 2004, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, Palo Alto, California
• 12-13 July 2004, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, Hellerup, Denmark
• 6 July, 2004, Web Accessibility Best Practices Training, Paris, France
• WAI meetings at CSUN 2004, Los Angeles, USA
  • WAI Interest Group, 20 March 2004, 3pm-6:30pm
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 20-21 March 2004
• Web Accessibility Best Practices Training Exchange, 9-10 February 2004, Madrid, Spain
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 19-20 February 2004, Austin, Texas, USA
• WAI meetings at W3C Technical Plenary 2004, Cannes-Mandelieu, France
  • Education and Outreach Working Group, 1-2 and 5 March 2004
  • Protocols and Formats Working Group, 4 March 2004
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Techniques Task Force, 4-5 March 2004

2003

• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: AUWG Meeting 26-27 September 2003 in Seattle, WA, USA
• WCAG WG - Techniques Task Force Meeting, 8-9 September 2003, Toronto, Canada
• Education, Outreach, & Evaluation meetings in Dublin, Ireland in September 2003
  • Web Accessibility Networking, 3 Sept 2003, Dublin
  • Web Accessibility Evaluation Exchange, 4 Sept 2003, Dublin
  • Education and Outreach Working Group Meeting, 5 Sept 2003, Dublin
• Education, Outreach, & Training meetings in Palo Alto, California, July 2003
  • Education and Outreach Working Group Meeting 16 July 2003
  • Best Practices Training Exchange 17 July 2003
  • Web Accessibility Training and Exchange 18 July 2003
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: WCAG WG Meeting 1-2 July 2003, Venice, Italy
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: AUWG Meeting 13-14 June 2003, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
• WAI Meetings, 22 - 24 March 2003, following CSUN 2003 Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • WAI Interest Group, 22 March
  • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 23 March,
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 23 - 24 March
• WAI Meetings during W3C Technical Plenary Week, 3 - 7 March 2003, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Education and Outreach Working Group, 3 - 4 March
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 4 March
  • Protocols and Formats Working Group, 4 March
  • User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, 6 - 7 March

2002

• Authoring Tools Working Group Meeting, 11-12 December 2002, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Protocols and Formats Working Group, 10 - 11 October 2002 Sankt Augustin, Germany. Contact PFWG Chair for more information.
• Education and Outreach Working Group meeting, 7 - 8 November 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Authoring Tools Working Group Meeting, 18-19 September 2002, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Linz, Austria:
  • WCAG WG face-to-face meeting, July 15 and 16, 2002
  • ATAG face-to-face meeting, July 15 and 16, 2002 (registration available)
• Toronto, Canada: EOWG face-to-face meeting, July 29 and July 30, 2002
• Cannes-Mandelieu, France
  • AUWG, February 25-26, 2002, (Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) meeting
  • EOWG, February 28-March 1, 2002, (Education and Outreach Working Group), Cannes Mandelieu, France
• Los Angeles, California, USA (following the CSUN 2002 Conference)
  • WAI IG, March 23, 2002 (WAI Interest Group)
  • WCAG WG, March 23-24, 2002 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group)
  • EOWG, March 23-24, 2002 (Education and Outreach Working Group)

2001

• November 13-14, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and WAI Interest Group joint meeting (Telstra host) Melbourne, Australia
• October 22-23, 2001 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Seattle, Washington, USA
• October 1-3, 2001 Protocols and Formats Working Group and Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group joint meeting Brighton, UK
• September 12-13, 2001 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Seattle, Washington, USA
• September 11-12, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Seattle, Washington, USA
• June 18-19, 2001 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (CWI host) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• June 20-21, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (CWI host) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• June 22, 2001 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (CWI host) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• March 1 -2, 2001 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 1 -2, 2001 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 1 -2, 2001 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 1 -2, 2001 Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group meeting (W3C/MIT host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• March 24, 2001, WAI Interest Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 25, 2001 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA

2000

• December 4-5, 2000 Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group and Protocols and Formats Working Group joint meeting Washington DC, USA
• November 16-17, 2000 User Agent Working Group meeting Washington DC, USA
• October 6-7, 2000 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting Bristol, UK
• October 5-6, 2000 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting Bristol, UK
• October 5-6, 2000 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting Ottawa, Canada
• October 3-4, 2000 Device-Independence Workshop meeting Bristol, UK
• May 11-12 2000 Evaluation & Repair Interest Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 10-11 April 2000, User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting
• March 20, 2000 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 25, 2000 WAI Interest Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 26, 2000 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 26, 2000 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA

1999

• October 7-8, 1999 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting,
• October 11-12, 1999 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting (Microsoft host) Redmond, Washington, USA
• July 19-20, 1999 WAI Interest Group, Education and Outreach Working Group, Protocols and Formats Working Group joint meetings Sophia-Antipolis, France
• May 15-16, 1999 Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group meeting (at WWW8 Conference) Toronto, Canada
• March 21, 1999 Protocols and Formats Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 20, 1999 WAI Interest Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 20, 1999 Education and Outreach Working Group meeting (at CSUN Conference) Los Angeles, California, USA
• March 1-2, 1999 Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group meeting (Lotus host) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

1998

• December 11-12, 1998 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines meeting Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• October 25-26, 1998 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• July 24-25, 1998 WAI Groups meeting (RNIB host) Peterborough, UK
• April 18, 1998 WAI Groups meeting (at WWW7 Conference) Brisbane, Australia
• March 21-22, 1998 WAI Groups meeting (at CSUN Conference)

1997

• November 1997 WAI Groups meeting (IBM host) Austin, Texas, USA
• August 1997 WAI Groups meeting Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• May 1997 WAI Groups meeting Sophia-Antipolis, France

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