The W3C Convenes

http://www.w3.org/ — 6 October 2009 — The W3C community convenes next month in Santa Clara, California for TPAC Week 2009, this year's edition of an annual week-long opportunity for W3C group participants to share news of progress and to address hot-button technical issues face-to-face.
The Internet Society (ISOC), as part of its mission to support the development of open standards, will sponsor TPAC 2009 and actively participate in the event. In addition to ISOC representatives, participants from other standards development organizations will join in discussion about the health of the "Internet Ecosystem."
"The Internet Society is pleased to support and participate in the important work of the W3C community around TPAC 2009,” said Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society. “The Internet's immense success as a platform for innovation over the past 40 years has been built on a foundation of open standards, and its continued evolution will be driven by efforts such as those led by the W3C.”
"I'm pleased that the Internet Society is sponsoring and participating in TPAC 2009," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "ISOC and W3C both work to foster the open development of standards that empower users around the world. A lot of social networking happens during TPAC, and this year there will be an even greater number of participants from the broader open standards community."
A FAQ about ISOC and W3C is available for more information.