Participation policies and recommendations
Before you register to attend a meeting, please read the below participation policies and recommendations, intended to promote participation while ensuring that meeting Chairs have the tools necessary to run their meetings effectively. They apply both for in-person and remote participation.
See also: Health rules and covid safety expectations
W3C meetings operate under our Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
Working, Interest, Business and Community Group meetings
Registration and attendance are open to:
- participants in a W3C Working, Interest, Business or Community Group scheduled to meet during TPAC 2023
- W3C Advisory Committee Representatives
- participants of the Board of Directors, Advisory Board and Technical Architecture Group
- employees of a W3C member organization
- invited guests
- W3C Evangelists
- W3C staff or W3C Chapters staff
Observer and guest attendance: Eligible participants may attend as an observer any group meetings that are open to observers. (See Chair contact information.)
Community Group participants: Any participant of a CG scheduled to meet may attend other group meetings as an observer.
Breakout sessions
The breakout sessions are scheduled on Wednesday September 13
from 9:30 to 18:30.
Registration and attendance are open to:
- participants in a W3C Working, Interest, Business or Community Group scheduled to meet during TPAC 2023
- W3C Member Advisory Committee Representatives
- participants on the Board of Directors, Advisory Board and the Technical Architecture Group
- employees of a W3C member organization
- invited guests
- W3C Evangelists
- W3C staff or W3C Chapters staff
We also offer a set of breakouts open to the broader public: We particularly welcome individuals from communities that are underrepresented in tech in general, and W3C discussions in particular. No prior experience with W3C is needed, all are welcome.
Breakouts that are requested to be public will be open to anyone with a W3C account to join remotely, free of charge, without a TPAC registration. For more details on breakout sessions please see the schedule for Wednesday.
Advisory Committee session
Advisory Committee Meetings are Members-only meetings that focus on
strategic issues facing the Consortium and future directions
envisioned by the Membership and W3C staff.
Participation in the Advisory Committee Meeting is open to the Advisory Committee Representative from each Member Organization.
With respect to the Process Document limitation of one representative per Member, the Chair has decided to allow Members to send two representatives when the second has been designated as an alternate. See instructions for appointing an alternate if your organization has not yet appointed an Alternate AC Rep.
The Board of Directors, the Technical Architecture Group (TAG), Advisory Board (AB), Chairs, and Chapter staff are invited and encouraged to attend.
