W3C

W3C Workshop on Permissions

5–6 December 2022; Munich, Germany

This workshop has now concluded. You can find the summary report here.

Tentative agenda

This is a tentative agenda based on the position statements and topics of interest for participants who have registered so far, and may be subject to change.

We are planning to run themed discussion sessions on the first day. The second day we will leave mostly empty to accommodate breakout sessions and any topics that organically emerge.

Monday 5th of December 2022

Time Isar Valley, 6th floor, tower 1
08:30-09:30 UTC+01 Breakfast
09:30-10:00 UTC+01
03:30-04:00 UTC-05
00:30-01:00 UTC-08
19:30-20:00 UTC+11

Welcome

  • Logistics
  • State of the union
10:00-12:00 UTC+01
04:00-06:00 UTC-05
01:00-03:00 UTC-08
20:00-22:00 UTC+11

Morning session

Each session will be around 30 minutes with 5 minute breaks in between.
  • Permissions & Consent (slides)

    Lead: Lukasz Olejnik, independent researcher, fellow of Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human rights

  • Cross-platform Comparison of Permission Models

    Lead: Maryam Mehrnezhad, Royal Holloway University of London

  • Permission Misuse & Dark Patterns (slides)

    Lead: Balazs Engedy, Igor Bilogrevic, Google

12:00-13:30 UTC+01
06:00-07:30 UTC-05
03:00-04:30 UTC-08
22:00-23:30 UTC+11
Lunch
13:30-15:30 UTC+01
07:30-09:30 UTC-05
04:30-06:30 UTC-08
23:30-01:30 UTC+11

Afternoon session 1

Each session will be around 30 minutes with 5 minute breaks in between.
  • User-centric Questions & Meaningful Choices

    Lead: Wendy Seltzer, W3C

  • Transparency and Auditing

    Lead: Serge Egelman, UC Berkeley / ICSI / AppCensus

  • Beyond Prompts

    Lead: Serena Chen, Google

30 minute break
16:00-18:00 UTC+01
10:00-12:00 UTC-05
07:00-09:00 UTC-08
02:00-04:00 UTC+11

Afternoon session 2

  • Permissions UX Across Form Factors

    Lead: Anssi Kostiainen, Intel

  • New Web Experiences and App Models

    Lead: Penelope McLachlan, Google

  • Wrap-up, Summary, Next Day/Breakout Planning

    Lead: the organizers

18:00-20:30 UTC+01 Social dinner for onsite attendees

Tuesday 6th of December 2022

Time Isar Valley, 6th floor, tower 1 Dalexdinida, 3rd floor, tower 1
08:30-10:00 UTC+01 Breakfast
10:00-10:10 UTC+01
04:00-04:10 UTC-05
01:00-01:10 UTC-08
20:00-20:10 UTC+11
Welcome / plan for the day
10:10-11:00 UTC+01
04:10-05:00 UTC-05
01:10-02:00 UTC-08
20:10-21:00 UTC+11
Novel building blocks for capability control Keying permissions to tasks vs origin vs app
11:10-12:00 UTC+01
05:10-06:00 UTC-05
02:10-03:00 UTC-08
21:10-22:00 UTC+11
Prompting for purpose & permission grouping Accessibility considerations
12:00-13:30 UTC+01
06:00-07:30 UTC-05
03:00-04:30 UTC-08
22:00-23:30 UTC+11
Lunch
13:30-14:20 UTC+01
07:30-08:20 UTC-05
04:30-05:20 UTC-08
23:30-00:20 UTC+11
Incentivizing developers to use good patterns / How to design ‘good’ friction? How to involve UX more in standards processes?
14:30-15:20 UTC+01
08:30-09:20 UTC-05
05:30-06:20 UTC-08
00:30-01:20 UTC+11
Useful attestations / promises / policies
Operationalising ‘Contextual Integrity’
Use case driven spec work / Updating specs
30 minute break
16:00-18:00 UTC+01
10:00-12:00 UTC-05
07:00-09:00 UTC-08
02:00-04:00 UTC+11

Summary and wrap-up

  • Report back highlights from breakout sessions
  • Wrap up