It is a shame I will not be in Sevilla on the 15/16 Nov. Thanks for the foward. I will tell my colleagues.
cheers thorsten El miÃ, 27-10-2004 a las 22:49, Roy T. Fielding escribiÃ: > May be of interest to Santiago and friends ... note the prize is a > research grant. > > ....Roy > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Marie-Claire Forgue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: October 27, 2004 12:31:38 AM PDT > > Subject: W3C Spanish Officeâs Standards Tour 2004 to Visit Ten Cities > > Throughout (News Release) > > > > W3C Spanish Officeâs Standards Tour 2004 to Visit Ten Cities Throughout > > Spain > > > > Bus Equipped With W3C Multimedia Demos; Multimodal Web Seminar in > > Madrid; First W3C Spanish Office Prize for Web Standardization > > > > Web Resources > > > > This press release: > > In English: http://www.w3.org/2004/11/sptour-pressrelease.html.en > > In Spanish: http://www.w3.org/2004/11/sptour-pressrelease.html.es > > In French: http://www.w3.org/2004/11/sptour-pressrelease.html.fr > > In Japanese: http://www.w3.org/2004/11/sptour-pressrelease.html.ja > > Check http://www.w3.org/Press/ for all hypertext versions > > > > Info on the W3C Standards Tour: > > http://www.w3c.es/gira/info/intro.html.en > > > > W3C Spanish Office: http://www.w3c.es/ > > > > http://www.w3.org -- 27 October 2004 -- The W3C Spanish Office brings > > its first W3C Standards Tour to ten universities in Spain from 3 to 26 > > November 2004 to demonstrate W3C's work and promote the use and > > adoption > > of W3C technologies. The environment-friendly tour bus has access to > > people with disabilities, multimedia equipment where demos of W3C > > technologies will be at visitorsâ disposal, projection equipment,and > > video conferencing and Internet connectivity via satellite. During the > > tour, the ten universities will host conferences giving university > > research staff, students and organizations interested in W3C standards > > adoption and implementation the opportunity to establish relationships. > > > > The Standards Tour runs for three weeks and visits the following cities > > in Spain. All events are free and open to the public. > > > > * GijÃn (Opening Ceremony): 3 November 2004 > > * Bilbao: 4-5 November 2004 > > * Zaragoza: 8 November 2004 > > * Barcelona: 9-10 November 2004 > > * Valencia: 11-12 November 2004 > > * Sevilla: 15-16 November 2004 > > * Madrid: 17-19 November 2004 > > * Salamanca: 22 November 2004 > > * A CoruÃa: 24 November 2004 > > * Oviedo: 26 November 2004 > > > > "Although the Web is in concentrated use in Spain, there is a lot of > > exciting new technology coming in the near future. The bus is an > > opportunity to see what's new and coming up," said Tim Berners-Lee, > > Director of W3C. > > > > "Our Spanish Office has come up with a novel way of reaching out in > > Spain," said Ivan Herman, Head of Offices at W3C. "The Standards Tour > > as > > well as the W3C Spanish Office Prize for Web Standardization are > > exciting opportunities for the W3C and the Spanish technical community > > to make active and lasting contact." > > > > "It's wonderful to see the amount of new Web development work happening > > in Spain," said Josà Manuel Alonso, Manager of the W3C Spanish Office. > > "W3C encourages and supports the adoption of its standards and > > technologies throughout Spain's academic and business communities." > > > > The Standards Tour is organized by the W3C Spanish Office with the > > generous support of Red.es and FundaciÃn CTIC, and with the help of > > Software AG EspaÃa, TeleCable, FundaciÃn ONCE and Centro de Estudios > > Garrigues. > > > > Multimodal Web Seminar in Madrid > > > > Researchers and participants from industry are invited to the > > Multimodal > > Web Seminar at the tour stop in Madrid, where speakers from W3C Member > > organizations in Spain and members of the W3C Team will present the > > work > > of the W3C Multimodal Interaction Activity. The seminar is funded by > > the > > European Commissionâs IST Programme as part of the Multimodal Web > > Interaction (MWeb) Project. > > > > First W3C Spanish Office Prize for Web Standardization > > > > The W3C Spanish Office Prize for Web Standardization will be launched > > during the tour. The prize encourages the use and adoption of W3C > > Recommendations at Spanish universities, and is awarded to the > > prototype > > that best demonstrates W3C technologies in one or more of the following > > fields in an innovative way: Semantic Web, Device Independence, Voice, > > and Multimodal Interaction. The prize winner will be selected by > > members > > of the W3C Team from ten finalists. > > > > The winner will receive an applied research grant to develop a full > > project based on her or his winning prototype at the FundaciÃn CTIC > > headquarters in GijÃn, Asturias, Spain. The best five finalists will > > also receive a top of the line laptop computer, courtesy of Red.es and > > Acer. The winner and winning prototype will be announced at an award > > presentation ceremony to be held in Asturias during the first quarter > > of > > 2005. > > > > About the W3C Spanish Office > > > > Established in October 2003, the W3C Spanish Office is hosted by > > FundaciÃn CTIC. Located at the Science and Technology Park of GijÃn, > > Asturias, FundaciÃn CTIC is a non-profit organization which carries out > > and disseminates applied research on information technologies. For more > > information see http://www.w3c.es. > > > > About W3C Offices > > > > W3C Offices assist with promotion efforts in local languages, broaden > > W3C's geographical base, and encourage international participation in > > W3C Activities. W3C currently has fourteen Offices located in > > Australia, > > the Benelux countries, Germany and Austria, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, > > Hungary, Israel, Italy, Korea, Morocco, Spain, Sweden, and the United > > Kingdom and Ireland. > > > > About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C] > > > > Contact Spain -- > > Josà Manuel Alonso,< [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, +34.984.39.06.16 > > Contact Americas and Australia -- > > Janet Daly, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, +1.617.253.5884 or +1.206.228.1097 > > Contact Europe, Africa and Middle-East -- > > Marie-Claire Forgue, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, +33.492.38.75.94 > > Contact Asia -- > > Yasuyuki Hirakawa, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, +81.466.49.11.70 > > > > The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing > > common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its > > interoperability. 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