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<h1 class="title">Technical Plenary and WG Meeting Week<br />
Hotel Royal Casino / Cannes-Mandelieu FRANCE <br />
1-5 March 2004</h1>

<div id="Menu">
<ul>
  <li><a href="#Background">Background</a></li>
  <li><a href="#sponsor">Sponsorship</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Participation1">Participation</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Schedule">Schedule and Agenda</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Venue">Venue</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Alternate">Alternate hotels</a></li>
  <li><a href="#TransportationDetails">Transportation</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Meals">Meals</a></li>
  <li><a href="#connect">Connectivity</a></li>
  <li><a href="#pastm">Past Meetings</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Contacts">Contacts and Program Committee</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Group">Appendix: Group Responses</a></li>
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<h2><a name="Background" id="Background">Background</a></h2>

<p>W3C hosts this five day event <strong>once a year</strong> to allow
Working Groups (WG) and Interest Groups (IG) to hold their face to face
meetings in one place and have the opportunity to <strong>meet and
liaise</strong> with participants from other groups. See Past Meetings
section below for more info.</p>

<h2><a name="sponsor" id="sponsor">Sponsorship</a></h2>

<p>W3C thanks the 2004 Technical Plenary Premium Sponsors, IBM and Sun
Microsystems, for their generous support.</p>

<p><img alt="IBM Logo" src="/2004/02/ibmpos-blue-web" /> <img alt="sun logo"
src="/2004/02/sun-web-2.png" /></p>

<p></p>

<h2><a id="Participation1" name="Participation1">Participation</a></h2>

<p>Participation is open to <strong>people involved in W3C
activities</strong>. If you are a participant in good standing in a W3C
Working or Interest group, you should either have a member account with us,
or have a <a href="http://cgi.w3.org/MemberAccess/Public">public account</a>
that will let you use the registration form below.</p>

<p>All meeting participants are expected to <strong>register</strong> for
each meeting they plan to attend as either a group participant or an observer
(some groups may not permit observers).</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><code><strong><a
  href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35125/tp2004/">ONLINE
  REGISTRATION</a></strong></code> is open until 23 February 2004.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The Wednesday plenary session is open to the WG and IG participants but
also by <strong>invitation</strong> to guests (e.g. potential members,
external liaison contacts). The invitation should come from the staff or the
W3C offices staff.</p>

<p>For the Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday WG and IG meetings,
participation is subject to <strong>each group's policy</strong>. Please
contact the WG or IG Chair for information about participation policy.</p>

<p>Consult the list of <a href="/Member/Mail/">Working Group Chairs</a>
(<em>Member-only</em>).</p>

<h2><a id="Schedule" name="Schedule">Schedule</a></h2>

<p>Fourteen meeting rooms have been reserved to accommodate W3C Working Group
(WG) and Interest Group (IG) face to face meetings.</p>

<p>The overall schedule follows the usual WGs-TP-WGs pattern:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Monday/Tuesday</strong>, 1-2 March 2004- WG/IG Meetings (one on
    Sunday as well)</li>
  <li><strong>Wednesday</strong>, 3 March 2004 - 9am - 6pm: Technical Plenary
    Day (<strong><a
    href="http://www.w3.org/2004/03/TechPlenAgenda.html">AGENDA</a></strong>)</li>
  <li>Wednesday, 3 March 2004 - 12 noon - 1:30pm: Lunch-time BOF Tables</li>
  <li>Wednesday, 3 March 2004<strong></strong> - 8pm<strong>:</strong>
    Reception</li>
  <li><strong>Thursday/Friday</strong>, 4-5 March 2004 - WG/IG Meetings (2
    groups meeting on Saturday/Sunday as well)</li>
</ul>

<p>All rooms will be available from <strong>8am to 6pm</strong>, with
registration open from 8:00-9:00, coffee break available from 10:00-11:00 and
15:00-16:00 and lunch break from noon to 2pm. Each group should take care of
providing their exact daily agenda (start time, end time, break time) to
their participants.</p>

<p>Related: <a href="http://www.w3.org/Member/Eventscal.html">W3C Events
Calendar</a> (<em>Member-only</em>)</p>

<h3>Room Allocation and Schedule</h3>

<p></p>

<p>See the separate page on TP4 <a
href="../10/tp4groups.htm"><strong>Meetings room allocation
table</strong></a> for details.</p>

<p></p>

<h3>Comm Team presence</h3>

<p>The W3C Communications Team will be available for discussions connected
with Working Group milestones, proactive press work, and Publishing
questions. Please contact Janet Daly &lt;<a
href="mailto:janet@w3.org">janet@w3.org</a>&gt; for more information.</p>

<p></p>

<h2><a name="Venue" id="Venue">Venue</a> - <a
href="http://www.royal-hotel-casino.com/">Royal Hotel Casino</a>
Cannes-Mandelieu, France</h2>

<p><strong>Local organizers</strong>: W3C Europe/ERCIM Sophia Antipolis</p>

<p><strong>Meeting location</strong>:</p>
<address>
  Royal Hotel Casino ****
</address>
<address>
  605 avenue du Général de Gaulle<br />
  06210 Mandelieu la Napoule<br />
  Tél. : +33 (0)4 92 97 70 00<br />
  Fax : +33 (0)4 93 49 51 50<br />

</address>

<p></p>

<p>Meeting details:</p>
<ul>
  <li>A block of rooms have been reserved at the Royal Hotel Casino at a
    discount rate for 7 nights, from <strong>Saturday, 28 February through
    Saturday, 6 March 2004.</strong></li>
  <li><strong>Meeting Code:</strong> W3C.</li>
  <li><strong>Discount rates</strong> <strong>apply again (until 27 February
    2004):</strong>
    <ul>
      <li>Single room: 161 EUR/night</li>
      <li>Double or twin room: 190 EUR/night</li>
      <li>Breakfast (American Buffet): included in room rate.</li>
      <li>Stay tax: 0,80 EUR/night/pers.</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

<p>A <a href="TP2004-hotelform.html">reservation form</a> is provided
here.</p>

<p></p>

<h2><a name="Alternate" id="Alternate1">Alternate hotels</a></h2>

<p></p>

<h3>Hotel Acadia **, Mandelieu, France</h3>

<p>Hotel Acadia <a href="http://www.acadia-hotel.com/">home
page.</a><em>Please note that Hotel Acadia is closed from Nov. 11, 2003 until
Dec. 27, 2003</em></p>
<address>
  681 avenue de la Mer<br />
  06210 Mandelieu la Napoule<br />
  Tel : 33 (0)4 93 49 28 23<br />
  Fax : 33 (0)4 92 97 55 54<br />

</address>
<ul>
  <li>Hotel Acadia is within 10/15 minutes walking distance to the Royal
    Hotel Casino. (There's a path along the Siagne River.)</li>
  <li>Single and double rooms rates range from 48 to 57 EUR</li>
  <li>Breakfast: 8 EUR/pers. (buffet)</li>
  <li>Stay tax: 0.40 EUR/pers./day</li>
  <li>No restaurant in the hotel, but light dinners can be provided.</li>
  <li>Correct and quiet setting.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Hostellerie du Golf ***, Mandelieu, France</h3>

<p>Hostellerie du Golf <a
href="http://naxos.cityvox.com/profil/0,3997,CANFRAPLICIT88002,00.html?provenance=LOG">home
page</a>.</p>
<address>
  780 avenue de la Mer<br />
  06210 Mandelieu la Napoule<br />
  Tel : 33 (0)4 93 49 11 66<br />
  Fax : 33 (0)4 92 97 04 01<br />

</address>
<ul>
  <li>Hostellerie du Golf is within 10/15 minutes walking distance to the
    Royal Hotel Casino. (There's a path along the Siagne River.)</li>
  <li>Single rooms: 84 EUR/night (including breakfast and stay tax)</li>
  <li>Double rooms: 105 EUR/night (including breakfast and stay tax)</li>
  <li>Nice and quiet setting.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Hotel Ermitage du Riou ****, Mandelieu, France</h3>

<p>Ermitage du Riou <a
href="http://www.ermitage-du-riou.fr/home/french/index.asp">home page.</a></p>
<address>
  avenue Henri Clews<br />
  06210 Mandelieu-La-Napoule FRANCE<br />
  Tel : (33) O4 93 49 95 56<br />
  Fax : (33) O4 92 97 69 05<br />

</address>
<ul>
  <li>Hotel Ermitage du Riou is 200 meters away from the Royal Hotel
  Casino.</li>
  <li>Rooms rates:
    <ul>
      <li>'classique' single rooms: 126 EUR/night + tax: 0,80
      EUR/pers./day</li>
      <li>'supérieure' single/double rooms: 170 EUR/night + tax: 0,80
        EUR/pers./day</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Breakfast: 16 EUR/pers. (buffet or room service).</li>
  <li>Restaurant '<a
    href="http://www.ermitage-du-riou.fr/french/company/gastronomy.asp">Le
    Riou</a>'.</li>
  <li>Hotel de charme, very exquisite unique rooms, over the Riou Harbor.</li>
</ul>

<h2><a id="TransportationDetails"
name="TransportationDetails"><strong>Transportation Details</strong></a></h2>

<p><a href="http://www.nice.aeroport.fr">Nice International Airport</a> is
the closest international airport to the meeting site. The Royal Hotel Casino
is located about 20 miles from the airport. The travel time between the
airport and the hotel (meeting site) will vary between 30 minutes to one hour
depending on traffic conditions. Taxi fares will range between 45-60
Euros.</p>

<p>Please Note: All events will take place at the hotel. There is a small
harbor village nearby and Cannes croisette is a 5 min cab ride.</p>

<h4>By car:</h4>

<p>If you are renting a car at the airport, please take the highway
<strong>A8</strong> to the West, in the direction of Cannes and Aix en
Provence. This is a toll road.</p>

<p>Pass both the Cannes and Cannes La Bocca exits, to Exit 40, Mandelieu La
Napoule. As you exit, you will take an obligatory right turn after ~100M, and
then, shortly thereafter, turn right again at the traffic signal. Continue on
that road until it ends at a T intersection. Turn Left. Now proceed to the
end of that road at a golf course, just after a small bridge over the river
La Siagne. Turn Right. Proceed with the golf course on your left. In ~100M,
when you see a road on your right and a road on the left going up, take the
road going up on the left for about 10 meters to a T. You will see the water
front here. Turn Right. The hotel is on your left: proceed about 50M, until
you can turn left into the entrance of the hotel.</p>

<h4>By <a href="http://www.ter-sncf.com/paca/default.htm">train</a>:</h4>

<p>If you are using the railways note that there is a train station
"Mandelieu La Napoule" but that not all trains stop there. The nearest train
station where all trains stop is "Cannes".</p>
<ul>
  <li>If you take an omnibus (TER (Transport Express Régional), they do stop
    at every station, including "Mandelieu La Napoule"), you have to walk (10
    minutes) in the direction of Mandelieu castle (should be right in front
    of station, or quite near) and then straight ahead down the hill, pass
    the harbour and onto the Royal Hotel Casino which on the seaside.</li>
  <li>If you take a rapid train (they only stop in main stations), exit at
    "Cannes". From there you will find cabs.
    <p></p>
  </li>
</ul>

<p>See the Les Arcs - Nice (west-east) Nice - Les Arcs (east-west) <a
href="SNCF-timetable-jan-jun2004.PDF">train timetables</a>.</p>

<p>For example, the first two morning TER trains that stop in Mandelieu La
Napoule arrive at 7.22 a.m and 8.34 a.m. The last evening TER trains
departing from Mandelieu La Napoule are scheduled at 5.45 p.m. and 7.11
p.m.</p>

<h2><a id="Meals" name="Meals">Meals</a></h2>
Morning break, lunch, and afternoon refreshments will be provided all five
days.<br />
<br />


<p><strong>Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday:</strong> 12:00-2:00 pm -
Buffet Lunch<br />
It will be at the discretion of group Chairs to decide when their groups will
break for lunch, 12:00-1:00, 12:30-1:30, etc.</p>

<p><a id="BOFtables" name="BOFtables"><strong>Wednesday:</strong> 12:00 -
1:30 pm - Buffet style with <strong>BOF Table</strong></a></p>

<p>A sign-up sheet will be posted at the registration desk if you would like
to organize a lunch-time BOF discussion table. Please sign up early; there
may be space limitations.</p>

<p>If you would like to organize an evening event, please work with the hotel
directly.</p>

<p>You also have the possibility to have dinner outside the Hotel. Here are
the restaurants with which we have made arrangements in order to grant good
prices to the people wearing the meeting badge:</p>

<p><strong>"Ermitage du Riou"</strong>in front of the Royal Hotel Casino
(good standing restaurant) <a
href="http://www.ermitage-du-riou.fr/french/company/gastronomy.asp">home
page</a></p>

<p><em>Avenue Henry Clews,</em><br />
<em>06210Mandelieu la Napoule</em><br />
<em>Tel: +33 (0)4 93 49 95 56</em><br />
<em>Fax: +33 (0)4 92 97 69 05</em></p>

<p>Menu at 25 euros per person with starter, main dish and dessert. (Two
glasses of red wine and coffee available with an extra 5 euros. An apperitif
will be offered if you book the day before.)</p>

<p><strong>"Le Boucanier"</strong> (500 meters away from the hotel, in the
direction of La Napoule, same side as hotel)</p>

<p><em>Port Mandelieu</em><br />
<em>06210 Mandelieu La Napoule</em><br />
<em>Tel: +33 (0)4 93 49 80 51</em></p>

<p>From 29 February until 7 March, the meeting participants will benefit a
13% reduction of their bill. This reduction applies for lunch and dinner.</p>

<h2><a id="connect" name="connect">Connectivity</a></h2>
<ul>
  <li>A wireless connection will be provided in all the meeting rooms.
    Attendees should bring a 802.11b compliant (aka "WiFi") wireless
  card.</li>
  <li>No wired connections will be available, only wireless.</li>
  <li>Power: 220V, 60Hz, Europe standard outlets. Power outlets will be
    provided in the meeting rooms.</li>
  <li>For the <strong>Technical Plenary day</strong>, remote listening (only)
    of the session using our <a
    href="/Guide/1998/08/teleconference-calendar#s_1277">Zakim bridge</a>
    will be provided:
    <p></p>
    <p><code>W3C_TPPC(tech_plen)</code><code></code></p>
    <p><code>Wednesday, 3 March</code></p>
    <p><code>3:00am-12:00pm/08:00-17:00 UTC</code></p>
    <p><code>Zakim Bridge +1.617.761.6200</code></p>
    <p>Conference code: <em><strong>372623</strong>
    ("<strong>FRANCE</strong>")</em></p>
    <p></p>
    <p>We will also have an IRC channel where notes of the proceedings will
    be taken. The IRC channel will be "<code>#tp</code>," it will be open on
    <code>irc.w3.org:6665</code>.</p>
  </li>
</ul>

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  <p></p>
</blockquote>
<hr />

<h2><a id="pastm" name="pastm">Past Meetings</a></h2>

<p>This will be the <strong>fourth</strong> Technical Plenary/All group
meeting hosted by W3C.</p>
<dl>
  <dt>Past meetings dates and locations:</dt>
</dl>
<ul>
  <li><a href="/2002/10/allgroupoverview/">3-7 March 2003</a>, Cambridge, MA,
    USA - Royal Sonesta Hotel</li>
  <li><a href="/2001/07/allgroupoverview.html">25 February - 1 March
    2002</a>, Cannes-Mandelieu, France - Hotel Royal Casino</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/02/allgroupoverview.html">26 February -
    2 March 2001</a>, Cambridge, MA, USA - Royal Sonesta Hotel</li>
</ul>

<p></p>

<h2><a id="Contacts" name="Contacts">Contacts and Program Committee</a></h2>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Plenary Day Program Committee</strong>
    <ul>
      <li>Glenn Adams, XFSI, Timed Text WG</li>
      <li>Jim Hendler, U. Maryland, Web Ont WG</li>
      <li>Rhys Lewis, Volantis, Device Independence WG</li>
      <li>Scott McLashen, Pipebeach/HP, Voice Browser WG</li>
      <li>Noah Mendelsohn, IBM, XML Schema and XMLP WGs</li>
      <li>Stuart Williams, HP, TAG</li>
      <li>Janet Daly, W3C Team, Comm Team Head</li>
      <li>Daniel Dardailler, W3C Team, Assoc. Chair, QA Lead</li>
      <li>Steve Bratt, W3C Team, COO (chair)</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Please contact Steve Bratt at <a
    href="mailto:steve@w3.org">steve@w3.org</a> for questions or
    suggestions.</p>
  </li>
  <li><strong>Local Host</strong> - W3C Europe ERCIM/Sophia site.</li>
  <li><strong>Send questions and queries to</strong> <a
    href="mailto:w3t-tpregister@w3.org"><strong>w3t-tpregister@w3.org</strong></a></li>
</ul>

<p></p>
<hr />

<h2><a id="Group" name="Group">Appendix: Group Responses</a></h2>

<p>See the results of the <a href="/2002/09/wbs/31972/TPPrep/">request for
information</a> (W3C Member-only link) about participating group</p>
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