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<h1>W3C Welcomes Developer Community at WWW2009 in Madrid</h1>
<h2>Mobile Widgets And Social Web Are Topics of W3C Track's "One Camp A
Day"</h2>
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<dt><strong>Contact Americas, Australia</strong> --</dt>
<dd>Ian Jacobs, <<a href="mailto:ij@w3.org">ij@w3.org</a>>,
+1.718.260.9447 <em>or</em> +1.617.253.2613</dd>
<dt><strong>Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East</strong> --</dt>
<dd>Marie-Claire Forgue, <<a
href="mailto:mcf@w3.org">mcf@w3.org</a>>, +33 6 76 86 33 41</dd>
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<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/">http://www.w3.org/</a> -- 7 April 2009 -- The
World Wide Web Consortium (<a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C</a>) invites the <a
href="http://www2009.org/">WWW2009 conference</a> participants as well as the
local Spanish developer community to participate in the new <a
href="w3c-track.html">W3C track</a> format. For the first time, on 23 and 24
April, W3C will organize two camps for developers to discuss current hot topics
in Web development and write code. The <strong>Mobile Widgets camp</strong> and
the <strong>Social Web camp</strong> will foster discussion and promote results
in the form of working mobile widgets and semantic/social Web tools,
respectively. </p>
<p>W3C invites discussion topic suggestions via the <a
href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/W3CTrack@WWW09">track wikis</a>, and more
discussion on a twitter feed (#w3ctrack). A special discounted registration fee
to attend the W3C track is available (see the <a
href="w3c-track.html#Register">online registration instructions</a> on the <a
href="w3c-track.html#Press">W3C track page</a>).</p>
<p>In addition to the W3C Track, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of
the Web, will give a keynote titled "Twenty Years: Looking Forward, Looking
Back" on Wednesday, 22 April, followed by a <a
href="w3c-track.html#Press">press conference</a>.</p>
<p>All events will take place at the <a
href="http://www.madridespaciosycongresos.com/">Palacio Municipal de Congresos
Campo de las Naciones</a>, in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<h2>About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]</h2>
<p>The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where
Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to
develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation
of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the
Web. Over 400 organizations are <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">Members</a> of the Consortium.
W3C is jointly run by the <a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/">MIT Computer
Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory</a> (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the
<a href="http://www.ercim.org/">European Research Consortium for Informatics
and Mathematics</a> (ERCIM) headquartered in France and <a
href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio University</a> in Japan, and has additional
<a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/">Offices worldwide</a>. For more
information see <a href="http://www.w3.org/">http://www.w3.org/</a></p>
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