Web Meetup
The W3C Advisory Board is running a one-time Web Meetup in Rotterdam on 2 July, in collaboration with Fronteers and Level Level.
- Three short talks on the web and standards: from accessibility to CSS to human rights;
- Opportunities to mingle with fellow web lovers;
- A chance to ask members of the W3C Advisory Board all the questions you've always wanted to ask about all things web standards.
Tickets
Additional Information
The plan
- 6.30pm - walk in
- 7.00pm - welcome
- 7.15pm - Cyd Stumpel - You might not need JS
- 7.40pm - Dan Appelquist - Shifting left on human rights?
- 7.45pm - short break
- 8.00pm - Cynthia Shelly - Tales from inside Big Accessibility
- 8.25pm - wrap-up and start mingling
- 10pm - end
About the event
This event is organised by the W3C Advisory Board, with many thanks to Level Level for hosting and Fronteers for co-promoting.
The W3C Code of Conduct applies.
About the talks
You might not need JS by Cyd Stumpel
Motion on the web has come full circle: from simple CSS animations and transitions, to JavaScript libraries, and now back to CSS again. With Scroll-Driven Animations we’ll explore how modern CSS is reshaping creative development today and where you can replace JS with CSS solutions.
Cyd Stumpel creates accessible, creative, award winning websites for individuals and companies. Sharing knowledge is big part of what she likes about being a developer. She does that by blogging, at meetups, conferences and by teaching the next generation of web developers at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Shifting left on human rights by Dan Appelquist
W3C integrates accessibility, security, and ethics into web standards. Inspired by UN human rights recommendations, this talk explores W3C’s review process, its vital importance, and how these principles can be applied to other domains.
Dan Appelquist is an Open Source Strategist at Samsung and current co-chair of W3C Advisory Board. He is an immigrant and US/UK dual national, living in London.
Tales from inside Big Accessibility by Cynthia Shelly
At the end of the last century, someone walked into Cynthia’s office (with a door!) with the newly published WCAG 1.0 Recommendation (on paper!) and asked her to implement it on MSN.com. Even in 1999, “transforming gracefully” without CSS or JavaScript just wasn’t possible while still being competitive in the “Portal Wars,” rendering faster than users could hit the Stop button, or meeting obligations to publishers and advertisers. Come hear this and other stories about life inside Big Accessibility at Microsoft, Starbucks, Google and W3C.
Cynthia Shelly runs Scaled Accessibility Consulting in Amsterdam, focusing on bringing enterprise-class accessibility programs to companies of all sizes. She has been a developer, program manager, strategist and product manager at Microsoft, Starbucks and Google, all focused on different aspects of Accessibility.