30 January 2013 Each year the W3C community gathers for a week of joint meetings and discussion of technical challenges that have a broad impact on the Web. W3C, and our exclusive Host Tencent, are pleased to announce today that TPAC2013 will be held in Shenzhen, China 18-22 November. "Tencent is excited to work with W3C to bring TPAC to China" said HuoTao (Hugo) Wang, Assistant General Manager for Tencent. "We believe this will be the first of many exciting events for W3C in China driven by the new Host at Beihang University ." Nearly 500 people attended TPAC 2012 in France and we anticipate at least that many attendees in China. This is a landmark event for W3C and an opportunity to bring the global Web community together for closer cooperation. Learn more about W3C Membership meetings .

29 October 2012    The W3C community meets in Lyon, France for TPAC 2012 W3C's annual face-to-face Membership meeting. Participants will coordinate technical directions for the Open Web Platform, explore its impact across industries and devices, and discuss organizational strategy. More than 450 people will participate in Working Group meetings, an Advisory Committee meeting, and a Plenary Day for breakout discussions on a a variety of topics . Although participation in TPAC is limited to those already in W3C groups, the TPAC proceedings are public and will be made available shortly after the meeting. Follow the meeting on social networking sites with tag #tpac. W3C also welcomes local developers today to a Meetup at the Lyon City Hall.