TPAC

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W3C organizes an annual week of Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meetings (TPAC) where most Working Groups, some Community Groups, and the Advisory Committee hold in-person/virtual hybrid meetings, as well as a day of numerous breakout sessions on specific topics.

Chat and discussion

There are #tpac channels on the W3C irc server and Slack instance for general discussions.

Upcoming

Upcoming TPAC(s):

The W3C site has a list of upcoming TPAC meetings.

Past

The W3C website has a list of past TPACs with dates and venues.

Direct links to past W3C pages for TPACs 2001-2010 (to be incorporated into new wiki pages indicated by red links above)

The prior W3C site had a similar flat list of past TPAC meetings 2001-2022 (Internet Archive link)

Past Breakout Sessions Stats

Number of breakout sessions held during the TPACs Technical Plenary Day:

  • 2011: 30 sessions (santa clara)
  • 2012: 39 sessions (lyon)
  • 2013: 26 sessions (shenzhen)
  • 2014: 30 sessions (santa clara)
  • 2015: 47 sessions (sapporo)
  • 2016: 35 sessions (lisbon)
  • 2017: 40 sessions (burlingame)
  • 2018: 47 sessions (lyon)
  • 2019: 59 sessions (fukuoka)
  • 2020: 59 (covid; remote only)
  • 2021: 48 (covid; remote only)
  • 2022: 45 (vancouver)
  • 2023: 69 (seville)
  • 2024: 87 (anaheim)

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