-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: The Web Conference 2019 Newsletter (2nd edition) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:25:47 +0000 From: newsletter@iw3c2.org To: newsletter@iw3c2.org newsletter@iw3c2.org

The Web Conference 2019 May 13 - 17, 2019 San Francisco, California, USA

*** The Web Conference 2019 Newsletter (2nd edition) ***

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The early bird registration deadline for The Web Conference 2019 is fast approaching. Please register by **March 6, 2019** to take advantage of the lowest registration prices available.

Register athttps://www2019.thewebconf.org/registration .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many different events and programs of the conference are now finalized. You can see the current state of the schedule at https://www2019.thewebconf.org/schedule .

Note that this year we have introduced 3 new full day tracks that we encourage you to familiarize yourself with: * The Web of Health:https://www2019.thewebconf.org/event-web-of-health * The Future of the Open Web: https://www2019.thewebconf.org/event-future-open-web * Designing an Ethical Web: https://www2019.thewebconf.org/event-designing-ethical-web

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excursions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As you are planning your stay in San Francisco Bay Area during May 2019, we encourage you to keep an eye on the Excursions page where we post events outside of the usual conference schedule that may be of interest to you. Note that some of these events have very limited space availability and we encourage you to RSVP for them soon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Accommodation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A reminder that if you need accommodation during the conference, we encourage you to reserve it ASAP. The accommodation prices in San Francisco are high and they can increase even further as we approach the month of May.

We have negotiated a limited number of highly discounted rooms at the Hyatt Regency (the conference venue) that we encourage you to take advantage of. You can reserve your room today by going to https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/SFORS/G-WWWW .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsorship ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are grateful to the following organizations who are sponsoring t he conference during 2019: * Diamond: Microsoft * Gold: Amazon, Bloomberg, Google * Silver: NTENT, Spotify, Yahoo Research, Wikimedia Foundation * Bronze: Facebook, LinkedIn, Mix, Mozilla, Netflix Research, Northeastern University

If your organization wants to support the conference, we very much welcome that and we encourage you to visit https://www2019.thewebconf.org/become-a-sponsor .

* For all the latest news on The Web Conference 2019, follow us on : http://www.twitter.com/thewebconf https://www.facebook.com/TheWebConf/ https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/the-web-conference/ https://www.instagram.com/thewebconference/

* Also visithttps://www2019.thewebconf.org/ for more information

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