At the November 2025 TPAC event, Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Director of Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), highlighted W3C’s work on global accessibility including WCAG 2.2 becoming an ISO standard; that W3C is expanding its training offerings with a new Accessibility Fundamentals course, an updated WCAG 2.2 course, and potential future courses on evaluation. WAI also continues translation work; updates to ATAG and better coordination around accessibility testing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqpplGBMbzI
During the November 2025 TPAC week, Fuqiao Xue, W3C Senior Principal Internationlization Specialist, honored Addison Phillips for over 20 years of leading W3C’s internationalization work, welcomed new chair Joel Sahleen, and highlighted recent I18N achievements. He also called for continued community participation to ensure the web works for all languages and cultures.
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At the November 2025 TPAC event, Roy Ran, W3C Principal Accessibility Specialist, presented: "Web & AI in W3C" explaining how W3C is engaging with AI, why AI matters for the web, and what AI-related standards already exist (like WebNN, WebGPU, and data/identity technologies). He highlighted ongoing work on responsible AI, announced the new Web & AI Interest Group, and mentioned plans for a future workshop on AI agents and browsers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXhxBZuYl0
At the November 2025 TPAC event, Kevin White, W3C Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist, gave an overview of W3C accessibility work over the past year, covering key groups like the Accessibility Guidelines, ARIA, APA, and WAI Interest Group. Highlights include updates to WCAG 2 and WCAG 3 drafts, ACT Rules, WCAG2ICT, test suites, and resources. Future work includes WCAG 3 publication, accessibility for AI, and spoken presentation specs.
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