W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board

The W3C Advisory Committee has elected the following people to fill seven seats on the W3C Advisory Board (AB), starting 1 July 2025: Daniel Appelquist, Theresa O'Connor, Hiroshi Ota, Avneesh Singh, Hidde de Vries, Song Xu, and Brent Zundel. They join continuing AB participants Wei Ding, Max Gendler, Tatsuya Igarashi, and Elena Lape.

Many thanks to the 10 candidates, and thanks for contributions to the AB to Florian Rivoal who stepped down from the AB in January 2025, and to the departing participants, Tantek Çelik, Elika J Etemad, Wendy Reid, and Chris Wilson, whose terms end at the end of June 2025.

Created in March 1998, the Advisory Board provides ongoing guidance to the W3C Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. The Advisory Board also serves the W3C Members by tracking issues raised between Advisory Committee meetings, soliciting Member comments on such issues, and proposing actions to resolve these issues. The Advisory Board manages the evolution of the Process Document. As part of a W3C Council, members of the Advisory Board hear and adjudicate on Submission Appeals and Formal Objections. For several years, the AB has conducted its work in a public wiki.

The elected Members of the Advisory Board participate as individual contributors and not representatives of their organizations. Advisory Board participants use their best judgment to find the best solutions for the Web, not just for any particular network, technology, vendor, or user.