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Daniel Dardailler is W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Associate Chair for Europe, manager of the W3C/ERCIM European and African operations and chair of the official standard liaison task force of the consortium.

Daniel joined the W3C/INRIA team in Sophia-Antipolis, France, in July 1996. In 1997, he launched the Web Accessibility Initiative and was the technical director of the activity until 2003. In this role, he participated in the design of some important standards like HTML, CSS, and WAI Guidelines.

As the proposer and manager of several large European Commission IST funded projects supporting the activities of W3C in Europe, Daniel has over the past few years led W3C liaison activities in the area of European and international normalisation, ICANN W3C liaison, UN/WSIS participation, and ISO/ITU liaison matters.

Prior to joining W3C, from 1990 to 1996 Daniel worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, as a software designer and programmer for the X Window System Consortium and the OSF/TheOpenGroup. From 1986 to 1990, he was a Unix/Graphics engineer at the Bull Research Center in France.

Daniel holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science in Digital Typography and Networking from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (1989).

Daniel Dardailler was appointed liaison to the ICANN Board by the W3C on behalf of the Technology Liaison Group to serve during the year 2006. Board liaison terms end after the conclusion of the ICANN annual meeting each year.