Working Groups
Collaborative teams of IWA members developing standards, best practices, and technology guidance for the webcasting industry.
Shaping the Industry Together
IWA working groups bring together practitioners, vendors, and researchers to develop the standards and guidance that advance professional webcasting. Participation in working groups provides direct influence on industry direction while building expertise and professional networks.
Active Working Groups
Streaming Quality Standards
Developing and maintaining streaming quality standards including video specifications, audio requirements, and quality metrics. Focus on aligning standards with evolving technologies and viewer expectations.
Low-Latency Streaming
Advancing specifications for low-latency delivery including LL-HLS, LL-DASH, and WebRTC applications. Addressing trade-offs between latency, quality, and scalability per latency standards.
Accessibility
Enhancing accessibility standards for inclusive webcasting. Developing implementation guidance for captioning, audio description, and accessible interfaces.
Enterprise Webcasting
Creating best practices for corporate webcasting environments. Addressing eCDN, security, integration, and scale challenges unique to enterprise deployments.
Next-Generation Codecs
Evaluating emerging codecs (AV1, VVC) and developing adoption guidance. Updating encoding specifications as new technologies mature.
How Working Groups Operate
Working groups meet virtually on regular schedules with in-person sessions at annual conference. Members contribute through document drafting, testing, and review. Working group output goes through formal IWA approval before publication as standards or guidance.
Join a Working Group
Working group participation is open to IWA members. Express interest through the member portal or contact us to learn about participation requirements and current openings.