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The Web Conference
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Logo of the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web (1994)
AbbreviationTheWebConf (formerly WWW)
Discipline World Wide Web
Publication details
Publisher IW3C2
History1994–present
FrequencyAnnual
Robert Cailliau, Founder of International World Wide Web Conference Robert Cailliau On Desk.jpg
Robert Cailliau, Founder of International World Wide Web Conference

The ACM Web Conference (formerly known as International World Wide Web Conference, abbreviated as WWW) is a yearly international academic conference on the topic of the future direction of the World Wide Web. The first conference of many was held and organized by Robert Cailliau in 1994 at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference has been organized by the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), also founded by Robert Cailliau and colleague Joseph Hardin, every year since. [1] In 2020, the Web Conference series became affiliated with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), [2] where it is supported by ACM SIGWEB. The conference's location rotates among North America, Europe, and Asia and its events usually span a period of five days. The conference aims to provide a forum in which "key influencers, decision makers, technologists, businesses and standards bodies" can both present their ongoing work, research, and opinions as well as receive feedback from some of the most knowledgeable people in the field. [1]

Contents

The web conference series is aimed at providing a global forum for discussion and debate in regard to the standardization of its associated technologies and the impact of said technologies on society and culture. Developers, researchers, internet users as well as commercial ventures and organizations come together at the conference to discuss the latest advancements of the Web and its evolving uses and trends, such as the development and popularization of the eTV and eBusiness. [3] The conferences usually include a variety of events, such as tutorials and workshops, as well as the main conference and special dedications of space in memory of the history of the Web and specific notable events. [4] The conferences are organized by the IW3C2 in collaboration with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Local Organizing Committees, and Technical Program Committees. [5]

History

Robert Cailliau, a founder of the World Wide Web himself, lobbied inside CERN and at conferences like the Hypertext 1991 in San Antonio, Texas, and Hypertext 1993 in Seattle, Washington. [6] As he came back from the conference 1993 he announced a new conference called World Wide Web Conference 1 and was actually 23 hours faster than the NCSA announced Mosaic and the Web. [6] After founding the IW3C2 with Joseph Hardin from the NCSA they decided the next Conferences in Geneva. [6]

Content

Though the way in which its content is organized varies from year to year, the World-Wide Web Conference continues to call itself the "premiere venue for researchers, academics, businesses, and standard bodies to come together and discuss [the] latest updates and the state and evolutionary path of the Web". [7] People from all across the world come together and submit their own new research to be peer-reviewed by some of the World Wide Web community's most knowledgeable members.

At the 2014 conference, WWW's largest program, peer-reviewed research paper presentations, fell into one of eleven categories:

Those papers accepted were to be presented at the conference itself, and appear in the online conference proceedings published by the ACM Digital Library as well as the conference's website. Furthermore, many of these papers are submitted to other peer-reviewed journals after the conference. [7]

In addition to presenting breakthrough research on the Web and its associated technologies, the Conference acts as a stage for developers to demonstrate and receive feedback on their ongoing work in a dedicated session. The Demo Track allows researchers and practitioners to demonstrate new systems in a dedicated session. The Developer Track is a track dedicated solely to web development, a stage upon which web developers can present "new trends and interesting ideas [as well as the] code and APIs of emerging applications, platforms, and standards." [8]

Though peer-reviewed research paper presentations, demo, and developer tracks are a large portion of the conference's program, it is not merely a launch pad for individuals who have completed cutting-edge research in the field. Students studying the Web and its associated technologies can submit unfinished work for review. Beginner as well as senior PhD students are encouraged to present their ideas to the PhD Symposium for review. This is a unique opportunity to receive feedback on their work from experienced researchers as well as other senior PhD students working in related research areas. All applications and submissions are looked over by the Symposium Program Committee. This committee includes other experienced researches. These people are able to help the applicants and guide them in their work. [9] Researchers and practitioners are also encouraged to submit their new and innovative work-in-progress. Providing them with a unique opportunity to gain feedback from their peers in an informal setting, the Poster Track provides its presenters invaluable feedback from knowledgeable sources as well as other conference attendees with an opportunity to learn about novel ongoing research projects whose results already appear promising, despite their incompletion. [10]

Lastly, the Conference allows for a series of co-located workshops to its attendees dedicated to emergent Web topics. These workshops work to not only create an open dialogue amongst all researchers and practitioners of Web technologies but also a potential means of collaboration in present and future endeavors. [10]

List of conference editions

Past and future conferences include: [11]

YearConferenceCityCountry
2025 WWW2025 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2024 WWW2024 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2023 WWW2023 Austin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2022 WWW2022 Online (due to COVID-19 pandemic; was scheduled for Lyon)Flag of France.svg  France
2021 WWW2021 Online (due to COVID-19 pandemic; was scheduled for Ljubljana)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2020 WWW2020 Online (due to COVID-19 pandemic; was scheduled for Taipei)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
2019 WWW2019 San Francisco Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2018 WWW2018 Lyon Flag of France.svg  France [12]
2017 WWW2017 Perth Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2016 WWW2016 Montreal [13] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2015 WWW2015 Florence Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2014 WWW2014 Seoul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2013 WWW2013 Rio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2012 WWW2012 Lyon Flag of France.svg  France
2011 WWW2011 Hyderabad Flag of India.svg  India
2010 WWW2010 Raleigh, North Carolina Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2009 WWW2009 Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2008 WWW2008 Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2007 WWW2007 Banff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2006 WWW2006 Edinburgh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2005 WWW2005 Chiba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2004 WWW2004 New York Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2003 WWW2003 Budapest Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2002 WWW2002 Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Honolulu, Hawaii Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2001 WWW10 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
2000 WWW9 Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1999 WWW8 Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1998 WWW7 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1997 WWW6 Santa Clara Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1996 WWW5 Paris Flag of France.svg  France
1995 (December) WWW4 Boston Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1995 (April)WWW3 Darmstadt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1994 (October) Mosaic and the Web (later WWW2) Chicago Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1994 (May) WWW1 Geneva Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

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