The International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee
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The International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee (abbreviated as IW3C2 also written as IW3C2) is a professional non-profit organization registered in Switzerland which promotes Web research and development. The IW3C2 organizes and hosts the annual World Wide Web Conference
in conjunction with the W3C.
The IW3C2 was founded by Joseph Hardin
and Robert Cailliau
at a meeting held in Boston
on August 14, 1994 to prepare for the upcoming Second International World Wide Web Conference in Chicago
. The IW3C2 formally became an incorporated
entity in May 1996 at the fifth conference in Paris
, France
.
The organization is governed by laws of the Swiss Confederation and the By-laws.
by working with endorsed conferences on cross-promotion, publicity and programs.
The followings are the founding members:
World Wide Web Conference
The International World Wide Web Conference is a yearly international academic conference on the topic of the future direction of the World Wide Web...
in conjunction with the W3C.
The IW3C2 was founded by Joseph Hardin
Joseph Hardin
Colonel Joseph Hardin, Sr. Hardin was an Assemblyman for the North Carolina Colony. During the War for Independence, as a member of the militia from Tryon County, Hardin fought the Cherokee allies of Britain along the western frontier...
and Robert Cailliau
Robert Cailliau
Robert Cailliau , born 26 January 1947, is a Belgian informatics engineer and computer scientist who, together with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, developed the World Wide Web.-Biography:...
at a meeting held in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
on August 14, 1994 to prepare for the upcoming Second International World Wide Web Conference in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. The IW3C2 formally became an incorporated
Incorporation (business)
Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation . The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organisation, sports club, or a government of a new city or town...
entity in May 1996 at the fifth conference in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The organization is governed by laws of the Swiss Confederation and the By-laws.
Abbreviation
The abbreviation for the International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee as IW3C2 is as follow:- I- The I is represents the leading I in International.
- W3- The W3 represents the three 3 leading W's in World Wide Web.
- C2- The C2 represents the three 2 leading C's in Conferences Comittee.
Mission
The purposes of the IW3C2 are:- To set up the organization of international technical and scientific conferences of excellence regarding the World Wide Web in order to maintain and extend research and collaboration in the development and evolution of an open World Wide Web.
- To ensure a balance of conference sites over the world.
- To make information arising from these conferences and forums permanently and openly available on the widest possible scale.
- To preserve the history of the conferences.
- To encourage the global development of the World Wide Web.
- To provide a permanent, broad-based international body to achieve these purposes.
Conferences
The conferences are organized by the IW3C2 in collaboration with local organizing committees and technical program committees. The series provides an open forum in which all opinions can be presented, subject to a strict process of peer review.Endorsed Conferences
The IW3C2 has endorsed regional conferences devoted to a special topic of the WebWorld Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
by working with endorsed conferences on cross-promotion, publicity and programs.
Membership
Members of the IW3C2 are ordinary members, ex-officio members, non-voting members, and officers.Ordinary Members
Ordinary members are elected for a period of 3 years during a general meeting. Members can be re-elected only after at least one year of absence.The followings are the founding members:
- Jean-François Abramatic
- Tim Berners-LeeTim Berners-LeeSir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, , also known as "TimBL", is a British computer scientist, MIT professor and the inventor of the World Wide Web...
- Robert Cailliau
- Dale Dougherty
- Ira Goldstein
- Joseph Hardin
- Tim Krauskopf
- Detlef Krömker
- Corinne Moore
- R.P.Channing Rodgers
- Albert Vezza
- Stuart Weibel
- Yuri Rubinsky (died prior to incorporation)