International World Wide Web Conference Committee

International World Wide Web Conference Committee
Founded August 1994[1]
Founder Joseph Hardin and Robert Cailliau[2]
Type non-profit International Association[3]
Focus Development of the World Wide Web by hosting the annual World Wide Web Conference
Location
Area served
Earth
Owner IW3C2
Mission To promote excellence in and impact of research about the infrastructure and deployment of the World Wide Web. To support dissemination activities that engage researchers with other sectors of the Web community.[5]
Website http://www.iw3c2.org/

The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (abbreviated as IW3C2 also written as IW3C2) is a professional non-profit organization registered in Switzerland (Article 60ff of the Swiss Civil Code) that promotes World Wide Web research and development. The IW3C2 organizes and hosts the annual World Wide Web Conference in conjunction with the W3C.[3][1][2][5]

The IW3C2 was founded by Joseph Hardin and Robert Cailliau at a meeting held in Boston, United States, on August 14, 1994 to prepare for the upcoming Second International World Wide Web Conference in Chicago.[4] The IW3C2 formally became an incorporated entity in May 1996 at the fifth conference in Paris, France.[1]

The organization is governed by laws of the Swiss Confederation and the By-laws.[3][1]

Abbreviation

The abbreviation for the International World Wide Web Conference Committee as IW3C2 is as follow:

Mission

The mission of the IW3C2 is:[3]

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.[1] The proceedings of the conference are published in the ACM Digital Library.

Endorsed Conferences

The IW3C2 has endorsed regional conferences devoted to a special topic of the Web by working with endorsed conferences on cross-promotion, publicity and programs.[1]

Membership

Members of the IW3C2 are ordinary members, ex officio members, non-voting members, and officers.[3]

Ordinary Members

Ordinary members are elected for a period of 3 years during a general meeting. Members are nominated due to their recognition in the WWW community and represent themselves. Members can be re-elected only after at least one year of absence.[3]

The following are the founding members at the time when IW3C2 was officially incorporated in May 1996:[3]

The following are the current (April 2016) ordinary members:[3]

Ex Officio Members

Ex officio members are selected from the immediate past conference general co-chairs and from future conference co-chairs. Their term expires one year after the conference they organized. Ex officio members can be elected as ordinary members.[3]

The following are current (April 2016) ex officio members and the conference with which they are affiliated:

Officers

The IW3C2 officers consist of a chairperson, a vice-chair (chairperson-elect), a secretary, a treasurer, and other appointees. Officers are elected during a general meeting (usually at the annual WWW conference) and serve for one year. They can be re-elected an indefinite number of times.[3]

The Seoul Test of Time Award

This annual award, presented at the WWW conference, is made possible by a generous contribution from the organizers of WWW2014 (Seoul Korea). Recipients are determined by the IW3C2 and honor the author, or authors, of a paper presented at a previous WWW conference that has "stood the test of time." The first award, announced at WWW2015 (Florence Italy), recognized Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders of Google.[6] The recipients of the WWW2016 award are LinkIn scientist Dr. Badrul Sarwar and University of Minnesota professors George Karypis, Joseph Konstan, and John Riedl (posthumous) for their work in item-item collaborative filtering.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About". International World Wide Web Conference Committee. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Past and Future Conferences". ICW3C2. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "By-Laws of the International World Wide Web Conference Committee". International WWW Conference Committee. 1996-07-28. Archived from the original on 1997-01-03. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  4. 1 2 Petrie, Charles; Cailliau, Robert (November 1997). "Interview Robert Cailliau on the WWW Proposal: "How It Really Happened."". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Welcome". International World Wide Web Conference Committee. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.www2015.it/brin-and-page-win-the-first-seoul-test-of-time-award/
  7. ↑ http://www.iw3c2.org/updates/NewsRelease20160324.html

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