Schedule of Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

MONDAY, April 7, 1997

Tutorials Accessing the Experts

As in past International World Wide Web Conferences, Monday will be dedicated to accessing the experts that do the web every day. Come learn from the "masters" how to do the things they do well. Tutorials will be offered all day Monday, in full-day and half-day sessions. Tutorials are an additional cost above Conference Registration.

Workshops Pushing the Standards

Once again we'll gather the folks who are pushing the standards for the World Wide Web and put them in rooms together so they can come to some new and wondrous solutions for us all. Workshops will be held by designated individuals who will invite the most knowledgeable in their subject area to meet and discuss the issues. Results of the workshops will be reported on Developer's Day (see Friday). Workshop attendance requires a registration fee above Conference Registration.

SuperBOFs Accessing others like you!

Not to be outdone by other conferences, the 6th WWW Conference will be featuring BOFs of a bigger size! What we envision here is a meeting place for users groups and others. If you have a group related to the web and would like to use this forum for a meeting place, you can submit a proposal to do so. Just send mail to BOF Coordinator. We already have the HTML Writer's Guild scheduled. BOF attendance is included in the Conference Registration.

Technology Pavilion/Exhibition Gala Opening Access fun!

Monday evening is the official opening of the Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall. We will be featuring Posters for the Conference that evening as well as a chance to mingle with the technologists and exhibitors before the hall is open to the public (later in the week). Wine and cheese will be served and the opening should give you a chance to settle in before the big week officially begins Tuesday morning. The Gala Opening is included in the Conference Registration. Additional tickets for companions may be purchased.

Exhibitors may now reference our Call for Exhibitors to register for space.

TUESDAY, April 8, 1997

Opening Plenary Accessing the World: Everyone

Our opening plenary will feature Mae Jemison, former Shuttle Astronaut and now Director of the Jemison Institute, and Thomas Kalil, Director to the National Economic Council. They will address the needs of accessibility by the many. Whether it be the under-privileged or the disabled, information accessibility is an issue we should all find note-worthy. We hope to set the tone of the conference at our opening keynote as one of exploration of the opportunities to expand accessibility.

Papers and Panels Access the latest Research

Papers and Panels will be presented most of the rest of the day on Tuesday, with the necessary breaks for caffeine and foodstuffs. Lunch will be served.

Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall Access the Technology

Come see the latest tricks of the trade, some you've never heard of before. See how accessible your site could be. See what these new networked web computers could mean to you! Accessibility like you've never imagined. Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall entrance is included with Conference Registration but can also be purchased separately.

Exhibitors may now reference our Call for Exhibitors to register for space.

SPECIAL EVENT: The Great America Event has moved to Wednesday evening.

WEDNESDAY, April 9, 1997

Opening Plenary Accessing the World Wide: Everything

Our Wednesday plenary will feature Raj Reddy, Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University. He will be discussing accessibility of information in the widest sense.

We also have Michael L. Dertouzos as a Wednesday morning keynote. Dr. Dertouzos, Director of the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT, will discuss his ideas on the future of information access.

Papers and Panels Access the latest Research

Papers and Panels will be presented most of the rest of the day on Thursday, with the necessary breaks for caffeine and foodstuffs. Lunch will be served in our Food Pavilion.

Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall Access the Technology

Come see the latest tricks of the trade, some you've never heard of before. See how accessible your site could be. See what these new networked web computers could mean to you! Accessibility like you've never imagined. Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall entrance is included with Conference Registration but can also be purchased separately.

Exhibitors may now reference our Call for Exhibitors to register for space.

SPECIAL EVENT: Great America Theme Park Access: Thrills

NOTE: This event has been rescheduled to Wednesday night (from Tuesday night).

Whether's it's dropping at freefall speeds on the Dropzone or doing several 360s on the latest 'coaster, thrills will be the word of the night. Paramount's Great America Theme Park is just across the street from the Convention Center, but light years away in the style of fun you will have. A few surprises are in store! Great America entrance is included with Conference Registration but additional passes may be purchased for companions.

THURSDAY, April 10, 1997

Opening Plenary Accessing the World Wide Web: Connected

Our Thursday plenary will feature speakers that will address Connectedness of all to everything. Come hear Howard Rheingold discuss his experiences with the Well and talk about his future for connecting all of us through the web. Following Rheingold's talk will be an unprecendented panel split between HyperText '97 (being held in the UK) and WWW6. Three panelists here, three there.

Following the Panel, Murray Maloney, of SoftQuad, will present the Yuri Rubinsky Memorial World Wide Web Award to a person who has contributed significantly to the development of the technology that supports the Web.

Papers and Panels Access the latest Research

Papers and Panels will be presented most of the rest of the day on Thursday, with the necessary breaks for caffeine and foodstuffs. Lunch will be served in our Food Pavilion.

Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall Access the Technology

Come see the latest tricks of the trade, some you've never heard of before. See how accessible your site could be. See what these new networked web computers could mean to you! Accessibility like you've never imagined. Technology Pavilion and Exhibit Hall entrance is included with Conference Registration but can also be purchased separately.

Exhibitors may now reference our Call for Exhibitors to register for space.

Closing Plenary Access the Future

John Gage, Mr. NetDay and Sun Microsystems' connection to national and international policy makers, will be speaking at our closing ceremonies. (The program previously had Paul Saffo scheduled to close, but due to unforeseen circumstances Paul has had to cancel).

The next speaker will be Gregg Vanderheiden of the Trace Center, who will give us a wrap-up on the week's events from the perspective of accessibility issues.

Bob Metcalfe, pundit extrordinaire, will be closing our session with his now famous (at least if you've been to any of the conferences he's done this for before) biting summary of conference events. Let's hope he has something nice to say! Expect a bit of a surprise from this session as well.

In addition, awards for best paper and tutorial will be presented and the baton will be passed to the next WWW conference, to be held in Brisbane, Australia in 98!

Thursday Evening Access: Freedom

Thursday evening you're free to peruse the area and discover your own space and place. The bay area has lots to offer!

FRIDAY, April 11, 1997

Plenary Session

Start the morning with an 8:30 am Wake-Up Call from Ted Nelson, live from Hypertext '97 in Southampton, UK.

Then, the opening plenary for Developer's Day and the History Day will highlight two featured speakers. First, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, will give his perspective on the history from a developer's standpoint.

Then we'll hear the international perspective, with a view from Prof. Shigeki Goto of Waseda University. Prof. Goto has been instrumental in getting technology into the hands of developers in Asia.

Developer's Day Accessing the Core of the Technology

We tailor the activities of Developer's Day to appeal primarily to the people and organizations who make the technology and tools that make it possible, ultimately, for content developers and end-users to use and experience the World-Wide Web.

Whether protocol designer or browser implementer; developer of tools for other developers, or of special end-user effects plug-ins these people and their organizations are the makers of the technology and tools. And in this day they seek to get and give information that will help them achieve their objectives.

But this is no small audience or simply a Super BOF! Attendence at Developer's Day in the last two conferences is reported at 60% of the Technical Program. And expectations are high for great content.

Boosting Our Collective IQ Access THE pioneer

Whether developer or historian, or someone just observing the day, you are invited to join us in a picnic in the plenary room with a true pioneer. Douglas Engelbart, mouse inventor and visionary, will describe for us ways in which we can contribute to the idea of boosting our collective IQ. The discussion will be held during lunch - bring yours to the Plenary Room.

History Day Access the Originals

Organized by the by the Web History Project, History Day brings together pioneers of the Web and hypermedia who will show historic software and sites using original hardware wherever possible. Hear from pioneers such as Ted Nelson, who coined the word "hypertext", and Douglas Englebart, the father of much of what we call computer-human interaction. History Day events will not only tell the little-known story of the Web's invention, but expose the modern Web community to the range of solutions which have been developed in the past - in the hope of making the Web a better tool for all of us. View the History Day program here or through ICE.

More information on History Day is available.

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