WWW7 - THE
GATHERING PLACE The International World Wide Web Conference Series
is one of the world's largest and most prestigious Web events to be held
annually. The seventh conference (WWW7)
in the series will be the first to be held down under in Australia. The
five-day event will take place in Queensland's sub-tropical capital city,
Brisbane.
WWW7 is expected to attract thousands of delegates, from technical and managerial Web experts, to computer scientists, educators, academics, business people and entrepreneurs, all exploring the leading edge of Web technology. The associated exhibition, PC-IT`98 Brisbane, is expected to attract around 25,000 visitors. Conference topics include protocol developments and standards; Web security; virtual reality; Java; information discovery; Web-based education and training; electronic commerce; Web-based business models; and intranet applications on the Web. The conference aims to foster Web development by exchanging ideas about the underlying technology; and and its commercial potential. It will focus on original research resuls and ideas, striking new sofware, innovative applications and scholarly critique and analysis. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Web co-founder Mr Tim Berners-Lee and Dr James Gosling, Vice-president of Sun Microsystems, developer of Java, are amoung the confirmed keynote speakers. For more information, Email:info@www7.conf.au and |
DEVELOPERS' DAY
Developers' Day aims to foster Web development by providing a forum
to exchange ideas about the underlying technology. Developers Day will
focus on contributions in the form of:
Important Dates:
For more information, email:developer@www7.conf.au and /dday.html |
BUSINESS STREAM Designed for business people, the program will be tailored around the topics and issues which Australian chief executive officers and chief financial officers recently identified as their most important business objectives. Senator Richard Alston, Australia's Minister for Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts, will be guest speaker. For more information email:businessday@www7.conf.au |
SPONSORSHIP
Sponsorship opportunities are available for businesses who want to be associated
with the most exciting Web event Australia has ever seen.
The conference will attract thousands of delegates and industry representatives. The PC-IT `98 Brisbane exhibition being held in conjunction with WWW7 is expected to attract around 25,000 representatives. There is a wide range of WWW7 sponsorship opportunities for all types and sizes of organisations. This is an opportunity to showcase your organisation as part of the biggest World Wide Web meeting in the world. For more information, email:sponsorship@www7.conf.au |
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES A comprehensive range of tourist activities in and around the Brisbane area will be available for WWW7 conference attendees' families and partners. April weather in Brisbane is perfect for water sports, bush walking, theme parks, swimming, sight seeing and shopping. Brisbane and its surrounds offer visitors many and varied activities. The holiday playgrounds of the Gold and Sunshine coasts and tropical highlands are within an easy drive of Brisbane. Some useful URL's are: http://www.brisbaneonthenet.com/ http://www.atn.com.au/ http://www.ansett.com.au/ For more information, email:ozaccom@eis.net.au and http://www.ozaccom.com.au/online/www.htm |
INTERNET CAFE A Internet cafe, expected to be the largest in the world, will be part of WWW7. The expected 500-terminal cafe will feature great coffee and fast Web access. The café will be connected via a broadband network and will showcase leading-edge Web and new media technology. For more information, email:info@www7.conf.au |
THE GATHERING PLACE
-- WWW7 CONFERENCE LOGO The WWW7 logo was specifically commissioned for the conference. Teresa Yasserie designed "The Gathering Place" with the three `W's' representing the World Wide Web and the conference series. It incorporates common symbols in Aboriginal Australian artworks. The three circles represent the place where Aborigines gather for meetings. White indicates that the meeting is not indigenous, but the smaller black dots refer to indigenous influences. The earth-coloured dots are a reflection of the Australian land. The WWWs are in a U formation indicating people sitting around the meeting place. |
PC-IT`98 BRISBANE, Australian Exhibition Services' annual computer exhibition will be held in conjunction with WWW7 and have a very strong Web focus. A major highlight of the expo will be World Wide Web World - a special feature zone for Internet service providers, Web-page designers and IT companies involved with net utilities, Internet, Intranet services, email or modems wishing to promote their products and services. World Wide Web World will make it easy for visitors to find Web products and services of interest to them. As Brisbane's premier IT exhibition, PC-IT'98 will attract businesses, professional computer users, and government and trade buyers. AES, Australia's leading exhibition company, expects 25,000 to attend PC-IT`98. For more information, email:exhibition@www7.conf.au and http://www/ausexhibit.com.au |
CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
Brisbane's bid for the conference was won by a consoritum of leading Australian Web technology orgnaisations based in Queensland and New South Wales. Charles Sturt University
Distributed Systems Technology Centre
Prentice Centre
Queensland Information Industries
Branch
Southern Cross University
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THE VENUE - BRISBANE - ACCOMMODATION Brisbane is Australia's sunniest capital city, set in a subtropical environment with the Brisbane River flowing next to the conference venue, the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. The city's accommodation ranges from five-star hotels to backpacker hostels within an easy walk of the Convention Centre. Five-star accommodation includes the Conrad International Hotel, part of the Treasury Casino complex, The Hilton Hotel and the Sheraton Brisbane Hotel & Towers. A train station is next to the convention centre and a regular bus service joins the city's hotels and Convention Centre. Seven inner-city Brisbane hotels offer four-star accommodation; one is connected via walkways to the convention centre. For three-star accommodation, there are 10 inner-city Brisbane hotels from which to chose. Four are a five-to-10-minute walk from the conference venue. Self-contained apartment with kitchen facilities and backpackers' accommodation are also available. For more information contact WWW7's official accommodation agent Ozaccom, email:ozaccom@eis.net.au and http://www.ozaccom.com.au/online/www.htm |
THE CONFERENCE SERIES The WWW7 program will focus on the evolution and interoperability of the at three levels - hardware and software architecture; user interfaces; and social and technological policies. The International World Wide Web Conference Series was started in 1994 by Web co-developer Robert Cailliau who is current chairperson of the International World Wide Web Conference Committee, IW3C2. Past conferences have been held in Europe and the United States, with WWW7 the first in the southern hemisphere. The World Wide Web consortium, W3C, the global body committed to developing a neutral, open forum for the evolution of Web technology. Web co-developer, Tim Berners-Lee is Director of W3C, and a conference speaker. This global consortium is made up of more than 200 companies concerned with maintaining the interoperability and evolution of the Web. W3C presents its work at one major conference each year and in 1998 it will be WWW7. WWW7offers opportunities for sponsorship, exhibition space, tutorial and workshop presentations, panels, Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings, keynote addresses, and poster presentations. |
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Call for Submissions
Important Dates
Scope
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Commerical | Academic | Student | |
Tutorials /Workshops | $ 395 | $ 295 | $ 250 |
Developers' Day | $ 395 | $ 295 | $ 250 |
Business Stream | $ 395 | $ 295 | $ 250 |
Technical Program | $ 995 | $ 795 | $ 400 |
Passport | $1650 | $1250 | $ 800 |
Commerical | Academic | Student | |
Tutorials/Workshops | $ 450 | $ 350 | $ 300 |
Developers' Day | $ 450 | $ 350 | $ 300 |
Business Stream | $ 450 | $ 350 | $ 300 |
Technical Program | $1,150 | $ 950 | $ 500 |
Passport | $1,950 | $1,550 | $1,000 |
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For the lowest airfares book with the official conference airline. Australia/Asia Ansett Australia - Domestic - Phone: 131300 - International - Local Ansett Australia office QUOTE - mc07212 Europe Singapore Airlines - International - Phone: Local Singapore Airlines office QUOTE - WWW7 New Zealand For New Zealand delegates, Stars Travel have been appointed as the exclusive travel agent to the event. Stars Travel will be able to assist delegates with the special airfares and services available when flying Air New Zealand to WWW7. Stars Travel, Auckland - Peter Anderson - Phone: 09 377 5839 or 0800 943355 North America Destination World, Santa Barbara, CA - Lynette Wilson - Phone: (800) 426-3644 Fax: (805) 569-3795 International delegates traveling to/from Australia will be offered the best individual fare available at the time of booking or a group fare when a specific group delegation is co-ordinated from the country of origin. Delegates who wish to avail themselves of other travel arrangements are encouraged to travel with one of our other partner airlines Lufthansa, United Airlines, Thai, ANA All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific, Lauda - Air, South African Airways and Malaysia Airlines. General Information email to : info@www7.conf.au |
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