Why Study the Web? Social Machines and the Virtual Revolution

Location: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, UK

The Web Science Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Southampton has teamed up with the Web Science Trust to promote opportunities to study the new discipline of Web Science.

Dr Aleks Krotoski, presenter of BBC's "The Virtual Revolution", Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, Professor Nigel Shadbolt, Government Information Adviser, and leading experts discuss the future of the Web and why we need to study it now.

18:30 Refreshments available

19:00 Professor Nigel Shadbolt (University of Southampton): What is Web Science?

19:10 Panel Discussion

Dr Aleks Krotoski, Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee (MIT), Professor Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University), Professor Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute), JP Rangaswami (BT)

20:10 Opportunities to study Web Science

Professor Dame Wendy Hall (University of Southampton), Professor Jim Hendler (Rensselaer Polytechic Institute), Professor Bill Dutton (Oxford Internet Institute)

20:30 Close

For more information about the Web Science Doctoral Training Centre please visit http://webscience.ecs.soton.ac.uk/dtc/

To contact the organisers, email info@webscience.org

Studying Web Science in the UK

• Doctoral Training Centre for Web Science at the University of Southampton, http://webscience.ecs.soton.ac.uk/dtc/
• Oxford Internet Institute, http://oii.ox.ac.uk/
• Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh, http://www.stis.ed.ac.uk/

Studying Web Science in the US