In March 1989 Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist working at CERN, submitted a proposal to develop a radical new way of linking and sharing information over the internet. The document was entitled Information Management: A Proposal. And so the web was born.
The first website at CERN – and in the world – was dedicated to the World Wide Web project itself. Last April CERN initiated a project to restore the first website, and to bring back the spirit of that time through its technical innovation and the founding principles of openness and freedom.
In 1993 CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. CERN made the next release available with an open licence, as a more sure way to maximise its dissemination. Through these actions, making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish.
Now Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the World Wide Web Foundation are launching a series of initiatives to mark the 25th anniversary of the original proposal.
In addition, Berners-Lee and the Web Foundation are launching “The web we want” campaign to promote a global dialogue and change in public policy to ensure that the web remains an open, free, accessible medium – so that everyone on the planet can participate in the free flow of knowledge, ideas and creativity online.
About Webat25.org
Launched 12 March 2014, this is the official anniversary site hosted by the World Wide Web Consortium and the World Wide Web Foundation to honor that important event.
Upcoming Events
RPI Colloquy: Creating Clarity in Complexity to Enable Transformational Change
Troy, New York
Tim Berners-Lee, Virginia M. Rometty, and Marie-Claire King will join Rensselaer President…
The Webby Awards 2014
New York, NY
The Webby Awards in conjunction with The International Academy of Digital Arts and…
Web @ 25 – Celebrating 25 years of the Web
Fribourg, Switzerland
W3C Members Ontos and Publiwide are organizing an anniversary-themed event in Fribourg,…
A Celebration of Web Science – past, present and future
London, England
At the occasion of the Web’s 25th birthday, the University of Southampton is hosting a…
Futur en Seine: Web at 25
Paris, France
Futur en Seine is an international festival for everyone who is interested in the future of…
WIC 2014 – Web Intelligence Congress
Warsaw, Poland
WIC 2014 as a whole provides a leading international forum that brings together researchers…
Southbank Centre – The UK’s ‘Web We Want’ festival
Southbank Centre, London, England
Inspired by the pioneering work of the World Wide Web Foundation and the global ‘Web We…
ParisWeb 2014
Montrouge, France
Paris Web, la conférence francophone des gens qui font le web
W3C 20th Anniversary Symposium
Santa Clara, California
W3C will celebrate 20 years of leading the Web to its full potential with a 3-hour…
The Web Is …
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
From the site: “The web can inspire, educate and entertain and so will our 16 speakers.…
Your Web, Your Movement
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
The Web We Want campaign is responding to threats to the future of the Web with a practical and positive vision — unleashing the power of people from around the world to defend, claim and change a Web that is for everyone. We aim to bring about real change at a national and global level.
Rooted in the vision of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the goals of social justice, the campaign was started by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, on UN Human Rights Day in Geneva.
You could help us make a differenc: http://www.webwewant.org
