Host a Conference
WWW Conferences follow a 3-year cycle of being hosted in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Although uncommon, it is possible to deviate from this cycle if there is a very strong bid. IW3C2 seeks to have bids closed at least 3 years before the conference takes place. The decision process follows the timetable below (the example given is for 2015):
| Event | Bidding opens for year x | Short list selected for presentation | Bids presented at WWW conference meeting | Bid selected at 2nd semester meeting | Letter of Intent signed; shadow planning starts | Run booth at previous conference | Conference date |
| Delay (months) relative to conference date | -42 | -39 | -36 | -30 | -24 | -12 | 0 |
| Example | 2011/11/15 | 2012/02/15 | 2012/05/15 | 2012/11/15 | 2013/05/15 | 2014/05/05 | 2015/05/15 |
The final decision is made either at the meeting during the WWW conference 3 years before the proposed date, or during the second semester meeting of that same year.
There is a formal procedure for an academic institute or consortium to apply to host an IW3C2 WWW Conference. If you are interested, please read the Conference Guide and fill out the application, making it available to the IW3C2 on the Web. We encourage parties interested in hosting a Conference to notify the IW3C2 chair (currently Mary Ellen Zurko) and the Conference Bids liason (currently Daniel Schwabe, bids a-t iw3c2 d_o_t org) as soon as possible. Please indicate which year(s) you are interested in.
We hold a Conference once a year. The status of the next Conferences is:
WWW2011
Hyderabad, India.
- Krithi Ramamritham, IIT-Bombay
Sadagopan S, IIIT-Bangalore
Liaison: Arun K Iyengar
WWW2012
Lyon, France.
- Luc Mariaux, Université de Lyon
Alain Mille, Université de Lyon
Liaison: Ivan Herman
WWW2013
Decided. Rio, Brazil (* provisional - subject to contract)
Liaison: Bebo White
WWW2014 and future conference bids
Interested bidders are encouraged to contact "bids at iw3c2 dot org" at any time, after reading the basic information here. The Bids Liaison (Daniel Schwabe) is available to interact with interested parties in order to improve expressions of interest to the point that they constitute a complete bid proposal. For actual bid selection, IW3C2 follows a formal bidding cycle described above, which starts in November of each year.
Please see the Conference Guide.
Bids Liaison:
- Daniel Schwabe
Dep. de Informática, PUC-Rio
R. M. de S. Vicente, 225, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22453-900
Tels. +55 21 3114 1500 x. 4356 - Email: bids at iw3c2 dot org