tim berners lee speaker

Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web. Leader & Visionary in the Future of Technology. One of TIME Magazine's "Top 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century"

Language:

English

Topics

Specific topics

Internet

Sir Tim Berners-Lee became the inventor of the World Wide Web in 1989 while working as a software engineer at CERN, the large particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. With many scientists participating in experiments at CERN and returning to their laboratories around the world, these scientists were eager to exchange data and results but had difficulties doing so. Sir Tim understood this need, and understood the unrealized potential of millions of computers connected together through the Internet.

Sir Tim documented what was to become the World Wide Web with the submission of a proposal specifying a set of technologies that would make the Internet truly accessible and useful to people. Despite initial setbacks and with perseverance, by October of 1990, he had specified the three fundamental technologies that remain the foundation of today’s Web (and which you may have seen appear on parts of your Web browser): HTML, URL, and HTTP.

He also wrote the first Web page editor/browser (“WorldWideWeb”) and the first Web server (“httpd“). By the end of 1990, the first Web page was served. By 1991, people outside of CERN joined the new Web community, and in April 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web technology would be available for anyone to use on a royalty-free basis.

Since that time, the Web has changed the world, arguably becoming the most powerful communication medium the world has ever known. Whereas only roughly one-third of the people on the planet are currently using the Web (and the Web Foundation aims to accelerate this growth substantially), the Web has fundamentally altered the way we teach and learn, buy and sell, inform and are informed, agree and disagree, share and collaborate, meet and love, and tackle problems ranging from putting food on our tables to curing cancer.

In 2007, Sir Tim recognized that the Web’s potential to empower people to bring about positive change remained unrealized by billions around the world. Announcing the formation of the World Wide Web Foundation, he once again confirmed his commitment to ensuring an open, free Web accessible and meaningful to all where people can share knowledge, access services, conduct commerce, participate in good governance and communicate in creative ways.

A graduate of Oxford University, Sir Tim teaches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering and in a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at CSAIL. He is a professor in the Electronics and Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton, UK, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and author of Weaving the Web and many other publications.

Related speakers

Brian Rashid

Brian Rashid

One of the world’s top branding and messaging experts.

Rafael Matesanz

Rafael Matesanz

Creator and founder of the National Transplant Organization

Eric O’Neill

Eric O’Neill

Former FBI Operative, expert in cybersecurity.

Toni Segarra

Toni Segarra

Publicist. Founding Partner of Alegre Roca.

Mohammad Mo Gawdat

Mohammad Mo Gawdat

Former Chief Business Officer at Google X. Author of Solve for Happy.

Sterling Hawkins

Sterling Hawkins

Internationally-recognized thought leader on innovation, transformational leadership and exponential growth.

Nigel Barlow

Nigel Barlow

Expert in creative thinking, innovation and strategy, best selling author

Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen

Disruptive Innovator. Artist and designer.
21st Century Renaissance man.

CONTRATAR CONFERENCIANTE








    Your data will be processed by THINKING HEADS GROUP, S.L. to manage your contact with us. Our registered office is located in Madrid, C/ Velázquez, 24 - 7th floor, C.P.:28001 and our is NIF B-83220475

    Adding your email address, means you have read and accepted the policy of How THINKING HEADS GROUP, S.L. treads your data and you consent the processing of your data.