-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: The Web Conference 2020 Newsletter (1st Edition) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 03:29:08 +0000 From: newsletter@iw3c2.org To: newsletter@iw3c2.org newsletter@iw3c2.org
The Web Conference 2020 April 20 - 24, 2020 Taipei
*** The Web Conference 2020 Newsletter (1st Edition) ***
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The early bird registration deadline for The Web Conference 2020 is fast approaching. Please register by **February 20, 2020** to take advantage of the lowest registration prices available.
Register at https://conference2020.sysinfo.com.tw/ .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Announcement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan, the 2019-nCoV is not trending in Taiwan. No travel alert is issued internationally. Moreover, strict monitoring is in progress.
The Web Conference 2020 will be convened in Taipei as scheduled, with seamless resource integration and thorough prevention safeguards fully in operation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many different events and programs of the conference are now finalized. You can see the current state of the schedule at https://www2020.thewebconf.org/schedule .
Note that this year we have introduced 5 full day tracks that we encourage you to familiarize yourself with: * The BIG: https://www2020.thewebconf.org/program#big * The Future of the Web: https://www2020.thewebconf.org/program#future-of-the-web * The Web of Health: https://www2020.thewebconf.org/program#web-of-health * The AIoT: Coming soon * The Web@30: Coming soon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notifications for Research Track submissions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We will soon update the list of updated papers on the website.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Workshops and Tutorials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The schedule for Workshops and Tutorials is up: Workshops: https://www2020.thewebconf.org/program#workshops Tutorials: https://www2020.thewebconf.org/program#tutorials
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Social Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To experience the cultural essences of Taipei, we encourage you to follow more details on the Social Events page. Note that some of these events have very limitedn space availability and we encourage you to RSVP for them soon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excursions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As you are planning your stay in Taipei during April 2020, we encourage you to keep an eye on the Excursions page where we post events outside of the usual conference schedule that may be of interest to you. Note that some of these events have very limited space availability and we encourage you to RSVP for them soon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Accommodation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A reminder that if you need accommodation during the conference, we encourage you to reserve it ASAP. The accommodation prices in Taipei are high and they can increase even further as we approach the month of April.
We have negotiated a limited number of highly discounted rooms at the Grand Hyatt Taipei that we encourage you to take advantage of. You can reserve your room today by going to https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/taiwan/grand-hyatt-taipei/taigh?corp_id=G-... .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsorship ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are grateful to the following organizations who are sponsoring the conference during 2020: * Platinum: Quanta Computer, Taiwan Mobile * Gold: Chunghwa Telecom, Microsoft * Silver: FET * Bronze: Yahoo Research
If your organization wants to support the conference, we very much welcome that and we encourage you to visit https://www2020.thewebconf.org/become-a-sponsor .
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* Also visit https://www2020.thewebconf.org/ for more information
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