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Subject: [WWW2002-ANNOUNCE:7] First Announcement of WWW2002 Program Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 07:17:37 -1000 From: WWW2002 Announcements www2002@www2002.org To: WWW2002 in Hawaii May 7-11 announce@www2002.org

WWW2002 is delighted to unveil many of the program details that will, once again, affirm the International World Wide Web Conference as the most important and meaningful Web conference of the year. And while much of the program is set, there are still many ways you can actively participate. Please read on for details and deadlines.

Our Featured Speakers will include: Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and... Richard DeMillo, VP and CTO of Hewlett-Packard and ... Ian Foster, Leader and Innovator in Grid Computing and... Pam Samuelson, McArthur Fellow and... Alfred Spector, IBM Research VP and... Read more about them at: http://www2002.org/speakers.html

Our International Program Committee has largely completed its work. WWW2002 received an increased number of paper submittals, and the committee reports that the quality of the accepted papers has gone up once again. The full list of accepted refereed papers is available at: http://www2002.org/refpapers.html

Many of the Alternate Tracks have also completed their selections, and a listing of the accepted papers is online at: http://www2002.org/altpapers.html

WWW2002 is committed to providing lively panels around key topics surrounding the web and has assembled a full array of panels, including a featured panel on The Semantic Grid. Panels are available for review at: http://www2002.org/panels.html

Information about the world-class pre-conference tutorials and workshops are available at: http://www2002.org/halfdaytutorials.html http://www2002.org/fulldaytutorials.html http://www2002.org/fulldayworkshops.html

And you can learn more about what to expect on Developers Day May 11 at: http://www2002.org/devday.html In addition, Tim Berners-Lee will join DevDay 2002, as he did at the exceptionally well-received WWW9 DevDay in Amsterdam. People interested in proposing to present at DevDay may still contact the DevDay chair or DevDay Track Leaders.

Secure web registration is now available at: https://www0.hawaii.edu/www2002/regonline/ and it's always best to register early before the Early Bird deadline of 28 Feb!

Wondering how you can more actively participate? WWW2002 is still accepting proposals in several important areas.

Poster proposals highlighting latebreaking work and projects in progress can be submitted until February 15 at: http://www2002.org/cfp-posters.html

WWW2002 will be bringing back BoF (Birds of a Feather) sessions. The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW), one of our WWW2002 Conference Partners, has already scheduled a BoF. You can submit your ideas at: http://www2002.org/bofs.html

The Deadline for submittal of short papers to the Practice & Experience track is 28 February. http://www2002.org/cfp-practice.html

The Vendors Track submission deadline is 4 March. http://www2002.org/cfp-vendors.html

People interested in proposing to present at DevDay should contact devday@www2002.org.

And of course, WW2002 welcomes sponsorship from companies interested in supporting the development of one Web for everyone. Let us know at sponsors@www2002.org.

On behalf of the the entire WWW2002 team, we look forward to welcoming you to Hawaii!

Aloha, David Lassner Conference Chair

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