World Wide Web 2012
Lyon Convention Centre
Designed by Renzo Piano, one of the world’s leading contemporary architects, the Cité internationale boasts almost a kilometre of bold facades in the northeast of Lyon, covering a surface area of almost 50 acres.
Despite its modern look and its clean lines, the Cité internationale’s identity is strongly influenced by nature. Nestling between the Parc de la Tête d’Or and the Rhône, the site was designed and completed with an approach geared towards sustainable development and with special attention being paid to public areas and reduced energy consumption.
Here the Lyon Convention Centre has found its home base. Offering customers a real all in one event complex, it has gradually become one of the spearheads of business tourism in Lyon.
Convention Center key figures
500 hotel rooms
14 bars and restaurants
100 companies
1 concierge service
1 museum
10 cinema theatres
1 casino
300 accommodation units
3 underground car parks with 3 350 spaces
260 acres of parkland Shops
GPS coordinates: 45°47.0829′ N, 4°51.1488′ E
http://www2012.wwwconference.org/?page_id=80
Cité Centre de Congrès – Lyon
Cité internationale
50, quai Charles de Gaulle
69463 Lyon cedex 06 – France
The World Wide Web was first conceived in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The first conference of the series, WWW1, was held at CERN in 1994 and organized by Robert Cailliau. The IW3C2 was founded by Joseph Hardin and Robert Cailliau later in 1994 and has been responsible for the conference series ever since. Except for 1994 and 1995 when two conferences were held each year, WWWn became an annual event held in late April or early May. The location of the conference rotates among North America, Europe, and Asia. In 2001 the conference designator changed from a number (1 through 10) to the year it is held; i.e., WWW11 became known as WWW2002, and so on.
The WWW Conference series aims to provide the world a premier forum for discussion and debate about the evolution of the Web, the standardization of its associated technologies, and the impact of those technologies on society and culture. The conferences bring together researchers, developers, users and commercial ventures – indeed all who are passionate about the Web and what it has to offer.
The conferences are organized by the IW3C2 in collaboration with Local Organizing Committees and Technical Program Committees. The series provides an open forum in which all opinions can be presented, subject to a strict process of peer review.
To know more about participants and keynotes speakers visit the conference website http://www2012.wwwconference.org/?page_id=1804
Lyon Convention Centre
Designed by Renzo Piano, one of the world’s leading contemporary architects, the Cité internationale boasts almost a kilometre of bold facades in the northeast of Lyon, covering a surface area of almost 50 acres.
Despite its modern look and its clean lines, the Cité internationale’s identity is strongly influenced by nature. Nestling between the Parc de la Tête d’Or and the Rhône, the site was designed and completed with an approach geared towards sustainable development and with special attention being paid to public areas and reduced energy consumption.
Here the Lyon Convention Centre has found its home base. Offering customers a real all in one event complex, it has gradually become one of the spearheads of business tourism in Lyon.
Convention Center key figures
500 hotel rooms
14 bars and restaurants
100 companies
1 concierge service
1 museum
10 cinema theatres
1 casino
300 accommodation units
3 underground car parks with 3 350 spaces
260 acres of parkland Shops
GPS coordinates: 45°47.0829′ N, 4°51.1488′ E
http://www2012.wwwconference.org/?page_id=80
Cité Centre de Congrès – Lyon
Cité internationale
50, quai Charles de Gaulle
69463 Lyon cedex 06 – France