Web Science Workshop

12/13 September 2005

The British Computer Society

Davidson Building

5 Southampton Street

London WC2E 7HA

Chairs:

Tim Berners-Lee

Wendy Hall

Organising Committee:

Jim Hendler

Nigel Shadbolt

Daniel Weitzner

Participants:

Hal Abelson

Mark Ackerman

David De Roure

Bill Dutton

Dieter Fensel

Joan Feigenbaum

Carole Goble

Pat Hayes

Craig Knoblock

Ora Lassila

Robin Milner

Kieron O’Hara

Guus Schreiber

Henry Thompson

Lesley Thompson

Yorick Wilks

Jonathan Zittrain

Monday 12 September

0900 – 1000 Registration & Coffee

1000-1030 Welcome by Tim Berners-Lee and Wendy Hall

1030-1115 Introductions and discussion of Workshop goals

1115-1200 Lynchpin Talk by Hal Abelson

1200-1315 Panel: Representation (or not) on the Web

Nigel Shadbolt

Carole Goble

Pat Hayes

Craig Knoblock

Guus Schreiber

Henry Thompson

1315-1415 LUNCH

1415-1500 Lynchpin Talk by Yorick Wilks

1500-1530 Refreshment break

1530-1645 Panel: Public Policy and Architecture

Daniel Weitzner

Mark Ackerman

Joan Feigenbaum

Kieron O’Hara

Jonathan Zittrain

1645-1715 Discussion

1715-1730 Planning for Day Two

1930 Private Dinner at The Athenaeum

107 Pall Mall

Tuesday 13 September

0930-1000 Arrival and Coffee

1000-1045 Lynchpin Talk by Robin Milner

1045-1200 Panel: Large Scale Decentralised (Information) Systems

Jim Hendler

David De Roure

Dieter Fensel

Wendy Hall

Ora Lassila

1200-1300 LUNCH

1300-1400 Reflection on 15 years and 1.5 days by Tim Berners-Lee

1400-1700 Discussion and report writing