Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a graduate of Oxford University, invented the Web while at CERN in 1989. He wrote the first web client and server in 1990. His specifications of URIs, HTTP and HTML were refined as Web technology spread. In 2001 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2004 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth and in 2007 he was awarded the Order of Merit. He is the Founder and Director of the World Wide Consortium (W3C) and the World Wide Web Foundation. He is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Oxford University. His research group at CSAIL works on the Solid Project to give people control of their own data and to re-decentralize the Web.
In April 2017, Sir Tim was awarded the ACM A.M. Turing Prize for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale. The Turing Prize, called the “Nobel Prize of Computing” is considered one of the most prestigious awards in Computer Science.
Sir Tim is a long time defender of Net Neutrality and the openness of the Web.
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Techonomy 24: Leading with Intelligence
Our featured annual retreat hosted in November 2024 includes business and tech executives, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and top academics at Techonomy 24 for deep and provocative dives into the consequential issues of our time. This three-day multidisciplinary, highly interactive retreat will help leaders prepare for a better future.
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Techonomy 18
Techonomy 2018 was a probing, wide-ranging conversation about the tech-inflected issues that affect business and our world. This year’s theme was Harnessing Tech for Responsible Growth, and as always we addressed many of the issues facing leaders today.
