Hypertext News

The Return of the Prodigal Web

Manchester is proud host to the 2007 Hypertext Conference, the 18th in an international series of conferences which has seen the birth and revolutionary impact of the hypertext system that has changed our lives - the World Wide Web.

The Conference will be opened by Prof Carole Goble, the pioneer of hypertext and the Semantic Web, whose work also embraces the emerging social web known as Web 2.0. "As the Web has evolved we have seen exciting developments in different parts of the research community", said Prof Goble, "It's now time for everyone to bring these back together".

Prof Goble is uniquely qualified to tell this story. Building on Manchester's world-leading Semantic Web expertise and the principles of Web 2.0, her team has designed and delivered software which is used by scientists worldwide on an everyday basis. "We have shown that the Semantic Web gives us the infrastructure to enable new scientific discoveries, but ultimately it's about people and this is the power of Web 2.0".

Prof Goble believes that we are now ready to realise - and transcend - the original visions of hypertext and hopes that her talk will act as a call to arms. "Let's grasp the opportunity, embrace the returning son and celebrate."

Labels: Carole Goble, HT07, keynote

posted by: Publicity Chair on Thursday, September 06, 2007