We invite the research community to submit nominations for the Seoul Test of Time Award, which will be presented at The ACM Web Conference 2023 in April-May 2023 in Austin, Texas. The award will be given to a paper that has been published in The Web Conference series, formerly known as WWW.

Inaugurated in 2015, the Seoul Test of Time Award is made possible by the generous contributions of the organizers of the WWW’2014 conference, held in Seoul, South Korea. A list of the previous award winners is available online.

This year, we will focus on papers that were published in the research track of the conference proceedings in 2013 or before, and which demonstrated a lasting significant scientific, technical, industrial, or social impact over the years.

If you intend to nominate a paper, you should have no conflict of interest with any of the authors of the paper. To nominate a paper, please upload it to EasyChair on or before Jan 20, 2023, completing the submission form as follows:

• Address for Correspondence: The nominator should enter their own details in that field.
• Author Information: The nominator should enter their own details in that field.
• Title and Abstract: The nominator should enter the title of the paper in the Title field and use the abstract field for their supporting case. The case should include evidence of significant scientific, technical, industrial, and social impact, including citation counts from DBLP or Google Scholar (supported by a link). Finally, the nominator should indicate whether they would like their identity to remain confidential.
• Keywords: The nominator should select at least three keywords (one per line) characterizing the submission.
• No COI: The nominator must check this checkbox to confirm the absence of a Conflict of Interest with all authors of the nominated paper.
• Paper: Upload the PDF of the nominated paper as it appeared in the conference proceedings.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.

Thank you for your interest in The ACM Web Conference!

Ryen White,

on behalf of the Selection Committee of the Seoul Test of Time Award of the Web Conference

The WebConf Steering Committee (SC) hereby invites eligible proposals to host the annual 2026 ACM Web Conference (TheWebConf 2026).  The conference typically takes place in April of each year, but organizers have some flexibility in the proposed scheduling.  The typical number of attendees to a WebConf is between 800-1200.  More information on the Web Conference series can be found here.

The Web Conference (formerly known as WWW conference) is a yearly international conference on the topic of the World Wide Web. The conference began in 1994 at CERN and is organized each year by a local team of volunteers from different parts of the world who come together to organize the conference. The Conference aims to provide the world with 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 conference brings together researchers, policymakers, developers, users, and commercial ventures — indeed all those who are passionate about the Web and what it has to offer. 

Starting in 2022, the Web Conference will be formally integrated as an ACM-organized event. ACM provides extensive information for conference organizers here.

Eligibility for Hosting

• Hosting institutions should be not-for-profit academic/research entities.
• The bid should be submitted by a member of the hosting institution. He or she should be ready to act as the General Co-chair of the conference or Co-chair of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC).  Members of LOC should have attended and been involved in previous WebConf conferences.
• The bid can be submitted together with University, local industry, and the City’s support.
• Professional Conference Organizers (PCOs) are eligible to act as management organizations for the conference. PCO activities should be fee-based, without profit sharing.
• The General Chair and Treasurer must have a valid ACM membership.

Proposal Submission and Selection

• February 17, 2023.  Deadline to submit the preliminary proposal and budget to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
• March 2023.  Interviews with short-listed candidates and invitations to submit full proposals
• April 2023.  Announcement of the final selection at The WebConf 2023, Austin, USA
• The ACM WebConf SC will select the conference venue after carefully considering all bids including but not limited to the following aspects in mind.
• Location: accessibility/transport; conference venue, e.g., convention center, hotel, or university; accommodation; dining options; handicap access (ramp, wide doors, lifts, etc.)
• Proposed dates: national holidays, religious holidays, and other major technical events should be avoided
• Budget: a balanced budget following ACM guidelines here
• Support: local, regional, and national academic and industry support and sponsorship, especially financial
• Local arrangements team: chair/co-chair, committee, volunteer labor, registration handling; describing any experience the team has had in organizing previous conferences and the number of participants at those conferences
• Meeting venues: space for sessions, tutorials, workshops, posters, exhibits, demos, small meetings, and registration
• Facilities: high-speed, all-ports-open, easy-to-use internet access; audiovisual equipment; stage; other amenities
• Catering: including breaks, receptions, poster sessions, banquet, and entertainment
• Others: potential for technical or cultural visits, social programs, etc.

Inquiries concerning bid submission may be directed to VP for Conferences, Irwin King at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

TheWebConf Steering Committee Executive Board

• Dick Bulterman, CWI and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Wendy Hall, University of Southampton
• Arun Iyengar, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
• Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Yoelle Maarek, Amazon

TheWebConf Venues

2025 (Sydney, Australia); 2024 (Singapore); 2023 (Austin, USA); 2022 (Lyon, France); 2021 (Ljubljana, Slovenia); 2020 (Taipei, Taiwan); 2019 (San Francisco, USA); 2018 (Lyon, France); 2017 (Perth, Australia); 2016 (Montreal, Canada); 2015 (Florence, Italy); 2014 (Seoul, Korea); 2013 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2012 (Lyon, France); 2011 (Hyderabad, India); 2010 (Raleigh, USA); 2009 (Madrid, Spain); 2008 (Beijing, China); 2007 (Banff, Canada); 2006 (Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)); 2005 (Chiba, Japan); 2004 (New York, USA); 2003 (Budapest, Hungary); 2002 (Honolulu, USA); 2001 (Hong Kong, China); 2000 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); 1999 (Toronto, Canada); 1998 (Brisbane, Australia); 1997 (Santa Clara, USA); 1996 (Paris, France); 1995 (Boston, USA); 1995 (Darmstadt, Germany); 1994 (Chicago, USA); 1994 (Geneva, Switzerland)

October 17-21, 2022 
Hybrid Conference, Hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
https://www.cikm2022.org/ 

The  31st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)  provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. The purpose of the conference is to identify challenging problems facing the development of future knowledge and information systems, and to shape future directions of research by soliciting and reviewing high quality, applied and theoretical research findings. An important part of the conference is the Workshops program which focuses on timely research challenges and initiatives. CIKM has a strong tradition of workshops devoted to emerging areas of database management, IR, and related fields. 

The program features five keynotes, twelve compelling workshops and seven tutorials that highlight the breadth of interesting problems being explored in the fields of Information and Knowledge management. 

Click here to check out our full program: https://www.cikm2022.org/program 
 
The registration is open!  Click here for registration: https://www.cikm2022.org/pricing 

SIGWEB has just launched a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ACMSIGWEB. Among others, this channel will feature recordings of keynotes from SIGWEB sponsored and co-sponsored conferences. Currently, you can watch the TheWebConf 2022 keynotes given by Jaime Teevan, Virginia Dignum and Prabhakar Raghavan, as well as the ACM UMAP 2021 keynotes by Helen Nissenbaum, Maarten de Rijke and Julita Vassileva. Enjoy and do not forget to subscribe to our channel for future updates.