Bilbao Web Summit 17th-18th of May 2011

Bilbao, Semantic Valley

Bilbao Web Summit

What?

Bilbao Web Summit

The Web Summit is the global event that brings together key business people and experts discussing and debating the future of the business in the Web, in order to design the next generation of the Web, based on the business point of view. This international event draws from leading business people, marketers and strategists, including innovators, technologists and other decision makers involved in the use of the Web and who consequently decide on the development of the next generation of the Web. Furthermore, Bilbao will host discussions about the future of the Web for a week. From the 16th to the 19th of May, 2011 the W3C Advisory Committee will meet in Bilbao to mark the bases of the Web for the next years.

What

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Where?

Bilbao Web Summit Where

•Bilbao

Bilbao Web Summit Where

Bilbao Web Summit Bilbao

“One of the most developed regions in the world” from Wikipedia.

• Bilbao has been awarded the “World City Prize” (Nobel prize of the cities)

Winner in 2010.

• Bilbao and its region is the most innovative of Europe

• International Airport

• Semantic Valley:

In the place where highly distinctive languages (Euskera and Spanish) live

together in harmony, has fostered the development of the most advanced Cluster

of Semantic technologies.

This area is currently known as Semantic Valley.

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The venues

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Euskalduna Conference

Centre and Concert Hall

WORLD'S BEST CONGRESS CENTER

Bilbao Web Summit Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall

• More than 15 different conference rooms. • Auditorium: 2.200 seats, biggest stage in Spain and 2nd largest in Europe.

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Cocktail Gala at the Guggenheim Museum

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Speakers

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee,

The inventor of the Web

Speakers

Bilbao Web Summit Speakers ** Provisional list. Some of them are not confirmed yet. **

Jeff Jaffe CEO of W3C, previous: President of Bell Labs, VP of IBM,

Advisor to Bill Clinton

T.V. Raman Accessibility Expert, blind computer scientist

Daniel K. Appelquist Senior Technology Strategist

Juan Tomás Hernani General Secretary for Innovation of Spain

Carlos Torres Vila VP Estrategy, Board of Directors, previous CFO of Endesa

Bilbao Web Summit Speakers ** Provisional list. Some of them are not confirmed yet. **

Gumersindo Lafuente Deputy Director at EL PAÍS.com

Charles McCathieNevile

Steven Pemberton Developers of the ABC programming language

Bert Boss Coinventor of CSS

David Singer

Bilbao Web Summit Speakers ** Provisional list. Some of them not confirmed yet. **

Tom Scott Executive Product Manager, BBC

Chris Shipley

Co-founder and CEO of Guidewire Group

Peter Redshaw Managing Vice President , Gartner

Scott Cassady Manager of Web Technologies, The Boeing Company

Ignacio Somalo Spanish Association for Digital Economy

Bilbao Web Summit Speakers ** Provisional list. Some of them are not confirmed yet. **

Jaime Fernández de Valderrama CEO Online Stores at Eroski

Luis Monserrate. CEO

Pedro Latasa. COO

Idoia Mendia Minister of Justice and Public Administration of Basque

Government

Spokeswoman for the Basque Government

Jose Manuel Alonso

Shawn Henry Web accessibility

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Tentative

Schedule

Bilbao Web Summit Tentative schedule

Please note that this schedule is provisional and is subject to change.

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Sponsorship of The Web Summit Conference is an ideal opportunity to expose your organization to the best international audience of researchers, professionals and companies in the field of the Web. There are three categories of sponsorship: Global Sponsor Strategic Partner Event Partner Media Partner

Sponsorship is not limited only to financial support, but can also take the form of provision of materials or services, such as coffee breaks, conference bags… If you are interested to contribute as a sponsor, please contact the conference sponsorship administration: info@bilbaowebsummit.com

* The cocktail gala will not be hosted.

Sponsor the Conference

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The benefits associated with the Global Sponsor are: Exclusive opportunity to chair the opening plenary session. Your company name/logo on all promotional material including: event home page, announcements & newsletters, brochures… Fair admission tickets (10) Inclusion of one insert (such as a marketing pamphlet or a CD) into the attendees folder Right to provide testimonials for any press activities related to the workshop. The testimonials will also appear on the workshop home page and as an acknowledgement insert in the attendees folder Collateral insert in attendee welcome packages Acknowledgement of your “Global Sponsorship” during the opening plenary Company profile, logo and contact information in the on-site program Cocktail gala, 10 tickets

Sponsor the Conference 55.000 €

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The benefits associated with the Strategic Partner are: Your company name/logo on all promotional material including: announcements & newsletters, brochures… Fair admission tickets (5) Acknowledgement of your “Strategic Partner level” during the opening plenary Company profile, logo and contact information in the on-site program Cocktail gala, 2 tickets

Sponsor the Conference 35.000 €

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The benefits associated with the Event Partner are: Fair admission tickets (3) Acknowledgement of your “Event Partner level” during the opening plenary Company profile, logo and contact information in the on-site program Cocktail gala, 1 ticket

Sponsor the Conference 10.000 €

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Global partners

Strategic partners

Supported by

Event partners

Contact: info@bilbaowebsummit.com