The World Wide Web Conference is a yearly international academic conference on the topic of the future direction of the World Wide Web. It began in 1994 and is organised by the International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee (IW3C2), and is aimed at "key influencers, decision makers, technologists, businesses and standards bodies".

Previous venues

• 1994 (1) - Geneva, Switzerland
• 1994 (2) - Chicago, USA
• 1995 (1) - Darmstadt, Germany
• 1995 (2) - Boston, USA
• 1996 - Paris, France
• 1997 - Santa Clara, USA
• 1998 - Brisbane, Australia
• 1999 - Toronto, Canada
• 2000 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2001 - Hong Kong
• 2002 - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• 2003 - Budapest, Hungary
• 2004 - New York, USA
• 2005 - Chiba, Japan
• 2006 - Edinburgh, Scotland
• 2007 - Banff, Canada
• 2008 - Beijing, China

Forthcoming venues

• 2009 - Madrid, Spain
• 2010 - undecided
• 2011 - Bangalore, India