Fast Forward: Get Ready for Web 3.0

The Web has been a tremendous vehicle for global communication, commerce and change. A suite of emerging technologies is leveraging the fundamental principles that has made Web a success, and will enable the useful integration of data, information and knowledge from across the entire Web. Steve Bratt, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), will discuss how new, interoperable standards in areas such Web 2.0 semantic Web, mobility, ubiquity, accessibility and security will foster unbounded, Web-scale mashups of information made available on an increasing range of devices. The benefits of this new "Web 3.0" will be felt by everyone everywhere -- from physicians seeking critical information to deliver better medical care, to farmers in rural Africa looking for the most favorable markets for their produce.