“The Webby Awards is thrilled to announce that Sir Tim Berners-Lee is scheduled to attend the 13th Annual Webby Awards Gala on June 8, where he will be honored with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his enormous contribution to the world of Internet technology and communications. Widely known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee created the first versions of the technologies — including HTML, URL, and HTTP — that turned the Internet into a mass medium. Since he invented the Web twenty years ago, Berners-Lee has remained its most active and passionate advocate, working tirelessly to ensure that it remains open, free, and a tool for helping humankind…”
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