Web Science Institute official launch

Good afternoon all! We are here at the Royal Society London for the official launch of the Web Science Institute! Kick off is at 2pm with an opening speech by Professor Don Nutbeam, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Southampton, followed by the WSI Directors laying out the vision of the institute. These directors are: Professor Dame Wendy Hall Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt Professor Susan Halford Professor Les Carr Dr Lisa Harris Dr Graeme Earl The vision will be followed by keynote talks from JP Rangaswami and Professor Richard Susskind OBE. Following a short break we will return for a Panel discussion: How can Web Science help shape the web we want?? Panellists are: Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee Professor Liam Maxwell Professor Dame Wendy Hall Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt Professor Susan Halford. You can send questions to the panellists using Twitter! The # is #LaunchWSI. Also please get following @sotonWSI, @unisouthampton and many more that you can find on Twitter for a continuous stream of updates during the course of the afternoon! WHATSMORE... this event is being live-streamed online! Link is http://www.southampton.ac.uk/promotion/wsi.shtml