Web@30
Interviews of Web Pioneers


Despite the cancellation of program, we still got something for you.

We choose three interviews of web pioneers and want to share them with all of the attendances. Check out this wonderful interview online anytime.


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Vint Cerf at the Royal Society admissions day in 2016
Vint Cerf

Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943), also known as Vint Cerf, is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of the fathers of the Internet, sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Bob Kahn. He has received honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

Lanier blowing into a woodwind instrument with several chambers
Jaron Lanier

Jaron Zepel Lanier (born May 3, 1960) is an American computer philosophy writer, computer scientist, visual artist, and composer of classical music. Considered a founding father of the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves. In the late 1990s, Lanier worked on applications for Internet2, and in the 2000s, he was a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics and various universities. In 2006 he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 has worked at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary Scientist.

Brewster Kahle in 2009
Brewster Kahle

Brewster Lurton Kahle (born October 22, 1960) is an American computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, internet activist, advocate of universal access to all knowledge, and digital librarian. Kahle founded the Internet Archive and Alexa. In 2012 he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.

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Vint Cerf

The Father of the Internet

American Internet pioneer

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We thought 32-bit addressing was good enough, now we know we need 128-bit.

Vint Cerf — Web@30 Interviews

An excerpt from an interview with Daniel Schwabe and Bebo White.

See the Full interview on Youtube

Jaron Lanier

Computer philosophy writer, Computer scientist

nominated in the TIME 100 list of most influential people

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I would love to see the web become as the universal activity being the central part of people's online experience. And aren't tied to a particular company.

Jaron Lanier — Web@30 Interviews

An excerpt from an interview with Daniel Schwabe and Bebo White.

See the Full interview on Youtube

Brewster Kahle

Computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur

Be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame

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We've done something amazing by building this World Wide Web, while we just can't stop here.

Brewster Kahle — Web@30 Interviews

An excerpt from an interview with Daniel Schwabe and Bebo White.

See the Full interview on Youtube