Six Vertical Pillars and Five Horizontal Lenses of Analysis

• MAIN TRACK I: Web Science: The Reference Disciplines
• MAIN TRACK II: Web Science: Defining the Methods and Theories
• MAIN TRACK III: Web Science: Technologies, Processes, Systems
• MAIN TRACK IV: Web Science: Case Studies
• MAIN TRACK V: Web Science: People, Community, Society, Humanity

Letter from the Organizing and Program Committees

Dear All,
The 1^st World Conference for the Web Science, is an international attempt to promote the WEB SCIENCE research and to bring together the international community for a dialogue on the main aspects of the Web Science. The ICWebScience Series will bring together Academics, People from Industry, Policy Makers, Politicians, Government Officers, and active citizens to look at the impact of WEB SCIENCE, on key facets of today's world: the state, business, society and culture.

five general pillars provide the constitutional elements of the ICWebScience 2009:

• The understanding of the Reference Disciplines of the WEB SCIENCE
• The Definition of Methods, Theories and Constitutional Elements of the WEB SCIENCE
• The analysis of the integration of PEOPLE, PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, SOCIETY, HUMANITY through WEB SCIENCE RESEARCH
• The presenation of WEB SCIENCE case studies and the fostring of a multidisciplinary community to look for the converging points towards research contributions

The IC-WebScience2009 is an excellent opportunity for discussing the new context of our lives. Looking forward to see you in Athens, in the Spring of 2009. Selected ICWS authors will have the opportunity to collaborate with chapter-style contributions to the forthcoming Handbook of Web Science. We are looking forward for your active participation. Send a mail to info@icws2009.org and we would be happy to welcome you on board.

Prof. Ernesto Damiani University of Milano, Italy IC-WebScience General Chair

Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras President, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, NGO, Greeece