An Evening with Tim Berners-Lee

Name: An Evening with Tim Berners-Lee
Start: 2025-09-13T18:30:00.000000Z
End: 2025-09-13T19:45:00.000000Z
Location: Assembly Rooms

The Inventor of the World Wide Web

WithTim Berners-Lee

At: Assembly Rooms

On:13th September 2025, 7:30pm - 8:45pm

Attendance options:

Stalls - Early Bird Signed Book & In-person Audience£22.50Sorry, no longer available*Limited* Signed Early bird in-person event access to stalls seating, plus a Signed copy of This is For Everyone with a 10% discount (RRP £25.00) - Limited to 6 per person

Stalls - Early Bird In-person Audience£16.00Sorry, no longer available*Limited* Early bird in-person access to stalls seating - Limited to 6 per person

Stalls - Book & In-person Audience£25.00In-person event access to stalls seating, plus a copy of This is For Everyone (RRP £25.00) - Limited to 6 per person

Stalls - In-person Audience£18.00In-person event access to stalls seating - Limited to 6 per person

Stalls - Free In-person Audience£0.00Sorry, no longer available*Limited* In-person event access to stalls seating - Limited to 1 per person

An Evening with Tim Berners-Lee at Assembly Rooms

It's our great pleasure to be welcoming Tim Berners-Lee to the Assembly Rooms on George Street to celebrate the Edinburgh launch of his groundbreaking memoir, This is For Everyone. It's an essential read for understanding our times and a bold manifesto for advancing humanity’s future. Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, will discuss the book during this 'in conversation' event.

Doors due to open at 6.45pm. Books for Book & Ticket options will be available to collect at the venue on the night. This event will take place at the Assembly Rooms on George Street.

About This is For Everyone:

The groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This is the story of our modern age. The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary.

Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously shared his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything, transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream and connect.

In this intimate memoir, Berners-Lee tells the story of his iconic invention, exploring how it launched a new era of creativity and collaboration while unleashing a commercial race that today imperils democracies and polarizes public debate. As the rapid development of artificial intelligence heralds a new era of innovation, Berners-Lee provides the perfect guide to the crucial decisions ahead – and a gripping, in-the-room account of the rise of the online world. Filled with Sir Tim's characteristic optimism, technical insight and wry humour, this is a book about the power of technology – both to fuel our worst instincts and to profoundly shape our lives for the better.

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Tim Berners-Lee Author

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 at CERN in Switzerland. Since then, through his work with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), The Open Data Institute, the World Wide Web Foundation, the development of the Solid Protocol and now as CTO and Co-Founder of Inrupt, he has been a tireless advocate for shared standards, open web access for all and the power of individuals on the web. A firm believer in the positive power of technology, he was named in Time magazine’s list of the most important people of the 20th century. He has been the recipient of several honorary degrees and awards, including the Seoul Peace Prize and the Turing Prize widely recognised as akin to the Nobel Prize for Computing.

The venue

Assembly Rooms

54 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2LR

Telephone: 0131 220 4348

Website: www.assemblyroomsedinburgh.co.uk

Accessibility information: https://www.assemblyroomsedinburgh.co.uk/your-visit/access

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The venue is fully accessible on the ground and first floor areas for all visitors with mobility difficulties and accessibility needs via a lift or handrail assistance.

There is no lift to the 2nd floor and access is via steps only.

On arrival to the venue via an automatic set of doors there is a reception desk to the left with a receptionist more than happy to offer any assistance you may need to help navigate the venue.

Access into the venue is flat, with no steps.