Tim Berners-Lee to Deliver Keynote at eCC Bermuda 2001; The Creator of the World Wide Web to Discuss his Vision for the Future of the Internet.

Business Editors

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2001

eCC Bermuda Ltd. announced today that Timothy J. Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web will appear as a keynote speaker at this year's eCC Conference, October 3-5, in Hamilton Bermuda, providing the estimated 250 international delegates at the conference with his insight into the future of the World Wide Web, from his unique perspective as its founder and creator.

World-renowned Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in 1990 while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, and wrote the first WWW client and the first WWW server along with the bulk of the communications software, defining URLs, HTTP and HTML. His proven ability to foresee the future of global communications technology and take that vision from dream to reality makes him one of the Internet era's chief protagonists.

Bermuda, Silicon Island to the world and a global e-business leader, is host to the annual eCC Bermuda conference, where international delegates amass to learn about the trends and transformations facing global e-business. Moving ahead of the US and UK in 1999 to enact its Electronic Transactions Act and e-Commerce Code of Conduct (2000), which among other things governs the legality of digital signatures, Bermuda is the perfect location for Mr. Berners-Lee to reveal his views on the next generation of the Internet.

"Tim Berners-Lee is renowned globally for his unique capacity to envisage the future of technology and global communications, and has the incredible talent to then design the platforms on which to create that future", said Pat Phillip-Bassett, Chairman of the eCC Organising Committee. "Mr. Berners-Lee is undoubtedly a genius living amongst us, and the Internet generation is poised and ready to hear about where the World Wide Web will take us to next. We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Berners-Lee as a keynote speaker to the premier global offshore e-commerce conference, eCCBermuda 2001, to share his evolving vision."

Mr. Berners-Lee joins an all-star line-up of international e-business specialists, company "turnaround" experts, high-profile media, and venture capitalists who will be speaking on issues including: Effective Turnaround Strategies Post "dot.bomb"; Winners and Losers in The Next Wave - UK and US e-Media Roundtable; e-Customer Relationship Management - The Ultimate Survival Technique?; On-line and Offshore - How Can You Reap the Rewards of Offshore e-Business?; Are we making money yet? Moving Effectively Towards Profitability; Insuring Your e-Business (Cyber Crime risk); Staying Secure Online - Digital Certificates and Beyond; and Legislative Protection - Bermuda's Electronic Transactions Act and Code of Conduct.

About Tim Berners-Lee

A graduate of Oxford University, England, Mr. Berners-Lee now holds the 3Com Founders chair at the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He directs the World Wide Web Consortium, an open forum of companies and organizations with the mission to lead the Web to its full potential. With a background of system design in real-time communications and text processing software development, in 1990 he invented the World Wide Web, an internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. He wrote the first web client (browser-editor) and server. Before coming to CERN, Mr. Berners-Lee worked with Image Computer Systems, of Ferndown, Dorset, England and before that a principal engineer with Plessey Telecommunications, in Poole, England. He is also the author of the book "Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor."

About eCC Bermuda

eCC Bermuda is one of the few offshore e-commerce conferences actually held offshore, in the world's premier offshore e-commerce jurisdiction. At eCC Bermuda, attendees have the opportunity to interact with the players who have made the move to Bermuda and recognize the advantages that this business jurisdiction has to offer. The eCC Bermuda conference is targeted at decision-makers and entrepreneurs, from companies that are looking to go global and seek offshore fiscal benefits and expert professional support.

The delegate fee for the conference is $800 and registration can be completed online at www.eccbermuda.com, or for more information call 441 295 8763, e-mail [e-mail].