Changing the world
![Three children lying down in the grass hold and look at a tablet device. The caption reads 'The world is a better place'.](https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo1.png?w=1024&h=341.33333333333&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5039&fp-y=0.6201&dm=1699520244&s=d00179b15e16361c3a0003a9675132ee 1024w)
Categories: QEPrize
In March 2013, the QEPrize was awarded to the creators of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The Judges of the QEPrize determined that both innovations had revolutionised the way we communicate. So... how has the World Wide Web changed the world?
![White text on a black background reads: "These technologies promote understanding and awareness. They are the enemy of repression and tyranny" - Bill Gates, Supporting statement, QEPrize.](https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo2.png?w=510&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520245&s=b1a1c916df8df555e94c33a8af26a51d 510w, https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo2.png?w=1279&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520245&s=0feadcad75f382cf8fe442a3fa5141a4 1279w)
"The prize recognises what has been a roller-coaster ride of wonderful international collaboration. I want the Web to inspire and empower new generations of engineers—boys and, especially, girls—who will build, in turn, their own platforms, to improve our global society." - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, QEPrize Winner and Inventor of the World Wide Web
"My dream scenario would be that every time someone logs onto the web, opens a web browser and does something which gives them a bit of info or even changes their life, I want them to associate that with engineers" - Professor Brian Cox, QEPrize Judge and Professor at Manchester University
![Tim Berners-Lee talks to Louis Pouzin](https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo3.jpg?w=510&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520245&s=62a5f0b5c6fbbb5eca3789a2b22e7e98 510w, https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo3.jpg?w=1380&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520245&s=18d53a5d3ade3274de1d6259aad355fe 1380w, https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo3.jpg?w=1832&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520245&s=dfeb2c67a9fc8842f6fcc657d07ac7a2 1832w)
"The World Wide Web has impacted every aspect of our lives – the way we communicate with each other, the way we work, the way we socialise, the way we shop, the way we find information – enabling us to do things that were impossible before the digital revolution" - Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Head of the School of Electronic and Computer Science at the University of Southampton
"The digital revolution has changed the world, transformed the world and underlying the digital revolution there’s two key technologies: the Internet and the World Wide Web." - Professor Choon Fong Shih, QEPrize Judge and University Professor at the National University of Singapore
"If you think about the growth of the web and how much information is available online… how we use the Internet to communicate round the world. They’ve changed everything and young people today couldn’t operate without World Wide Web and without the Internet." - Professor John Hennessy, QEPrize Judge and President of Stanford University
"Now, for the first time in human history, internet-connected citizens have at their fingertips the sum total of almost all available knowledge of the human experience. Moreover, information has empowered citizens across the globe to challenge and solve some of the world’s greatest issues." - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States and QEPrize referee
![A man in science goggles holds a futuristic transparent display showing a DNA double helix.](https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo4.png?w=510&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520246&s=02247f5e4d4425bc1f31deef36bb7589 510w, https://qeprize-site.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/news/Photo4.png?w=1282&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1699520246&s=752fc953c04678cea3b33108ebb0aa04 1282w)