APWeb is a leading international conference on research, development and applications of Web technologies, database systems, information management and software engineering, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
This is the first time that APWeb will be held outside China. Busan (also known as Pusan) is Korea's principal port and the second largest city. It has numerous culturally attractive tourism resources, scenic coastal areas, and clean sand beaches. Busan is also famous for having hosted such international events as the 2002 14th Asian Games, several matches of the 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup, and the Pusan International Film Festival.
Previous APWeb conferences were held in Beijing (1998), Hong Kong (1999), Xian (2000), Changsha (2001), Xi’an (2003), Hangzhou (2004), Shanghai (2005), Harbin (2006), Huangshan (2007) and Shenyang