6:00PM - 8:00PM

ON TOP OF THE STANDARD

The Standard, New York

442 West 13th St (btwn Washington Street & 10th Ave)

How better to start off the Webby Festivities than with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at one of New York's newest and chicest rooftop locales. On Top of The Standard is an exclusive, one-of-a-kind rooftop lounge, located in the heart of the Meat-Packing District, and offers the perfect place to network, take in the city and kick-off your award celebration. The impeccably-designed space is the ideal venue to meet fellow winners and mingle with special invited guests.

Enjoy pre-event cocktails, network with special honorees and invited guests, and meet your fellow winners before the big show.

5:30 PM

Cipriani

55 Wall Street, New York

About the event:

Pre-dinner cocktails will take place on the balcony inside Cipriani Wall Street. Enjoy a few pre-event drinks with fellow winners, network with special honorees and invited guests, and take in the majestic views of Cipriani's gorgeous and regal interior before the big show begins.

Our star-studded dinner and gala ceremony will be hosted by B.J. Novak and feature special guests including Film & Video Artists of the Year OK Go, Best Actress Amy Poehler, Webby Person of the Year Roger Ebert, Webby Lifetime Achievement Winner Vinton Cerf, Webby Artist of the Year PS22 Chorus, Breakout of the Year Chat Roulette and special performance by VJs Eclectic Method. Additional honorees and performances still to be announced!

7:00 PM

Cipriani

55 Wall Street, New York

About the event:

Guests will enjoy a four-course gourmet meal in a genuine New York landmark. Cipriani Wall Street stands as a triumph of Greek architecture, occupying an entire city block once home to the New York Merchants Exchange. There is truly no space like it!

Keep the celebration going at the official Webby Awards private after-party at the breathtaking Hiro Ballroom, reserved exclusively for this event. Don't miss out on an exclusive live AOL Music Sessions performance from Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo and a special 2-hour DJ set from the legendary Biz Markie.

10:00 PM

Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel

Entrance at 88 Ninth Avenue (btwn 16th & 17th St.), NYC

About the event:

The Hiro Ballroom in the Martime Hotel serves as the perfect spot to continue the night's celebration. The Webby Afterparty will be an unforgettable finale to your Webby Celebration experience. Conveniently located near the Meatpacking District and the heart of Chelsea, Hiro Ballroom is the Maritime Hotel's most fabulous event space.

GALA PROGRAM

MASTER OF CEREMONIES:

B.J. Novak, Co-Executive Producer and star of NBC's "The Office."

Our special night will honor and salute Webby Award and Webby People's Voice Award Winners, feature truly special guests, and entertain and delight with Webby surprises.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT HONOREES
(more to be announced):

Currently scheduled to attend, these groundbreaking industry personalities will be honored, including:

The Webby Awards is thrilled to honor Roger Ebert as Webby Person of the Year in honor of his contributions to the craft of online writing and journalism. His online journal has raised the bar for the level of poignancy and thoughtfulness one can achieve on the Web, while at the same time shining a light on the most important issues facing journalism as it relates to the Internet itself. Ebert's insights - and his unparalleled level of engagement with followers and fans - has made the Internet a more thoughtful, engaging and self-aware environment.

The Webby Awards is excited to present Amy Poehler with a Special Achievement Award as Best Actress in recognition of her online series "Smart Girls at the Party," which compliments her outstanding comedic performances on film and television with thoughtful and engaging work online. Using her series to reach smart and passionate young girls, Poehler's show demonstrates that branded content can be creative, entertaining and even inspirational.

OK Go will be honored as Film & Video Artist of the Year. With their groundbreaking videos for "A Million Ways," "Here It Goes Again" and "This Too Shall Pass," the band continuously demonstrates unparalleled web-savviness, artistic vision and genius approach to the viral video. Using the Internet both as creative inspiration and tool of distribution, OK Go continues to set and re-raise the bar for modern music.

The Webby Awards is thrilled and humbled to honor Vinton Cerf with a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award. Now Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, Cerf is widely considered the "Father of the Internet." By co-designing the TCP/IP protocols and basic architecture of the Internet, Cerf laid the groundwork to transmit data across the Internet. Cerf is a superlative leader of the digital revolution and as such, has transformed commerce, communication, and entertainment.

SPECIAL PERFORMERS
(more to be announced):

Guests at the 14th Annual Webby Awards will get an exclusive, live peak at Eclectic Method, pioneers of the emerging art of audio-visual mixing since first cutting U2's "Mysterious Ways" music video with the Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic" as an experiment back in 2002. They will be delivering a fresh, one-of-a-kind mash-up of music and Webby content in their blistering, trademark slice-and-dice style.

The Webbys joined forces with YouTube and will put all winner's speeches along with footage from the gala on our custom Webby Awards YouTube Channel for the world to see starting June 15. Webby Winners: be ready to record your speech live on video at the Gala and be ready for a chance to give your speech on our stage! It's your moment to shine in front of the Web's most influential figures and the whole online world. Read more at www.webbyawards.com/gala.

SUGGESTED HOTEL FOR OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS

THE STANDARD HOTEL

848 Washington Street

New York, NY 10014

The Standard New York is Andre Balazs' acclaimed new hotel above The High Line in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. 337 guest rooms on 18 floors, The Standard New York boasts unparalleled views of the Hudson River and Lower Manhattan, full business amenities, extensive event space and a state of the art fitness facility.

The Standard is the official hotel of 14th Annual Webby Awards, offering a special group rate starting at $235. Book by May 21 to get the best rates. To make reservations: Call 212.784.5530 and ask for the "Internet Week 2010" discounted rate.

Or book online at www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city/ Under Special Accounts, select "Account Type: guest" and enter "IWNY" as the Account ID and Rate Access Code.