The organizers of the event are the Fund Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan, Kelajak ovozi Youth Initiatives Centre, UZINFOCOM center and Mirada Software company. Uzbek Agency for Communication and Information (UzACI) and the Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan provided official support to the festival.
Internet festivals have been spent in the country since 2001. Since 2007, festivals are held only for sites in the national domain UZ. The goal is to develop web resources in the domestic domain. Earlier, internet festivals were held every two years. From 2010, the festivals will be held on an annual basis in order to develop national Internet segment.
The second-level domain UZ was created on 29 April 1995. The number of active UZ domains is more than 10,500 as of 5 August 2010. There are also thousands of third-level domains in the UZ zone.
Results of the Internet Festival will be announced on the first day of the Information Technologies Week, InfoCOM 2010.
The main goals of the festival are popularization of the internet among the general population, providing assistance to development of national content as a medium for creativity, professional activities, recreation, a source of reliable and timely information.
A jury of experts in internet technologies, art, culture, governance and other fields will be created to evaluate the websites. The contest program includes 14 thematic and 2 special nominations.