The 1st International Conference on Web Intelligence, Mining and Semantics (WIMS'11) organised in Sogndal, Norway under the auspices of Western Norway Research Institute.

The purpose of the WIMS is:

• To provide a forum for established researchers and practitioners to present past and current research contributing to the state of the art of Web technology research and applications.
• To give doctoral students an opportunity to present their research to a friendly and knowledgeable audience and receive valuable feedback.
• To provide an informal social event where Web technology researchers and practitioners can meet.