The inaugural award ceremony for the Internet includes individuals from nine different countries and well-known leaders, such as Tim Berners-Lee, Phil Zimmermann, and even Al Gore.

 Today at the Global INET Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the Internet Society announced the inaugural inductees into the new Internet Hall of Fame.

The best revolutionaries eventually find themselves hailed in tributes and enshrined in museums. So it’s almost inevitable that nearly 30 years after the official birthdate of the internet, some of the net’s best-known pioneers, radicals, and troublemakers are being inducted into the Internet Society’s Hall of Fame.