The timetable for the IWMW 1997 event is given below.
| Day 1: 16 July 1997 | Day 2: 17 July 1997 | |
| 09.00 | Introduction to Day 2 | |
| 09.20 | Discussion Group 1: Design | |
| 09.20 | Discussion Group 2: Information Flow | |
| 09.20 | Discussion Group 3: Web Tools | |
| 09.20 | Discussion Group 4: Caching | |
| 09.20 | Discussion Group 5: Metadata | |
| 09.20 | Discussion Group 6: Trials and Tribulations of a Web Editor | |
| 11.40 | Report Back | |
| 12.30 | Conclusions | |
| 13.30 | Introduction | |
| 13.45 | Charisma or camel? A sociotechnical approach to Web redesign | |
| 14.10 | Information Flow | |
| 14.35 | Networking For Webmasters | |
| 15.25 | WWW / Database Integration | |
| 15.50 | Security and Performance Issues | |
| 16.15 | Web Tools | |
| 16.40 | WWW Caching | |
| 17.05 | Next Year’s Web | |
| 17.30 | Review and Plans For Day 2 |