Web 2.0 Expo Attendee Registration Surpasses Expectations

- Web 2.0 Technologies and Applications Bring Record Number of Attendees
Together in San Francisco -

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- TechWeb (formerly CMP) and
O'Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo, today announced over
10,000 verified attendees. This number of attendees, compared to last year's
event, highlights a growth of more than 20 percent. Marking the second year
of this successful event, Web 2.0 Expo took place this week, April 22-25, at
Moscone West in San Francisco.
"We are thrilled by the positive response to this year's Expo," said
Jennifer Pahlka, co-chair of Web 2.0 Expo. "Both the jump in numbers and the
tenor of the conversations this week attest to the momentum of this market.
We expect that we've only begun to see the impact of Web 2.0 on business,
culture, and society."
The second Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco touched all corners of the Web
ecosystem, from technical to marketing to business issues. Demand for the
event sets the stage for the launch of Web 2.0 Expo New York on
September 16-19, 2008, and the return of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, taking
place on April 1-3, 2009.
Web 2.0 Expo gathers designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers,
business strategists, and venture capitalists who have experiences to share
and a passion for learning about Web 2.0 applications. As the meeting place
for major innovation and change on the web, additional upcoming events include
Web 2.0 Expo Europe in Berlin, Germany, October 21-23; and Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo,
December 3-4, 2008. Additional information is available at
www.web2expo.com.
About TechWeb
TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative
business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and
marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media
brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million*
business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created
around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and
VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading,
Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial
Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek,
TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb
also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance
marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a
division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and
specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than
$2.5 billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections
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technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying
"faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active
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SOURCE TechWeb

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