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 http://www.web2expo.com/.
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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.
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