WEB EXPO NYC 2.O
Program Information
The program at Web 2.0 Expo will spotlight experts, leaders, and under-the-radar innovators, and in the spirit of Web 2.0, there will be ample opportunity for attendees to connect, contribute, and collaborate. Web 2.0 Expo is a place for creativity, engineering, and innovation, focusing on three conversations:
Education: a vetted, cohesive conference program to maximize the sharing of knowledge and expertise around creating the next-generation web
Tradeshow: a traditional tradeshow floor introducing builders of the Web to providers of tools, technology, services, and infrastructure
Networking: a meeting ground fostering face-to-face business development for entrepreneurs, VCs, partnerships, and recruitment
Conference Topics Will Include:
Design & User Experience
Development
Social Media & Marketing
Strategy & Business Models
Analytics
Community
Enterprise
Mobile
Real-time
Cloud Computing
Sponsored Sessions
Who Should Attend?
Web 2.0 Expo is explicitly designed to address the needs of technical, design, marketing, and business professionals building the next-generation web, including:
Business strategists
Web and UI designers
Product managers
Marketing professionals
CxOs and IT managers
Business managers
Developers in established companies
Grass roots developers and hackers
Companies and organizations tracking emerging technologies
VCs and entrepreneurs
Past Web 2.0 Expo events brought together participants from these—and many more—companies and organizations:
Adobe, AOL, American Greetings Interactive, Apple, BA Venture Partners, BP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Discovery Health Media, Dow Jones & Company, EMC, Experian Interactive, First Round Capital, Great Spirit Ventures, Hitachi, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, IEEE, Intel Corporation, Intuit, Jet Propultion Laboratory, Labrador Ventures, MTV Networks, Magazine Publishers of America, McGill University, Monster Worldwide, Motion Picture Association of America, Nokia, North Bridge Venture Partners, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, RealNetworks, Simon & Schuster, Standard & Poor’s, Sun Microsystems, Symbol Technologies, The Heritage Foundation, The Wall Street Journal Online, Turner Broadcastings Systems, University of Richmond, University of Southern California, Walt Disney Internet Group, WhitePages.com
What Is Web 2.0?
Defining exactly what Web 2.0 means is still an ongoing conversation. Tim O’Reilly attempts to clarify Web 2.0, digging into what it means to view the Web as a platform, and which applications fall squarely under its purview and which do not.
