Web 2.0 Expo Heads to New York
-- Tradeshow Week, 3/3/2008
CMP and O'Reilly Media, co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco and Web 2.0 Summit, will launch Web 2.0 Expo New York Sept. 16-19 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York. The organizers introduced the Web 2.0 Expo brand last April in San Francisco as an annual gathering of technical, design, marketing and business professionals working in the world of Web 2.0, the second generation of Internet technology and design that encompasses social-networking, wikis, blogs and similar online sites and activities.
The inaugural event in San Francisco attracted 8,500 verified attendees from Apple, New York University, AT&T, Bank of America, Playboy and RedEnvelope, just to name a few, said CMP spokeswoman Natalia Wodecki. Organizers project the New York event will attract 5,000 attendees.
Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, said the San Francisco Bay Area has been recognized as a hub of technological innovation, but Web 2.0 harnesses innovation from everywhere. Enough is happening on the East Coast, he added, to justify an event there.
