2005 Web 2.0 Conference to Focus on Topics Changing Today's Technology and Business Models; Support from Leading Industry Businesses Continues Increases for October Sequel to Successful 2004 Web 2.0 Conference.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- O'Reilly Media, Inc. and MediaLive International, Inc. today jointly announced the topics for the second annual Web 2.0 Conference Web 2.0 Conference could mean:
n. 1. Heraldry The metal silver, represented by the color white. 2. Archaic Silver or something resembling it. Hotel in San Francisco. "Last year's inaugural event made the term 'Web 2.0' an adjective in our industry," said Jim Lanzone, senior vice president of search properties at Ask Jeeves Noun 1. Ask Jeeves - a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product . "This year, I look forward to hearing more mind-expanding ideas that capture the next wave of innovation on the Web." This year, the Web 2.0 Conference will continue to explore the concepts that made the 2004 event such a success, focusing not just on declaring the platform, but showing where the innovation is happening and what we might expect in the coming year. These ideas are expanding the second generation era of the Web, and will be covered in the conference topics at Web 2.0 in 2005: --Computing and Operating Systems: Over the past year the idea of the Web as an operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. has been widely debated, but not well understood. It's true that the Web has become the locus of many traditional PC-based computing tasks. But what's next, and how might Microsoft respond? Will Google declare its intent in this space, and what are the opportunities for new businesses? --Media and entertainment: This topic will explore the implications of convergence for the business models of incumbents and startups, as well as the roles of new platform companies like Google, of distributors like Comcast, and content companies like NBC Universal NBC Universal is a media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment (part of the French Media Group, Vivendi SA). GE owns 80% of NBC Universal with the remaining 20% owned by Vivendi SA. . --Communication and mobile: Hardware and content companies, VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a providers, and the major incumbents in the mobile world will be asked where the mobile web is heading, as well as the influence of the open web model and its impact on the carriers. --"Fun and inspiration": Web 2.0 will explore its rich culture and bring attendees face to face with some of the most creative and passionate forces online. In addition, the Web 2.0 Conference has received the support of industry's top businesses, who have confirmed sponsorship of this year's event. Sponsors for the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference include: --Akamai --Ask Jeeves --AT&T --Fenwick & West --MSN --Outcast Communications --Sxip --Yahoo! "Revving the Web" is the theme for the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference, reflecting the conviction that the web is being transformed into a new application and business platform. This conference is the gathering place for the people and companies whose entrepreneurial spirit and innovative ideas are fueling the next stage of the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Web 2.0 will explore four key topics (computing and operating systems, media and entertainment, communications and mobile, and "fun and inspiration") through short individual presentations, known as the High Order Bit, as well as with high-level interviews, lively panel discussions, and a few new surprises - all with ample time for audience participation and Q&A. Web 2.0 will also maintain its intimate setting, allowing attendees to make connections that will be vital to their business strategies. MediaLive International and O'Reilly Media will be partnering again in 2005 to produce this event along with Conference Chair John Battelle John Linwood Battelle is a journalist as well as founder and chairman of Federated Media Publishing[1]. He has been a visiting professor of journalism at UC Berkeley and also maintains Searchblog, a weblog covering search, technology, and media[2]. . O'Reilly Media is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies, and MediaLive International, Inc. produces the world's top technology events, and many other major expositions, conferences, and custom events. More information on Web 2.0 workshops, sessions, speakers and special events will be announced in the months ahead. For more information about Web 2.0 Conference, visit www.web2con.com. About the Web 2.0 Conference The Web 2.0 Conference is an exclusive thought-leader gathering focusing on emerging technologies and innovation on the Web. This conference brings together the brightest minds and broadest thinkers in the space, each of whom shares the belief that the Web has emerged as a solid business platform. The event reviews the current landscape, what is on the horizon and why this information matters to the "business geek A technically oriented person. It has typically implied a "nerdy" or "weird" personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s. ." It crosses a variety of industries and will be a meeting ground for the influencers that share the common outlook that the Internet offers extraordinary opportunities for innovation in products, services and business models. Web 2.0 Conference will take place October 5-7, 2005 at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco, and will be produced by MediaLive International, Inc. and O'Reilly Media, Inc. About MediaLive International, Inc. MediaLive International connects companies to the markets they serve through media properties, software tools and marketing solutions that educate buying communities, deepen relationships between buyers and sellers, and fuel market growth. MediaLive International's media brands encompass the IT industry's largest exhibitions, including NetWorld(SM) +Interop(R), as well as highly focused educational programs as Next Generation Networks(R), VoiceCon(R), Seybold Seminars(SM), the Collaboration Technologies Conference, Mobile Business Expo, GTEC GTEC Georgia Tech Emory Center GTEC Technology in Government Week (Canada) GTEC Governor's Technical Excellence Committee , the Web 2.0 Conference and respected publications including Business Communications Review and The Seybold Report. The Wingate Studios division delivers the industry's leading end-to-end event management software platform WingateWeb and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. -- including strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , technical integration, analytics and event programming -- that help companies produce their own live marketing programs. MediaLive International is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveinternational.com. About O'Reilly Media, Inc. O'Reilly Media, Inc. is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators. O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, occupy a treasured place on the shelves of the developers building the next generation of software. O'Reilly conferences and summits, including the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, the MySQL Users Conference, co-presented with MySQL AB MySQL AB (founded 1995) is dual headquartered in Uppsala Sweden and Cupertino California USA. The company is the creator and owner of MySQL, a relational database management system. , and the Where 2.0 Conference, bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. From the Internet to XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , open source, .NET, Java technology, and web services, O'Reilly puts technologies on the map. For more information about O'Reilly Media, Inc. visit www.oreilly.com. |
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