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Third Annual Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco Will Focus on 'The Power of Less'

O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, producers of Web 2.0 Expo and Web 2.0 Summit, today announced the return of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, the annual event for developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web. This year, Web 2.0 Expo centers on the idea of "the Power of Less," exploring how the principles of Web 2.0 can turn constraints into opportunities. Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is March 31 - April 3, 2009 at Moscone West.

Web 2.0 events have consistently inspired and educated this industry through memorable and market-moving programs. "The Web is serving as the innovation engine for an economy in peril," said Jennifer Pahlka, co-chair of Web 2.0 Expo, "and the recent slate of Web 2.0 programs, including the sold-out Web 2.0 Summit in November, attest to the energy and excitement of the community. There is enormous opportunity available to those willing to embrace the Web as a platform."

Web 2.0 Expo hosts innovative and successful internet industry representatives and companies to discuss leveraging the power of the Web in challenging times. Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco will consist of a multi-track conference, an "unconference" program called Web2Open, a major tradeshow and many networking opportunities and events. Conference tracks include: Strategy & Business Models, Marketing & Community, Design & User Experience, Fundamentals, Development and four focus tracks: Web Operations, Mobile, Security and Entertainment.

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2009 welcomes supporting companies, including Diamond sponsor IBM; Platinum sponsors Microsoft and Salesforce.com; Gold sponsors Adobe and EffectiveUI, Invest in Germany, UltraDNS and ONEsite; Silver sponsors 3Tera, Ascentium, Awareness, HiveLive, Image Span, Jive Software, Juniper Networks, Kapow Technologies, Keynote Systems Inc., Lithium Technologies, Panther Express, Remy Corporation,SynthaSite and Vignette.

To learn more about the 2009 Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco or register visit: http://www.web2expo.com/sf

See video of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008 at: http://web2expo.blip.tv/

View selected presentations from Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008 at: http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/proceedings

To see articles, blogs, and other coverage of last year's event, visit: http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/content/news-coverage

For a look at photos from 2008, see: http://flickr.com/groups/web2expo08/pool

More O'Reilly Conferences:

* O'Reilly Money:Tech Conference in New York City February 4-6, 2009 * O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference in New York City February 9-11, 2009 * O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Jose, CA, March 9-12, 2009 * MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, CA, April 20-23, 2009, co-presented by O'Reilly Media and Sun Microsystems * RailsConf in Las Vegas, May 4-7, 2009, co-presented with Ruby Central, Inc. * Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose, CA, May 19-21, 2009 * Found in Burlingame, CA, June 9-11, 2009 * Velocity in San Jose, CA, June 22-24, 2009 * OSCON in San Jose, CA, in San Jose, CA, July 20-24, 2009 * Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, CA, October 20-22, 2009 * Web 2.0 Expo New York in New York City, Nov. 16-19, 2009

For a conference overview, visit: http://conferences.oreilly.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

About O'Reilly
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