Press Release
July 30, 2008
First Web 2.0 Summit 'Web Meets World' Auction Benefits Charity: Lance Armstrong to Participate in Live Auction
SAN FRANCISCO--July 30, 2008--TechWeb (formerly CMP) and O'Reilly Media,
Inc., co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit, announce the Web Meets
World Auction at Web 2.0 Summit on the evening of Wednesday, November 5,
at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The first Summit auction illustrates
this year's theme of applying what we've learned from the Web to help
solve our world's most pressing limits. Keynote speaker Lance Armstrong,
the cancer survivor, seven-time Tour de France winner and founder of the
Lance Armstrong Foundation who recently joined with Demand Media to launch
LIVESTRONG.COM, will autograph a Trek road bike that will be auctioned off
with other priceless items during Web 2.0 Summit’s Web Meets World
Auction. All proceeds from the auction will benefit charity. Complete
information about the Web Meets World Auction can be found at:
http://en.oreilly.com/web2008/public/content/auction.
"In planning for the Web 2.0 Summit event this year, we have been inspired
to look beyond our immediate needs and into a space that transforms limits
into opportunities," said John Battelle, Web 2.0 Summit's Program Chair.
"With that in mind, we've asked our speakers, including Lance Armstrong
and others, to help us host this auction and provide the Summit community
at least one concrete way to support change."
The Web 2.0 Summit team will solicit donations, and donation ideas, from
individuals and companies within the community and then choose the 10 most
promising and unique offerings to auction after the conference dinner.
Lance Armstrong, the seven time Tour de France winner and founder of the
Lance Armstrong Foundation and LIVESTRONG.COM, will donate an autographed
bicycle that he signs on-stage during his interview with John Battelle.
All proceeds from the event will benefit three charities, including
WITNESS.org, which uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of
the world to human rights violations.
Members of the Web community can contribute to the success of the Web
Meets World auction by joining the Web 2.0 Summit Facebook community and
suggest which charities should benefit from the auction and what you would
consider a priceless donation. Individuals or companies who would like to
offer auction items should email: auction@techweb.com.
Web 2.0 Summit takes place November 5-7, 2008 at the Palace Hotel in San
Francisco. The event is produced by partners O'Reilly Media, Inc. and
TechWeb and is moderated by John Battelle, Program Chair. Attendance is
limited to maintain an intimate setting and foster dialog among
participants. General attendee registration is by invitation only;
requests for invitations are being accepted through mid-September. Media
credentials are also extended by invitation only.
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
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
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