For the First Time Ever Web 2.0 Summit Streams Live Main Stage Action from Event

SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Web 2.0 Summit, co-produced by O'Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, announce that for the first time ever, live coverage of the event will be made available beginning today for viewing and embedding for free from http://www.web2summit.com/live. People from around the world will be able to watch breaking news, controversial interviews and groundbreaking advancements as they happen at Web 2.0 Summit.  Web 2.0 Summit starts today at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

"All industry eyes will be on Web 2.0 Summit this week," said John Battelle, Web 2.0 Summit Program Chair. "The very first live Web 2.0 Summit stream offers everyone the chance to watch as the battle for domination of the internet economy plays out on the main stage. We invite people from around the world to tune in and join the conversation online."

Live coverage of Web 2.0 Summit will cover the star studded lineup of speakers taking the main stage including big names like Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google; Peter Chernin, Founder, The Chernin Group; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook; Carol Bartz, CEO, Yahoo!; Ariel Emanuel, Co-CEO, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment; Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix, Inc.; Robin Li, Chairman and CEO: Baidu, Inc.; Susan Lyne, Chairman, Gilt Groupe LLC; Yuri Milner, CEO, Digital Sky Technologies and Frank Quattrone, Founder and head of Merchant Banking, Qatalyst Partners.

The stream will be available live throughout the entire span of the event, November 15-17, free of charge to audiences, barring any speaker restrictions. Embedded code for the stream is available at http://www.livestream.com/web20tv/share.

Attendance at Web 2.0 Summit is limited to maintain an intimate setting and foster dialog among participants. General attendee registration is by invitation only; interested parties may request an invitation at http://web2summit.com. Media credentials are also extended by invitation only.

Web 2.0 Summit sponsors include Diamond Sponsor Comcast; Platinum Sponsors Bing, BlackBerry, Dell and Yahoo; Silver Sponsors Canaan Partners, iStockphoto, Ixaris, Meebo, Quova, TokBox, Unity Medical, and Visa; Supporting Sponsors .CO, Aperture, Ask.com, Omidyar Network, SendGrid, TriNet HR Corporation and Wyse Technology.

Follow Web 2.0 Summit on Twitter @web2summit, and please tag your tweets with #w2s or #web2summit.

Boilerplates:

O'Reilly Media, Inc. 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.

O'Reilly conferences bring together forward-thinking business and technology leaders, shaping ideas and influencing industries around the globe. For over 25 years, O'Reilly has facilitated the adoption of new and important technologies by the enterprise, putting emerging technologies on the map.

UBM TechWeb the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

SOURCE UBM TechWeb