The first international Web 2.0 Conference held on
5-7 October 2004 in San Francisco, focused on the implications of internet becoming an important platform for innovations in the fields of model, service, application and business. Web 2.0 Conference felt these areas to be most significant aspects in redefining the procedures businessmen follow at present, as well as ways in which people dwell in modern times.
Objectives of Web 2.0 Conference in general and highlights of the topics and issues dealt with:
- Web 2.0 Conference ardently wanted the internet to become a strong foundation for emergence of numerous forms of commercial activities
- The second annual Web 2.0 Conference focused on the idea of reviving the internet in a fashion to bring in the forefronts, the significant innovations taking place in various areas
- Second annual Web 2.0 Conference laid substantial stress on the development of communications, entertainment and fields of information technology
- In general, Web 2.0 Conference explored the possibilities of the ideas which started coming into the mainstream of web developmental activities
Following are some eminent speakers of the Web 2.0 Conference:
- Martin Varsavsky
- Meg Whitman
- Evan Williams
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Caterina Fake
- W. Daniel Hillis
- Reed E. Hundt
- Vyomesh Joshi
- Robert Kotick
- Mary Meeker
- Eric Nicoli
- Steve Ballmer
- John Battelle
- Peter Bloom
- Adam Bosworth
- Phillippe Dauman
- Tim O'Reilly
- Jeff Bezos
- Mark Cuban
- John Doerr
- Mary Meeker
- Craig Newmark
- Marc Andreessen
- George Conrades
- James Currier
- Cory Doctorow
- Bill Gross
- Bill Gurley
- David L. Sifry
- Michael Weiss
- Jake Winebaum
- Jerry Yang
- William H. Janeway
- Brewster Kahle
- Lawrence Lessig
- Udi Manber
- John McKinley
- Halsey Minor
- Louis Monier
- Richard F. Rashid
- Martin Nisenholtz
- Mike Ramsay
- Dan Rosensweig
The principal aim of the Web 2.0 Conference was to make the best use of internet in triggering the diverse spheres of human life and activities. According to them, the proper application of the web could create wonders in future, leading to extensive savings of time and individual energy
