Web 2.0 Expo (Awards), From 22nd – 25th April in San Francisco

Mar 1, 2008 by Abbas

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Web is growing and so is the number of awards around it. Here is another one which managed to create a lot of buzz and attract a huge number of participants. Web 2.0 Expo is happening in San Francisco starting April 22nd through 25th. This Expo is only in its second year and is already associated with names like IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, Disney, Oracle, Sun, Intel, etc…

From thousands of participants (websites) Webware burns the list down to 300 and we (users) get to vote for our favorite site in each category from the list of 300. You can vote from the following categories:

• Audio
• Browsing
• Commerce and Events
• Communication
• Productivity
• Publishing and Photography
• Search and Reference
• Social
• Utility and Security
• Video

I voted for my favorite content management system WordPress under Publishing and Photography.  Click on the following image to vote for WordPress.

Voting will freeze on 31st of March and winners will be announced on 21st April. Passes for the Expo are available at the following price:

Conference Plus Workshops
$1,545.00 / Early registration $1,345.00 / Walk-in $1,745.00

Conference Only
$1,245.00 / Early registration $1,045.00 / Walk-in $1,445.00

Workshops Day Only
$695.00 / Early registration $545.00 / Walk-in $895.00

Expo Hall Pass
$100.00 / Early registration $100.00 / Walk-in $100.00

At the time of registration use this “websf08br1” code to get an additional $100 discount.

Expo Resources:

• Register here
• Expo Schedule
• WorkShop
• Speakers
• Expo Blog
• Expo Brochure

Following is the list of other web awards:

• http://www.webaward.org/
• http://www.thefwa.com/
• http://www.webbyawards.com/
• http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0 (claims to be the first in the race since 2006)

Watch the following video for more information

Tags: Awards, Events & Conferences, Microsoft, Nokia, Technology (News), Technology event, Web 2.0, Web Awards, wordpress

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