BlogWorld & New Media Expo Brings Heavy-Hitting Social Media Experts to the Keynote Stage

BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only industry-wide trade show, conference and media event dedicated to the dynamic business of blogging and new media, today announced three new media gurus will be joining its keynote lineup. The Conference and Expo will be held October 15-17, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

World-class new media leaders presenting at BlogWorld & New Media Expo include:

• Chris Brogan, president of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, and home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp educational events. He is also the cofounder of the PodCamp new media conference series, which explores the use of new media community tools to extend and build value. As a ten year veteran of social media, web and mobile technology, Chris is an area expert in building digital relationships for businesses, organizations and individuals. He is co-author of the New York Times Best-seller Trust Agents.
• Guy Kawasaki is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an “online magazine rack” of popular topics on the web. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA, as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
• Kara Swisher is co-creator and co-producer of the technology industry's annual conference, D: All Things Digital, and co-executive editor of the AllThingsD.com Web site. Kara started covering digital issues for The Washington Post in the early 1990s. She then joined The Wall Street Journal in 1997, where her BoomTown column originally appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section. It is now online on AllThingsD. She is also the author of aol.com : How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web and its sequel, There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future.

Attendees at the 2009 BlogWorld & New Media Expo have a unique opportunity to learn the strategies, tools and cutting-edge technologies used by the world’s leading authorities on growing businesses and brands online, engaging online communities and effectively implementing new media communication and social media tools into business.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo conference sponsors include Johnson & Johnson, Collective Bias, Rockfish Interactive, Procopio, ShareASale, Calacles Consulting and Blame Society Productions. The Light Group is title sponsor of evening parties. Media partners include Alltop, Mashable, Technorati, Fast Company, Webgrrls, WomensRadio, iPod Observer, iProng and MacObserver. Sched.org is social media scheduling sponsor. Yubby is the official video aggregator.

Additional information on BlogWorld & New Media Expo, including speaker topics, session descriptions and registration details, is available at www.blogworldexpo.com.”

About BlogWorld & New Media Expo

BlogWorld & New Media Expo is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of new media, including: blogging, podcasting, social media, online video, music, TV, radio, gaming, entertainment and communities. In addition to the only industry-wide new media exhibition, BlogWorld & New Media Expo features the largest new media conference in the world, including more than 50 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes from iconic personalities on the leading-edge of online technology and internet-savvy business. The 2009 BlogWorld & New Media Expo is designed to give participants the crucial strategies, tools and technologies they need to leverage social media for publishing, broadcasting and growing brands and businesses through online presence and community engagement. More information can be found at www.blogworldexpo.com.