SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Lance Armstrong to Participate in Live Auction

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
here 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.

-- For more information on Web 2.0 Summit and to apply for an invitation,
       please visit: http://web2summit.com
    -- To read coverage from Summit 2007, please visit:
       http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/62/news.html
    -- To view select video from last year's Summit, please visit:
       http://web2summit.blip.tv/



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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
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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
US$2.5 billion.

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