Despite downturn, Web 2.0 conference organizer sees minimal drop in attendance In this segment, Bambi Francisco interview Jen Pahlka, general manager of the Web 2.0 Expo. The expo is coming up and will be held on April 1-3 at Moscone West in San Francisco.BF: Lets just start off with a general question about conferences, the appetite for conferences, we are living through tough times and budgets are tightening. So what are you seeing as you put this together. Has it been a tough time to draw a crowd to this conference? JP: Right now we are seeing a pretty minimal downturn for this event. Looks like it will be a 20% downturn for this event and last year was a big boom year for us. I think the dynamics which is ...   [ Read more ]