World Business Forum Announces ?Bloggers Hub? Featuring Live Blogging and Coverage on Facebook and Twitter by Leading Bloggers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 6-7 ? as 4,000 attendees gather at Radio City Music Hall for the 6^th edition of the annual World Business Forum ? more than 50 leading business bloggers will be working together to bring the inspiring ideas from the main stage and surrounding events to life for the global business community on Blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other social media.

The featured bloggers will cover the event live over the Internet from the official ?World Business Forum Bloggers Hub? - an exclusive area designed specifically for bloggers including high-speed Internet access and electric outlets.

?The featured bloggers will be blogging and tweeting the conference in real time as well as posting articles and interacting in conversations during and after the event,? says Andrea Meyer of Working Knowledge, one of the featured bloggers at the event. ?Some bloggers, like me, emphasize innovation. Others emphasize economic issues, entrepreneurship, technology, etc. This ensures that the conference reaches a wide variety of global participants and extends the conversation along multiple dimensions of specialization.?

HSM will also be presenting live video, photos and coverage from the event through postings on their own HSM Inspiring Ideas Blog, various other social media outlets and a specially designed World Business Forum Bloggers Hub ?live online experience? website. The full list of featured bloggers and live coverage can be found at www.wbfny.com/BloggersHub

Photos and postings will also be made available at the World Business Forum page on Facebook located at www.facebook.com/WorldBusinessForum and via the HSM Americas account on Twitter. People interested in participating remotely in the World Business Forum discussion over the Internet may do so by searching on Twitter for the term #WBF09 to see the current conversations about the event and by adding #WBF09 to their own Twitter postings.

Organized by HSM, a global leader in executive education, the World Business Forum is the leading international symposium for the business community. Held every year at historic Radio City Music Hall ®, the 2009 World Business Forum will take place on October 6-7, 2009 to an audience of over 4,000 top executives attending from around the world.

For speaker lineup and more information about the World Business Forum, please visit www.wbfny.com or call 866-711-4476 (International callers can dial 212-317-8454.)

About HSM

Founded in 1987, HSM (www.hsmglobal.com) is a global organization specializing in executive education. HSM brings together the world?s top executives and thought leaders to analyze and debate the latest and most pressing issues in business, science, technology, and the economy. Through conferences, print media and online content, HSM generates new ideas and fresh thinking about the challenges facing business leaders today. HSM believes that knowledge is the critical driver for change and development.

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