Los Angeles, CA – June 8, 2009 – Twiistup, Southern California’s premier event showcasing innovation and connecting professionals from the worlds of technology, media and entertainment, has officially opened ticket sales and revealed a list of confirmed speakers for the newly expanded two-day program, taking place on Thursday and Friday, July 30 and 31, 2009 at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, Calif. 

Confirmed speakers include:

• Jason Calacanis – Serial entrepreneur, founder of Mahalo and co-founder of TechCrunch 50 and Weblogs.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Calacanis
• Chamillionaire – Grammy Award-winning and chart topping musician and entrepreneur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamillionaire
• Todd Goldman – Artist, entrepreneur, co-creator of BLAHGirls (with Ashton Kutcher) and founder of David and Goliath apparel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Goldman
• Quincy Jones III (QD3) – Music and film producer/entrepreneur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III
• Dave McClure – Seed stage investor for the Founders Fund http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/about-dave-mcclure.html
• Ian Rogers – Former business partner of the Beastie Boys and former GM of Yahoo Music, now CEO of Topspin Media http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ian-rogers
• Cyan Banister – early stage investor in Facebook, Paypal, Slide, Tagged and founder of TopFans.com
• Ben Huh – CEO of viral phenomenon www.IcanHasCheezburger.com
• Chris Brogan – President of New Marketing Labs
• Mark Suster – GRP Partners, venture capital.  Former VP Product Mgmt Salesforce.com & 2-time CEO and entrepreneur http://www.grpvc.com/team.php?screen=PARTNERS&team=29
• Brian Solis – Author of Now is Gone and Putting the Public Back in Public Relations, Publisher of PR 2.0 and bub.blicio.us, Founder of Future Works PR, and strategic advisor to Fortune 500 businesses and startups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Solis

The stage program will also include pitch and Q&A sessions from the 10 selected Twiistup “Showoff” companies, and additional speakers are being added as availability is confirmed.

“This is just the start of our line-up,” said Twiistup producer Francisco Dao. “It’s really exciting to be able to put together an eclectic stage program that really captures the convergence of technology, media and innovation.”  Dao continued to explain that the currently confirmed speakers represent only a portion of the expected agenda.

Under the new two-day format, Twiistup will offer several ticket options. A limited number of tickets will be made available for the evening open-bar mixer only ($79) while full event passes that include both the two-day stage program and the open-bar evening will be offered at an early-bird price of $227 until June 20 at which time full event passes increase to $297.

To get your tickets go to http://twiistup6.eventbee.com