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Sep 22, 2009 3:45 pm US/Pacific

Newsom Delivers Speech At SoCal Twitter Conference

LOS ANGELES (BCN) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Delegates listen to a video speech from the Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom, who will run for California Governor in 2010, at the Twitter Conference LA in Los Angeles.
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Twitter is officially the talk of the town as a two-day conference dedicated to the micro-blogging site gets under way at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Company co-founder Biz Stone opened the conference Tuesday with a 40-minute speech about the origins of Twitter and its goal to make a positive global impact. He cited the site's importance in organizing political protests worldwide.

Pro skater Tony Hawk, attorney Mark Geragos, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, actors Tyrese Gibson and Greg Grunberg and addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky are also set to talk Twitter.

Follow AP entertainment writer Sandy Cohen at http://twitter.com/apsandy as she tweets from the Twitter conference, which runs through Wednesday.