NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN) will be hosting a global customer summit, Aspire 2011, beginning on October 24th through the 26th in New York City.  Hundreds of customer engagement professionals from leading global brands will be joined by culture and thought leaders to share best practices and to experience the latest innovations in intelligent consumer engagement.

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Geared to be an interactive and dynamic forum, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from LivePerson subject matter experts, partners, and customers.  The three-day event will include demonstrations of the latest LivePerson innovations, including LivePerson's intelligent engagement platform, LiveEngage, as well as LivePerson's new products-- LP Marketer, LP Insights, and LP Analytics Driven Engagement.  The agenda will include interactive discussions and customer case studies of LivePerson's innovative products and partner-developed applications.

"Our customers represent some of the most successful and progressive organizations in customer engagement, personalization, and customer intelligence across every industry. We felt it would be invaluable to gather these leading brands, subject matter experts, and thought leaders to connect and dialogue on best practices and to learn how to leverage new LivePerson innovations to further empower their strategy," said LivePerson CEO Rob LoCascio.  "We believe that this forum will provide actionable insight and inspiration for customers to drive greater success in their online businesses and their communities."

Aspire 2011 features a diverse group of speakers, including: Jamie Naughton, speaker of the house at Zappos; Michelle Peluso, global consumer chief marketing and Internet officer at Citigroup; Christopher McCann, president of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM; and Frank Eliason, senior vice president of social media at Citibank NA, among others.  

On October 25th, at approximately 9AM ET, LivePerson will begin streaming presentations live from the event.  To watch a live webcast of Aspire keynote presentations interested parties can visit the Aspire web site, at http://aspire2011.liveperson.com.

About LivePerson

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN) offers a platform that enables businesses to proactively connect in real-time with their customers via chat, voice, and content delivery at the right time, through the right channel, including websites, social media and mobile devices.. This "intelligent engagement" is driven by real-time behavioral data, producing connections based on a true understanding of business objectives and customer needs.

More than 8,500 companies rely on LivePerson's platform to increase conversions and improve customer experience, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Verizon, Sky, Walt Disney, PNC, QVC and Orbitz.

LivePerson has received the CODiE award for Best Ecommerce Solution in 2011, and has been named one of America's 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies by Forbes in 2011, and a Company of the Year by Frost and Sullivan in 2010.  LivePerson is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Atlanta, London and Melbourne, Australia.

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