On May 4th, hundreds of developers and technologists attended eCommerce Developer Day at the Plug and Play Center, hosted by LivePerson. The event, which was held in a top tech incubator facility in Silicon Valley, featured presentations, tech talks and demos from successful technologists and thought leaders in the industry to allow developers to explore opportunities for building the next generation of eCommerce applications with leading platform companies.

For those who have missed the event, check out some of the great speakers presentation from the event

Robert LoCascio, CEO of LivePerson, tells his story of becoming an entrepreneur, key decisions he had to make in building his company, and LivePerson's plans to expand development activities in Silicon Valley.

Mark Trang, Vice-President of Platform Technologies and Ecosystems at LivePerson, kicks off the May 4 2011 eCommerce Developer Day with an overview of the ecommerce industry, and why so many companies are working with developers to inspire innovation, share successes and connect communities.

Rasesh Shah, Technical Evangelist at PayPal, talks about their open global payment platform, and how it helps developers to easilly implement complex payment functionality using PayPal's APIs.

Pete Schlaefer and Manish Shah of RapLeaf demo a custom application that incorporates real-time data from their store of email addresses and is built on their open-standards-based API. With this app, they are able to turn chat between a customer and an agent into a revenue-generating opportunity for a LivePerson customer.