BlogHer 2009 was held in Chicago on July 24-25. The conference officially kicked off when the BlogHer co-founders -- Elisa Camahort Page, Lisa Stone, and Jory Des Jardins -- took the stage. Their welcome speech included some statistics from BlogHer's women in social media survey, which is highlighted in this brief video. <br><br> For more information about BlogHer, please visit <a title="BlogHer" href="http://www.blogher.com/" target="_blank">http://www.blogher.com/</a>.