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Virtual Worlds
Conference and Expo
helps businesses
harness the power of virtual worlds to engage with their customers,
partners and employees.
The event follows
our sold out
Virtual Worlds Spring New York conference.
100 featured
speakers from media, entertainment, IT and virtual worlds
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Hear from major media
companies:
Disney, Turner, MTV, Dreamworks, etc...
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Hear from major
corporations:
Intel, Cisco, IBM,
Microsoft,
Amazon,
etc...
30 virtual world
platform companies participating
We provide the broadest, deepest understanding of the virtual
worlds space.
The conference offers six primary tracks:
Entertainment and Marketing
Virtual
Worlds for the Enterprise
Business Strategy and Investment
Community and
Customer Service
Design and Development
Platforms and
Technology
Featured Speakers:
Joakim Achren,
Chief Executive Officer, Ironstar Helsinki
Kevin Alderman (aka Stroker Serpentine),
CEO, EROS, LLC
Motty Alon,
CEO, Memex Technologies
Brent
Arslaner, VP of Marketing, Unisfair
Linda Ban, Client and Program Strategy
Executive, 3DInternet and Digital
Convergence, IBM Research
Jeff Barr, Senior Web Services Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
John Bates,
Evangelist, Entropia Universe
Michael Bellavia, Managing Director, Animax Entertainment
Betsy Book, Director
of Product Management,
Makena Technologies
Ken Brady,
Director, International Strategies, Centric Agency of Change
Erik Bethke,
CEO, GoPets
Matt
Bostwick, SVP, Franchise Development, MTV Music Group
Dr. James Bower, CEO, Numedeon Inc /
Whyville.net
Corey Bridges, Co-founder,
Executive Producer, & Marketing Director,
The Multiverse Network
Ron Burns, President,
ProtonMedia
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband &
Gaming, Parks Associates
Chris Carella,
Creative Director, The Electric Sheep Company
Dorcas Casey, VP of Project Strategy &
Development, FunWebProduct
Edward Castronova,
Associate Professor, Indiana University
Rafhael Cedeno, CTO and co-founder,
Multiverse
Beth Coleman,
Professor of New Media, MIT
Jonathan Collins, Executive Producer, The Electric Sheep Company
Giff
Constable, GM, ESC Software, The Electric Sheep Company
Susan Lucas-Conwell, CEO, SDForum
Aaron Delwiche,
Co-founder, Metaversatility, Inc.
Mike Dowdle, Vice President of Business Development, Kaneva
Jeska Dzwigalski, Product and
Community Wrangler, Linden Lab
Nevin
Fouts, Associate Dean for Information Technology, Duke University’s
Fuqua School of Business
David Gardner, Executive Vice President, Icarus Studios
Robert Gehorsam, President, Forterra Systems
Rick Giolito, President, Trilogy Studios
Ben Goertzel,
CEO, Novamente LLC
Mary
Ellen Gordon, Owner, Market Truths Limited
Guntram Graef,
Co-Founder, Anshe Chung Studios, Ltd., China
Joel Greenberg, VP, Marketing Innovation,
The Electric Sheep Company
T. J. Gentle,
President, SmartFurniture.com
Karl Haberl, Director, Sun Microsystems
Laboratories
Adrienne
Haik,
Co-Founder, Metaversatility, Inc.
Robin Harper, Vice
President, Marketing & Community Development,
Linden Lab
Erik Hauser, Founder/Executive Creative Director, Swivel Media
Ian Hughes,
Metaverse Evangelist, IBM
Teemu Huuhtanen, President, N.A. &
EVP Bus. Dev., Sulake Corp. Ltd.
Nabeel Hyatt,
Founder & CEO, Conduit Labs
Joe Hyrkin,
Vice President, Sales & Business Development,
Gaia Online
John Jainschigg, Director, Online Technology
and New Business,
CMP Technology, LLC
Ben James,
Communications Strategy Director, Rivers Run Red
Daniel James, CEO, Three Rings
Greg Johnson, Chief Marketing
Officer, GGL Global Gaming
Sean Kane,
Attorney, Drakeford & Kane LLC
Sampo
Karjalainen, Chief Creative Officer, Sulake Corporation
Darius Kazemi, President, Orbus Gameworks
Bob Ketner,
Creative Director, Studio SFO
Sandy Kearney, IBM
Global Director, IBM 3D Internet and Virtual Business
Rita J. King, CEO and Creative Director,
Dancing Ink Productions LLC
Christopher Klaus, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kaneva
Raph Koster, President,
Areae, Inc.
Stephen Lawler,
General Manager of Virtual Earth,
Microsoft
Christian Lassonde,
President, Millions of Us Inc.
î’Žuç‹iChi Tai Robert Lai), Chief Scientist,
Beijing China Recreation District
Blake Lewin,
Vice President Product Development, Turner Broadcasting Inc.
Brad
Lineberger, CTO, Icarus Studios
Peter Marx, Managing Partner, Analog
Protocol
Steve Metzger, CEO, VT&T
Jean-Ann Mills, Events Producer, The
Electric Sheep Company
Mattias
Miksche, CEO, Stardoll
Nic Mitham,
Managing Director, K Zero
Mike
Monello, Partner / Creative Director, Campfire
Randal
Moss,
Manager of Futuring and Innovation Center,
American Cancer
Society
Paco Nathan,
Technical Director, HeadCase
Humanufacturing, Inc.
Greg Nuyens, CEO, Qwaq
Ryan Olson,
Marketing Coordinator, Outspark
Bryan
O'Sullivan, Hacker, Linden Lab
Tony O’Driscoll, Professor of the Practice in
the College of Management,
North Carolina State University
Jerry Paffendorf, CEO, Wello Horld
David Peck, New Media Consultant, Britney
Mason Productions
Peter Phillips, Technical Director, Millions
of Us
Jeffrey Pope, Senior Manager, Far East Region,
Sun Microsystems
Scott Raney, Venture Capitalist, Redpoint
Ventures
Christian Renaud,
Chief Architect, Networked Virtual Environments,
Cisco
Kyra E.
Reppen, Senior Vice President & General Manager, NeoPets
Ben Richardson,
VP Business Development,
Makena Technologies
Eric Rice,
Executive Producer, Slackstreet Entertainment
Ren Reynolds,
writer, philosopher and consultant
Jason Root,
Senior Vice President, Digital, Nick.com and Nickatnite.com
Yuki
Saeki, International Coordinator, Centric - Agency of Change
Daniel Schiappa, GM, Strategy Entertainment and Devices Division,
Microsoft
Stefanie Schwartz, Vice President of Marking and Operations, NeoPets
Joey Seiler,
Reporter,
VirtualWorldsNews.com
Christopher V. Sherman, Executive Director,
Virtual Worlds Management
Craig Sherman,
CEO,
Gaia Online
Naoyoshi
Shimaya, CEO, Metabirds
Art Sindlinger, VP, Activation Director - Social Media & Gaming,
Starcom
Yesha Sivan,
EIR - Metaverse, JVP Studio Ventures
Trevor F. Smith, Founder, Transmutable
Timo
Soininen, Chief Executive Officer, Sulake Corporation
Michael
Solomon, Professor,
Saint Joseph's University
Paul Steinberg, Intel Software Network,
Intel Software Solutions Group
Tim Stevens,
President & CEO, Doppelganger
Reuben Steiger,
CEO,
Millions of Us
Matthew Sunkin,
Network Engineer, Intel Corporation
John Swords,
The Electric Sheep Company
Jodi Turton,
Community Manager, Makena Technologies
Sibley Verbeck,
CEO,
The Electric Sheep Company
Mark Wallace,
blogger, 3pointD.com
Rich Weil,
Commuity Relations Director, Cartoon Network
Sharon Weinbar, Managing Director, Scale
Venture Partners
Valerie Williamson, VP of Marketing and Business Development,
The Electric Sheep Company
Michael Wilson,
CEO,
Makena Technologies
Susan Wu,
Principal ,
Charles River Ventures
Hui Xu,
Founder & CEO, HiPiHi Co., Ltd
Paul Yanover,
Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Disney Online
John
Zdanowski, Chief Financial Officer, Linden Lab
Mark Zohar, Founder and Senior Vice Presiden,
SceneCaster
Coverage includes:
Entertainment and Marketing
Advertising in Virtual Spaces
ROI - How the Rules Are Changing
Entertainment in Virtual Worlds - It's Not
Games. it's Not TV. It's....
Case Studies from leading entertainment
companies, brands and agencies
Kids and Teen Worlds - What You Need to Know
Learn from marketers, brands and agencies
Hear exclusive case studies from
major corporations
Measure real-world results and
campaign metrics
Virtual Worlds for the Enterprise
Putting Virtual Environments to Work
Security and Technical Implementation Issues
Business Process Management
Applications that Work
Best Practices for Employees in Virtual Worlds
Creating a User Community in Second Life
How to go big - or go small.
Business Strategy
and Investment
How to create a successful business strategy
Virtual Worlds in
China
IP Wealth and
Pitfalls of Synthetic Worlds
Investing in Virtual
Worlds
VW Roadmap - where are virtual
worlds technologies heading next
The Asian Market -
What We Can Learn
Virtual Goods: The
Next Big Business Model
Pure Virtual -
Lessons Learned from Startup Virtual Worlds Businesses
Community and
Customer Service
Community Management
in 3D Spaces
Managing Social
Interactions in Virtual Worlds: Tools and Techniques
Demographics and
Numbers: Where Things Are and Where They're Headed
Event Planning -
Keeping Users Engaged
The Importance of
Narrative: Keeping Your Community Involved
Understanding the
Avatar - Why Are People Here Anyway?
Interface issues and designing engaging simulations
Design and Development
Artificial
Intelligence For Virtual Worlds
Case
Study: Pocket Pal - Mobile Virtual World
Technical
Perspective: Designing Stickier Virtual Worlds Builds
Designing
for Cross-Platform Delivery and Long-Term Content Portability
Tech and design issues and how to
leverage assets
Design secrets from innovative
virtual world startups
Tie your
virtual presence into the real world or to the web
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Keynotes Speakers
 Anthony E. Zuiker
Creator
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,
CSI: Miami,
CSI: NY
 Christian Renaud
Chief Architect, Networked Virtual Environments
Cisco Technology Center
Fireside Chat
 Paul
Yanover
Executive Vice President & Managing Director
Disney Online
Lead Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Who Will Be Attending
CEOs
Presidents
Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
Chief Technology Officer (CTOs)
Chief Creative Officers (CCOs)
Digital Marketing Directors/Managers
Chief Marketing Officers
Marketing Directors/ Managers
Director, Technology Strategy
VP, Innovation Director
VP of Product Development
VP, Interactive Entertainment
VP, Director of Marketplace Planning
VP, Business Development
VP, Interactive Media
Brand Directors/Managers
New Media Marketing
SVP, Strategy and M&A
Online Communications Directors
Community Managers
Customer Relations Directors
Network Engineers
Creative Directors
Commercial Director
Content Director
Creative Director
VP Ad sales
Director of Product Management
VP Communications
VP Global Development
Director, Technology Strategy
Senior Producers
Distinguished Engineers
Director of Digital Strategy
Brand and Strategy Manager
Director of Product Development
Multimedia and Web Development
Systems Engineer
Metaverse Architect
Sr. Business Dev Analyst
Director Applied Technology
Information Scientist
Head of Branded Content
Training/HR Directors
Internal Communications Directors
Legal professionals
At these organizations
Fortune 500 companies
Brand owners and advertisers
Virtual world platform companies
Virtual world developers
Web 2.0 companies
Digital agencies
Manufactures
Entertainment franchise owners
Media companies
Consumer goods companies
IT Service providers
Interactive entertainment Cos.
Device manufacturers
Telecommunication companies
Not-for-profit organizations
Government agencies
Educators
Startups
Toy companies
Small business owners
Investors and venture capitalists
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