Join us at FountainBlue’s Virtual Worlds Annual Conference. If you’re interested in virtual worlds, virtual goods, mobile worlds and gaming, this is a great opportunity. Founders Space will be at the conference, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Cost: Register by September 22 at noon: $62 general
Topic: Virtual Worlds: Where We Were, Where We’re Going, What Does It Mean to YOU?
Date & time: Friday, September 24, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Location: Cisco, MCCARTHY RANCH 3 (SJCMR3), 155 North McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, Great Dane Conference Room
Audience: Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs and Investors only. No service providers please.
Second Annual State of the Virtual Worlds Industry Event
FountainBlue’s Second Annual State of the Virtual Worlds Industry conference updates entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors on the successes, challenges and trends of the industry overall, and showcases corporate and entrepreneurial virtual world demos. Beginning with a panel sharing the growth of the industry from the legal, venture, research and corporate perspectives, the program will next highlight how leading corporations are leveraging virtual worlds solutions to better serve their constituents, and culminating in showcasing early stage, funding-bound virtual worlds entrepreneurs with a range of solutions pushing the technology and business envelope.
Agenda
8:30 Registration and Networking
9:00 Welcomes and Thank Yous
9:15 Trends in the Virtual Worlds Industry: An Update on What’s New and What’s Coming
Facilitator Jeff Pope, Founding Partner, Spark Sky Ventures
Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Ventures
David Helgason, CEO and Co-Founder, Unity
Chris Platz, Creative Director and Art Lead, Stanford Sirikata Labs
Eilif Trondsen, Research and Program Director of the Virtual Worlds @ Work Consortium at Strategic Business Insights
Mark Wallace, Conversation Manager, Linden Lab
10:20 Morning Break
10:35 Corporate Panel: Serving Customers, Building Communities, Training Users
Facilitator Dennis Shiao, Director of Product Marketing, INXPO
Sai Allavarpu, CITRIX
Mic Bowman, Intel
Kenny Lauer, George P Johnson
Dannette Veale, Global Virtual Event Strategist, Cisco, Lead, Virtual Component, Cisco Live
11:40 Lunch and Networking
12:30 Entrepreneur Panel: The Tools, The Goods, The Immersion Experience
Facilitator Nina Gerwin, The NRG Group
Michael Gold, CEO, Electrotank:
Steve Hoffman, CEO, Rocketon: virtual world for tweeners
Albert Kim, CEO, Zenitum: Augmented reality with 3D displays
Jim Parker, CEO, Digitell: SaaS 3D immersive virtual events and virtual training
Reuben Steiger, Founder and Chairman, Virtual Greats
1:30 Adjourn and Further Networking and Corporate Exhibits and Entrepreneur Showcases open until 2:00
For more information and to register, visit http://www.svvirtualworlds.com.
