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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2007 (Sun Oct 28) 450+ attendees from 23 countries, including 80 speakers, joined us at Canvas for four days of workshops, conference and expo. Check out the press coverage here, and podcasts from day one keynotes from Lord Puttnam and Lord Triesman, opening presentations from Jess Mulligan and Paul Jackson, day two keynotes and business model panels. Also, watch our blog for ongoing conversation. Our pan-European virtual worlds confex connected brands, major corporations, digital and virtual worlds agencies, media and entertainment players and games companies, technology suppliers, analysts and commentators, lawyers, regulators and venture capitalists and all those harnessing the power of virtual worlds to engage with clients, suppliers or customers. A serious amount of business got done. Watch this space for future events from the Virtual Economic Forum. | 
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Your programme at a glance
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 October 2007 )
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Our speakers include |
| Sean Seton-Rogers
Sean Seton-Rogers
Sean joined Benchmark from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His experience includes working in sales at BEA Systems. Prior to BEA and Wharton, Sean spent four years with Commonwealth Capital Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Boston. While at Commonwealth, Sean drove pilot investments in EDA software, Internet infrastructure, and enterprise software. Before that, Sean worked as a consultant in London for Bain & Company. |
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| Aleks Krotoski
Aleks Krotoski is a columnist for The Guardian's Technology section and for Guardian Unlimited, where she writes about the social dimensions of interactive entertainment, emerging community experiences in virtual worlds and other aspects of social software. She is currently working towards a PhD in social psychology examining the social networks of Second Life. In particular, she is interested in understanding online social influence, and how information diffuses through online populations. |
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| Wagner James
Wagner James Au
James is author of New World Notes (nwn.blogs.com), the longest-running Second Life blog, launched during his stint as an "embedded journalist" with Linden Lab, continuing in 2006 as an independent site with Federated Media. He's also the game/online world editor for GigaOM.com, and author of the upcoming book “The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World” from HarperCollins, set for a March 2008 publication. |
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