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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 |
| Richard Bartle
Dr Richard Bartle co-wrote the first virtual world, MUD ("Multi-User Dungeon") in 1978, and has thus been at the forefront of the online games industry from its very inception. A former lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and current Visiting Professor in Computer Game Design (both at the University of Essex, U.K.), he is an influential writer on all aspects of virtual world design, development, and management. As an independent consultant, he has worked with most of the major online game companies in the U.K. and the U.S. over the past 20 years. His 2003 book, Designing Virtual Worlds, has already established itself as a foundation text for researchers and developers of virtual worlds alike. | |
| Johann Brenner
Johan Brenner, General Partner, Balderton Capital Prior to joining Benchmark, Johan was the Founder and Chairman of TIME Vision, a privately owned Nordic-based investment company focusing on early stage communication and information technology companies. As an entrepreneur, investor and board member, Johan built a number of successful companies, including Jobline, E*Trade Nordic, DebiTech and Tradera. Before founding TIME Vision, Johan held various executive positions with the Kinnevik Group, including COO of Modern Times Group, Executive Vice President of the Kinnevik Group and President of 3C Communications in Luxembourg. Prior to the Kinnevik Group, Johan spent close to 10 years working for the ABB Group in various executive positions in the financial services and power generation industries. Johann bas boardÝseats onÝCas Services, Dropshop, Gourmondo, Igglo, Pageflakes, Rawflow, Rebtel, Sulake, Zopa Johann has anÝMBA from Stockholm School of Economics; Graduate education at The Stern School of Business at New York University and The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Executive education at Stanford Business School. |
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| Greg Nuyens
Greg Nuyens. CEO, Qwaq
Greg Nuyens has more than twenty years experience as a high tech entrepreneur, including founding and executive roles at both private and public companies.
Most recently, he was CEO of Devicescape whose venture backers include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and August Capital. Previously, Greg served as CTO of Neomar, a provider of wireless infrastructure software to Fortune 1000 enterprises, and chief technologist at Inktomi. Earlier, he served as co-founder at Ilog, director at Sun Microsystems and researcher at Xerox PARC and Xerox AI Systems. Greg holds a MS in Computer Science from Stanford University and a BS in Computer Science from Carleton University. |
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