66 Porland Place
London, England W1B 1AD

35 + speakers EARLY BIRD ENDS 15TH JUNE - BOOK NOW & join the industry thought-leaders, practitioners and your colleagues. Limited places available. Book through http://www.viswebconvention.com

A 2-day convention leading the monetisation and application debate for: Web 2.0, virtual worlds, social networks, casual games exploiting Facebook etc- reaching the 500m+ social networkers, serious games (climate change, policy, learning revolution) with roadmaps for Broadcasting & Media, Defence, Oil & Gas, Healthcare sectors.

We also bring industry and academia together to discover the secret of addressing the digital creative industries talent crunch, rewarding good talent without being held hostage and the use of future platforms in the games industry.
http://www.viswebconvention.com

The convention includes 4 main events (all separately bookable) and a small Expo:

9th JULY

- Academic Summit: Addressing the talent crunch - Schedule on main website
- Monetise Web 2.0 & Social Networks Conference - keynoted by Eric Winbolt, Head Digital at EMI Records. Microsite: http://www.monetisesocialnetworks.com
-Extra sessions: Machinima workshop, IP pitching afternoon.

10th JULY - Keynoted by Lord David Puttnam, joined by leading speakers from industry

- Third Annual Apply Serous Games Conference Microsite: http://www.applyseriousgames.com
- Apply Virtual Worlds & MMOs Microsite: http://www.applyvirtualworlds.com
- Extra sessions include: Roadmap consultations for a number of industries and a virtual worlds & serious games legal clinic.

All VIP Day and Full Convention passes available through http://visualweb.eventbrite.com. Individual event passes available through http://www.viswebconvention.com

Speakers include:

- Lord David Puttnam - focus on areas of application in government for serious games and/or virtual worlds; including government policy
- Eric Winbolt - Head of Digital at EMI Records
- John Nordlinger - Program Manager, Microsoft Research
- Matt Spall - MD, Morpheme Games Studios (part of Eidos)
- Sebastien de Halleux - COO, Play Fish
- Kevin McNulty - President, Coole Immersive
- Matthew Jeffery - Head EMEA Talent Management, Electronic Arts
- Sanjay Mistry - VP, EA University
- Dan Hon - CEO, Six to Start
- Margaret Robertson - Journalist & Consultant
- Gobion Rowlands - CEO, Red Redemption
- Claus Nehmzow - MD, Method Ltd
- Donald Clark - Leading Learning Commentator and Entrepreneur
- Martin Mackain Bremner - Learning Programme Manager, Defence Academy UK
- Prof Alan Hatcher - CEO, Homeland Security Group
- Richard Ellis - Stratum Management
- Jason Ryan - iCrossing
- Tom Nixon - Nixon McInnes
- Paul Durrant - Business Director, Abertay University
- Thomas Bidaux - VP, Avaloop
- David Solari - VP Online, Codemasters
- Thor Gunnarsson - VP, CCP Games (Eve Online)
- Sean Dromgoole - CEO, Some Research
- Frank Jennings - Associate Solicitor, DMH Stallard
- Kevin Corti - CEO, PIXELearning
- Paul Miller - CEO, School of Everything
- David MacQueen - Senior Mobile Analyst, Screen Digest
- Dave Taylor - Senior Virtual Worlds Researcher, Imperial College
- James Kinross - Surgeon, Imperial College
- Ivan Pope - CEO, Sniperoo (leading widgets and gadgets developer)
- Dr Pamela Kato - Former Co-founder and CEO, Hopelab (where games were proven to help sick children)

Official Website: http://www.viswebconvention.com

Added by Martineparry on May 25, 2008

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Martineparry

We have over 100 people attending including folk from Disney, Codemasters, Eidos, Emote Games, Second Interest, Avaloop, CCP Games, VastPark, and many more ...