FountainBlue's Annual Virtual Worlds Conference September 24, 2010

FountainBlue's Virtual Worlds Annual Conference
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, Great Dane Conference Room at MCCARTHY RANCH 3 (SJCMR3), 155 North McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas
Cost: $42 members, $52 partners, $62 general, $72 on-site for members and non-members, $144 for ongoing membership plus admission
Members can register at: http://fountainblue.shuttlepod.org/hightech
To Become a Member visit: http://fountainblue.shuttlepod.org/membershipapp
Non-Members and Partners can register at: http://www.svvirtualworlds.com
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
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, SRI International
Mark Wallace, Conversation Manager, Linden Lab
Panelist from Norwest Ventures to be confirmed
10:20 Morning Break
10:35 Corporate Panel: Serving Customers, Building Communities, Training Users
Facilitator Dennis Shiao, Director of Product Marketing, INXPO
Sai Allavarpu, Senior Director for Security and Virtualization, CITRIX
Mic Bowman, Principal Engineer, Intel
Kenny Lauer, VP of Digital Experience, 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: virtual world & virtual games development platform
Steve Hoffman, CEO, Rocketon: virtual world for tweeners
Albert Kim, CEO, Zenitum: Augmented reality with 3D displays
Jim Parker, President, 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.