IEEE Summit: Virtual Play Exchange Advise Renew Learn September 20, 2011

THE INAUGURAL vPEARL 2011 SUMMIT

Presented by IEEE Standards Association

"Harnessing the Untapped Power of Converging 3D Technologies"
Introducing the Virtual Environment CoLab (VECoLab)

20-21 September 2011
Los Angeles, CA

About the (vPEARL) (Virtual Play Exchange Advise Renew Learn) 2011 Summit
vPEARL 2011 Summit is the inaugural two-day virtual environments event sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association to be held at a studio zone location in Los Angeles. The unusual studio environment is expected to promote creativity in the exploration of best practices for virtual environments.

For anyone involved in Virtual Worlds, this highly interactive inaugural event is designed to provide an exchange of practices, and to educate, entertain and immerse attendees in the world of virtual environments by involving them as teams in the development of virtual environment solutions to real world challenges.

The vPEARL 2011 program will also feature keynote and catalyst speakers to spur the development of solutions based on the practices.

The anticipated outcome will be an initial compendium of first, common, best and needed practices, as brought together by the attendees and their experiences with current platforms, products and services. This compendium will be the beginning of a continuing effort to advance the virtual environment industries through consensus on best practices and support from stakeholders.

vPEARL Highlights

Keynote and Catalyst presentations
A set of real-world challenges developed by the VECoLab, a community of virtual world experts sponsored by IEEE and supported by e426.org
Summit focus on “Breakouts for Solution” teams with onsite and virtual participants facilitated by the VECoLab
A variety of virtual world platforms from sponsoring vendors for use by participants
A planned one-hour virtual world link to another conference in the UK to share key findings
Awards for the best solutions developed by the teams, based on creativity and applicability

Official Website: http://standards.ieee.org/news/vpearl/index.html