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Portsmouth, Hants, United Kingdom, 06/04/2008 - Eric Winbolt, Head Digital Media at EMI, Matthew Jeffery, Head of Global Talent Brand at Electronic Arts and Jo Roach, Commissioning Editor at Channel 4 join Lord Puttnam to speak at Visual Web Convention 9-10th July in London.
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The speakers are the latest of the leading entertainment and broadcasting companies, casual games developers, brand agencies and developers to sign up to speak at the Visual Web Convention - the first event to showcase, debate and identify the opportunities for application and monetization of the Visual Web 2.0 and online communities across games, brands, learning, media & communications – with a focus on virtual worlds, MMOs, social networks and serious games.
The sessions provide delegates with a 6–12 month strategy roadmap based on clear ROI case studies for monetizing the Visual Web and online communities. They: learn about the impact of open API and widgets - discover the roadmap for mobile social networks and interconnectivity - hear how to exploit the current 500m + community members in existing social networks and how to build the next-gen social network to leapfrog Facebook and Bebo.
Speakers include:
· Lord David Puttnam
· 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 of Global Talent Brand, Electronic Arts
· Sanjay Mistry - VP, EA University
· Dan Hon - CEO, Six to Start
· Margaret Robertson - Journalist & Consultant
· Gobion Rowlands - CEO, Red Redemption
· Bruce Joy – CEO, Vastpark
· Jo Roach – Commissioning Editor, Channel 4
· Claus Nehmzow - MD, Method Ltd
· 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
· Ivan Pope - CEO, Sniperoo
· Dr Pamela M Kato - University Medical Centre, Netherlands, Former Co-founder and CEO, Hopelab
About The Convention
The Convention, to be held at RIBA, comprises 4 main events each separately bookable, with a focus on:
Online Games (MMOs & casual games) – Building sustainable communities, opening up Facebook and reaching 500m+ established social networkers.
Visual Web 2.0 – Not just about virtual worlds. How developers, publishers and brands (in-game, game-related + life-style) benefit from the opportunity resulting from the new Visual Web 2.0.
Widgets & Gadgets – How this-gen Web, with prolific open APIs and widgets, is driving commerce, building communities and brands - including games and media.
Virtual worlds – New platform for the Web? Life-style games? MMOs? What’s the value, opportunity and roadmap? Who are the key players and what are the right platforms for you to develop new games on?
Serious games & learning – Appropriate use of Web 2.0, ARGs, virtual worlds and serious games to learning, awareness and policy. In addition, are climate change games a new family-friendly genre for games publishers?
The Talent Crunch – How to find and then keep key talent in the creative digital industries. The definitive Academic Meets Industry Consultation!
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