The Future of Media, Marketing and Entertainment
Virtual Worlds 2008 is where leading media, consumer entertainment, youth brands and agencies come to understand how to monetize their intellectual property using virtual worlds.
Entertainment brands and youth-oriented companies are increasingly integrating virtual worlds into their product mix. Forward thinking brand advertisers and agencies are aligning themselves with high-quality virtual worlds franchises in order to further engage consumers.
View the ScheduleKids and Teens | Marketing and Entertainment | Virtual Law | Enterprise | Technology
Keynotes
Speakers include:
Jason Archinaco, Partner, Commercial Litigation Department, White and Williams LLP Neal Black, General Counsel, Live Gamer Maria T. Bailey, CEO, BSM Media Dr. James Bower, Chairman, Chief Visionary Officer, Numedeon Inc / Whyville.net Justin Brookman, Chief of the Internet Bureau, New York Attorney General Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates Bryan Camp, Professor of Law , Texas Tech University School of Law Corey Bridges, Co-founder, Executive Producer, & Marketing Director, The Multiverse Network William S. Coats, Partner, White & Case LLP Giff Constable, Chief Operating Officer, The Electric Sheep Company John W. Crittenden, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Benjamin Duranske, Intellectual Property Attorney, Author Virtual Law Erin Edgerton, M.A., Content Lead Interactive Media, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dave Elchoness, Founder and CEO, VRWorkplace Blair Erickson, Creative Director, Millions of Us LLC Glenn Ginsburg, SVP Advertising Sales, Stardoll Entertainment Inc. Richard Gottlieb, President, Richard Gottlieb & Associates, LLC Jason Hable, Director of Business Development, Areae Peter Haik, CEO & Co-Founder, Metaversatility, Inc. Erin Hoffman, GoPets Teemu Huuhtanen, President, North America & EVP Habbo Business, Sulake Corporation Ltd. Christopher Jackson, Director, Digital Media & Merchandising, Epitome Pictures Inc. Bruce Joy, CEO & Co-Founder, VastPark Sean Kane, Attorney, Drakeford & Kane LLC Sampo Karjalainen, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Sulake Corporation Ltd. Christian Lassonde, President & CoFounder, Millions of Us Mark Limber, Product Manager, Google, Inc. Dr. Andreas Lober, Partner, SchulteRiesenkampff Kenneth Locker, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Cookie Jar Entertainment Wendy Louie, Marketing Manager, New Media, Random House Children’s Books Deborah M. Manchester, Ph.D., President & CEO, Executive Producer, Zula USA, LLC Shane M. McGee, Esq., CISSP, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP Sean McGowan, Managing Director, Equity Research Department, Needham & Company Dan Miller, Senior Economist, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress J. Michael Monahan, II, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP Steve Mortinger, VP & Associate General Counsel, Systems and Technology Group, IBM Alexis N. Mueller, Associate, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP Jack Myers, President, Myers Publishing, LLC Matt Palmer, EVP & GM, Stardoll Entertainment Inc. Susan Panico, Senior Director, PLAYSTATION Network, Sony Computer Entertainment America John Park, IAC President of Consumer Applications & Portals, IAC/InterActiveCorp Craig Peters, Founder, CKPcreative Kyra E. Reppen, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Neopets Andrew (Roo) Reynolds, Metaverse Evangelist, IBM Ben Richardson, VP Business Development, Makena Technologies Alexis Rodriguez, Vice President of Integrated Marketing, MTV Networks Chris "Broadway" Romero, Creative Director, G Unit Records / Thisis50.com Jason Root, Senior Vice President, Digital, Nick.Com And Nick At Nite.Com Joe Rosenbaum, Advertising Technology & Media Law, Reed Smith LLP Sean Ryan, CEO, Meez Juan Fernando Santos, Chief Creative Officer, Studiocom Joey Seiler, Staff Reporter, VirtualWorldsNews.com Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Christopher V. Sherman, Executive Director, Virtual Worlds Management Samantha Skey Executive Vice President, Strategic Marketing Group Alloy Media + Marketing John Swords, The Electric Sheep Company Reuben Steiger, CEO, Millions of Us Tim Stevens, President & CEO, Doppelganger Francis ("Frank") X. Taney, Jr., Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Antony van Zyl, Managing Director, Simuality Sibley Verbeck, CEO, The Electric Sheep Company Greg Verdino, Chief Strategy Officer, crayon Valerie Williamson, VP of Marketing and Business Development, The Electric Sheep Company Gregory M. Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Icarus Studios Michael Wilson, CEO, Makena Technologies Jeffrey B. Yapp, Executive Vice President, MTV Networks Music And Logo Enterprise Group Ginsu Yoon, VP of Business Affairs, Linden Lab Michael Young, Director, Mattel Brands Online, Mattel, Inc. Mark Zohar, Founder and Senior Vice President, SceneCaster
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