Press Releases - Virtual Worlds Management Brings Leading Virtual Worlds Conference to UK

Virtual Worlds Management Brings Leading Virtual Worlds Conference to UK

Virtual Worlds Management (Business Wire) - 29 April 2008

Virtual Worlds London to Take Place 20-21 October 2008 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Virtual Worlds Management Brings Leading Virtual Worlds Conference and Tradeshow to United Kingdom

Virtual Worlds London

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtual Worlds Management, the leading virtual worlds trade media company, announced today Virtual Worlds London, a conference and expo to take place 20-21 October 2008 at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Virtual Worlds London - www.VirtualWorldsLondon.com - is the premier event for European businesses seeking to understand and maximize business opportunities within virtual worlds. The event focuses on enterprise and consumer virtual worlds as well as emerging media applications.

"Venture capital and media firms invested more than $184 million dollars in 23 virtual worlds related companies during the first quarter of 2008," said Joey Seiler, Editor of VirtualWorldsNews.com. "So while recession fears have lowered some investors confidence for general technology investments, most venture capital and media firms continue to be bullish on virtual worlds. Our recent research points to more 100 youth worlds now operating or currently in development."

"After 18 months of operating the leading virtual worlds tradeshows in the United States, we are extremely excited to bring the same high-caliber speakers and content to the United Kingdom and Europe," said Christopher Sherman, Executive Director of Virtual Worlds London. "We maintain an extremely active UK and European community on our VirtualWorldsConnect.com social network and have had numerous requests for a London-based event."

Virtual Worlds London is the fifth in a conference series that has attracted thousands of professionals from around the world. The show features world-class speakers knowledgeable in all aspects of virtual world platforms and implementation. Previous keynote speakers have included Charles Scothon, General Manager & SVP Girls Mattel Brands, Mattel, Inc.; Jeffrey B. Yapp, Executive Vice President, MTV Networks Music & Logo Enterprise Group; and Christian Renaud, Chief Architect, Networked Virtual Environments, Cisco Technology Center, just to name a few.

The Call For Speakers

The call for speakers is now open. We invite professionals interested in speaking to submit a proposal before 30 May 2008 online at our web site.

Registration Information

Online registration at www.VirtualWorldsLondon.com is open. Attendees can save £400 by taking advantage of the early-bird registration - only £595 - until 19 September 2008. After that time online registration is £795. Onsite registration at the event is £995.

About Virtual Worlds Management

Virtual Worlds Management is the leading virtual worlds trade media company. Virtual Worlds Management provides comprehensive media and events including Virtual Worlds Expo (3-4 September 2008 in Los Angeles), Virtual Worlds London (20-21 October 2008), the recently held Virtual Worlds Conference (3-4 April 2008 in New York), Virtual Worlds Weekly email newsletter and the VirtualWorldsNews.com blog. More information about Virtual Worlds Management can be found at http://www.VirtualWorldsManagement.com.