Welcome and Virtual Worlds Expo Main Keynote
- Christopher V. Sherman, Executive Director, Virtual Worlds Expo

Conference Keynote
 - Colin J. Parris, Ph.D., Vice President, Digital Convergence, IBM Research interviewed by Erica Driver, Principal, ThinkBalm

Virtual-Worlds @ Work: Onboarding and Sales Training
The session will focus on how virtual worlds can be used for onboarding and sales training and what early adopting organizations are now doing on this front. This session will be helpful for enterprise representatives that are considering, or have just started, looking at the use of virtual worlds for learning and training. Attendees will hear valuable insight, information, and best practices about what innovators and early adopter organizations are doing right now.
- John Boring, CEO, Accelerate
- Anders Gronstedt, President, Gronstedt Group
- Eilif Trondsen, Director, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence

The Future of Virtual Collaboration in the Enterprise
Will collaboration be virtual worlds’ killer app? How long before virtual worlds are relevant business tools that companies use on a day-to-day basis? This session takes a detailed look at the use of virtual worlds for collaboration internally between employees and outside the firewall with strategic partners. Combining popular tools like Google Docs and Microsoft Office with a 3D environment, virtual collaboration reduces the need for in-person meetings and closes the distance between company divisions. Even if a team member can’t make a virtual meeting, Web-based tools can track the virtual environment, offering transcripts, calendar systems, and a set of customizable widgets to make the experience more accessible. Learn the best practices of using virtual worlds for collaboration in the enterprise.
- Ron J. Burns, President, ProtonMedia
- Tony O'Driscoll, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
- Robert Gehorsam, President, Forterra Systems
- Boas Betzler, Technical Leader for 3D Internet and Virtual Worlds, IBM
- Steve Prentice, VP & Gartner fellow, Gartner (moderator)

Case Study: National Guard's Joint Training
Directorate's Virtual World for Collaboration
This exclusive case study will provide attendees with a detailed look at the National Guard’s Joint Training Directorate’s virtual world for collaboration, the Emergency Management Nexus. The collaboration tool will soon have virtual classroom capabilities. The collaboration tool, similar to a project underway with the Department of Homeland Security, aims to provide virtual classroom capabilities and more, integrated across multiple agencies and emergency management organizations.
- NLTC Greg Pickell, Chief, Training Technologies Branch, Joint Education, Division, NGB J7
- Waymon Armstrong, President, Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS)

Using Virtual Worlds to Streamline and Augment the Film-Making Process
Virtual worlds are a useful medium for advancing the collaborative process. The filmmaking process involves large budgets and often globally distributed teams of people, making it an ideal industry to take advantage of the medium to save time, money, and develop new ways to work efficiently. We’ll discuss developments in technology that will allow filmmakers to use virtual worlds for everything from previsualization and location scouting to production meetings across geographical regions and post-production.
- Jeff Kleiser, CEO, Synthespian Studios
- Ken Brady, CEO & Cofounder, Genkii
- Demian Lichtenstien, CEO, Equilibrium Entertainment