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.
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Kids 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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