Schedule


Schedule

16th September - Introductory Workshop

Introduction to Virtual Worlds and their Professional Applications

 

Time

Topic

 14:00  Introducing Virtual Worlds
 14.15  Hands on Session 1: Navigating in Virtual Worlds
 14:45  A Tour of Established Virtual Worlds
 15:15  Hands on Session 2: Collaborating in Serious Virtual Worlds
 16:00  REFRESHMENTS
 16:15  Professional Uses of Virtual Worlds - an overview
 17:00  Hands on Session 3: Using Virtual Worlds Professionally
 17:30  Deploying Serious Virtual Worlds in the Enterprise and Public Sectors - Q&A
 18:00  Close

 

 Serious Virtual Worlds Conference

 

17th September - Real Value for Public and Private Organisations

 

Time

Topic

Speaker

Organisation

 

Showcasing Virtual Worlds

   
 09:00  Coffee and registration    
 09:30  Keynote 1: Enterprise Virtual Worlds  Joe Little  BP
 10:15  Keynote 2: Global Use of Enterprise Virtual Worlds  Corrina Jorgenson  Afiniti
 11:00  REFRESHMENTS    
 11:30  UK Motorway Virtual Incident Training  Fergus McBride  Highways Agency
 12:00  Virtual Markets  Marcus Carter  Virtual Farmers Market
 12:30  Industrial Applications of Virtual Worlds  Magnus Reigstad  StormFjord
 13:00  LUNCH    
 

 Getting Real Value from Virtual Worlds

   
 14:00  The Markets for Serious Virtual Worlds  Rob Edmonds  SRIC-BI
 14:30  Flood Incident Management

 El Parker

 James Townsend

 Yung-Fang Chen

 Coventry University-Disaster 

 Management

 15:00

 Case Study

 Caroline Avery  ACS
 15:30  REFRESHMENTS    
 16:00

 Local Government Virtual Worlds

 TSB Island and Retail World

 Tony Tickle

 Paul Turner

 Schools for the Future

 The Walk in Web

 16:50  Birmingham Royal Ballet Virtual Theatre  David Burden  Daden
 17:20  Round up and Close  David Wortley  Serious Games Institute
 17:35  NETWORKING EVENT    SGI
       
         Please note this programme is subject to change

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