Eduverse Symposium 3

AGENDA and Speaker Info

12:00 Meet and Greet

12:30 Keynote Speech – Christian Renaud (Virtual)

13:00 Games and Technology

David Williamson Shaffer (Epistemic Games)

David Burden (Daden Ltd)

Karl Kapp (Serious Gaming) (Virtual)

Arjen Brinkman (ps-tech)

Reinder Rustema (emocracy project)

Yesha Sivan (The 10 latest trends in virtual worlds) (Virtual)

15:00 BREAK Coffee and networking downstairs (included in entrance fee)

15:30 Virtual Platforms and Panel Discussion

Darius Lahoutifard (3Dxplorer) (Virtual)

Emmanuel P. Gruijs (Active Worlds)

Tim Johansson (Opera + OpenGL)

Joaquin Alvarado (DEEP)

Dick Davies (Forterra)

Julian Lombardi (opencroquet) (Virtual)

17:30 Panel Discussion with the different platform representatives - Martijn Boosman (moderator)

18:00 A Conversation with Philip Rosedale - Philip Rosedale will engage the audience in a discussion on the future of Virtual Worlds

18:30 DINNER Sandwiches and drinks served upstairs (included in entrance fee). Full meals can be ordered and eaten on main level (not included in entrance fee).

20:00 Science of Education

Dr Doug Danforth (Virtual)

Claus Nehmzow

Klaus Hammermuller

Slava Kozlov (Philips Design)

21:20 Philosophy of VR

Philippe van Nedervelde (Virtual)

Chuck Hamilton (Virtual)

Rhett Gayle

22:20 Networking Beer and soft drinks upstairs (included in entrance fee)

23:00 Conclusion

Speaker List: 

1. Philip Rosedale - Creator of Second Life, Founder Linden Lab www.lindenlab.com 

2. Tim Johansson - head of 3D integration for Opera browser www.opera.com 

3. Karl M Kapp - respected author on virtual worlds and e-learning www.karlkapp.com 

4. Julian Lombardi - head of opencroquet development at Duke University www.opencroquet.org 

5. Christian Renaud - virtual worlds expert www.xianrenaud.typepad.com 

6. Rand Leeb du Toit - Entepreneur in virtual worlds http://metarand.com/ 

7. Chuck Hamilton - IBM Centre for Advanced Learning http://wordpress.com/tag/chuck-hamilton/ 

8. Tony O'Driscoll - IBM Leadership Training in Virtual Environments http://wadatripp.wordpress.com/ 

9. Fabrice Closier – main developer of Away3D 3D Flash environment www.closier.nl

10. David Burden - Daden Ltd (spoke at last year's picnic) www.daden.co.uk 

11. Rhett Gayle - U of Colorado - Philosophy professor and virtual teacher www.colorado.edu/philosophy 

12. Claus Nehmzow (Method) - Health Education in SL confirmed in RL (Dr. Peter Mills – CMO of vielife.com) 

13. Reinder Rustema – uva politics and games in virtual worlds www.emocracy.nl 

14. David Williamson Shaffer – Epistemic Games www.epistemicgames.org 

15. Merik Voswinkel – squeak development 

16. Daniel Laurence – Vizwoz Youth social network application in Flash www.vizwoz.com 

17. Philippe van Nedervelde – Lifeboat Terasem virtual about virtual integration of nanotech worlds. www.foresight.org/about/VanNedervelde.html 

18. Stephanie Smith – NASA education www.prime.jsc.nasa.gov 

19. Doug Danforth - U of Ohio, obgyn teacher who uses SL to detail difficult processes www.obgyn.osu.edu/FacultyPages/Danforthhome.htm 

20. Yesha Siwan – mobile client for SL www.dryesha.com 

21. Arjen Brinkman - Personal Space Technology http://www.ps-tech.com

date | September 23rd 2008
time | 12:00 till 22:00 CEST
price | 200 euro (discount price for students = 100 euro)

To order tickets, please use the 'bestel kaarten' - link below.

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