CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CREATOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANTHONY ZUIKER TO KEYNOTE VIRTUAL WORLDS CONFERENCE

October 10-11, 2007 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA

SAN JOSE, CA - August 14, 2007 - Virtual Worlds Management, the leading provider of trade events for professionals in the virtual worlds industry, announced that Anthony Zuiker, Creator and Executive Producer of the award winning CSI franchise (including; CSI, CSI Miami and CSI: NY), will deliver the opening keynote at the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo on October 10, 2007, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Mr. Zuiker will provide insight into how the top rated CSI: NY will be utilizing virtual worlds to extend the broadcast television property and making it interactive in the virtual world. The Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo is dedicated to helping businesses harness the power of virtual worlds to engage with their customers, partners and employees.

"Anthony is a forward thinker in the entertainment industry and we are delighted to have him share his vision of virtual worlds and entertainment," said Christopher Sherman, Virtual Worlds Conference Executive Director. "With the advent of virtual worlds television franchises can now engage fans directly, immersing them into their brands, producing an exciting extension to the creative process."

Mr. Zuiker is the creator and executive producer of the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. These TV series are fast-paced dramas that follow teams of forensic investigators who use both cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned police work to solve crimes. Zuiker was born in Blue Island, Illinois and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Mr. Zuiker is joined by more than 60 media and technology leaders who will be discussing the latest virtual worlds strategies and best practices. Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo follows the highly successful Virtual Worlds Spring Conference that took place in New York in March 2007.

Featured Speakers include:

Joakim Achren, Chief Executive Officer, Ironstar Helsinki
Brent Arslaner, VP of Marketing, Unisfair
John Bates, Evangelist, Entropia Universe
Michael Bellavia, Managing Director, Animax Entertainment
Betsy Book, Director of Product Management, Makena Technologies
Ken Brady, Director, International Strategies, Centric
Dr. James Bower, CEO, Numedeon Inc / Whyville.net
Ron Burns, President, ProtonMedia
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates
Beth Coleman, Professor of New Media, MIT
Edward Castronova, Associate Professor, Indiana University
Giff Constable, GM, ESC Software, The Electric Sheep Company
Aaron Delwiche, Co-founder, Metaversatility, Inc.
Mike Dowdle, Vice President of Business Development, Kaneva
David Gardner, Executive Vice President, Icarus Studios
Robert Gehorsam, President, Forterra Systems
Rick Giolito, President, Trilogy Studios
Ben Goertzel, CEO, Novamente LLC
Guntram Graef, Co-Founder, Anshe Chung Studios, Ltd., China
Joel Greenberg, VP, Marketing Innovation, The Electric Sheep Company
Adrienne Haik, Co-Founder, Metaversatility, Inc.
Robin Harper, Vice President, Marketing & Community Development, Linden Lab
Ian Hughes, Metaverse Evangelist, IBM
John Jainschigg, Director, Online Technology and New Business, CMP Technology, LLC
Daniel James, CEO, Three Rings
Joe Hyrkin, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, Gaia Online
Sean Kane, Attorney, Drakeford & Kane LLC
Bob Ketner, Creative Director, Studio SFO
Sandy Kearney, IBM Global Director, IBM 3D Internet and Virtual Business
Christopher Klaus, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kaneva
Raph Koster, President, Areae, Inc.
Stephen Lawler, General Manager of Virtual Earth, Microsoft
Christian Lassonde, President, Millions of Us Inc.
Blake Lewin, Vice President Product Development, Turner Broadcasting Inc.
Britney Mason, New Media Consultant, Britney Mason Productions
Nic Mitham, Managing Director, K Zero
Mike Monello, Partner / Creative Director, Campfire
Paco Nathan, Technical Director, HeadCase Humanufacturing, Inc.
Greg Nuyens, CEO, Qwaq
Robert Peck, Managing Director, Bear Stearns
Jeffrey Pope, Senior Manager, Far East Region, Sun Microsystems
Christian Renaud, Chief Architect, Networked Virtual Environments, Cisco
Ben Richardson, VP Business Development, Makena Technologies
Daniel Schiappa, General Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Christopher V. Sherman, Executive Director, Virtual Worlds Management
Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online
Naoyoshi Shimaya, CEO, Metabirds
Art Sindlinger, VP, Activation Director - Social Media & Gaming, Starcom
Yesha Sivan, EIR - Metaverse, JVP Studio Ventures
Trevor F. Smith, Founder, Transmutable
Paul Steinberg, Intel Software Network, Intel Software Solutions Group
Tim Stevens, President & CEO, Doppelganger
Reuben Steiger, CEO, Millions of Us
Matthew Sunkin, Network Engineer, Intel Corporation
Jodi Turton, Community Manager, Makena Technologies
Sibley Verbeck, CEO, The Electric Sheep Company
Mark Wallace, blogger, 3pointD.com
Rich Weil, Commuity Relations Director, Kaneva
Michael Wilson, CEO, Makena Technologies
Susan Wu, Principal , Charles River Ventures
Hui Xu, Founder & CEO, HiPiHi Co., Ltd

Registration Information

Online registration is open, and attendees can save $400 by taking advantage of the early-bird registration - only $595 - until August 24, 2007. Registration information and conference details are available at http://www.VirtualWorldsFall.com 

Sponsors

Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo Fall 2007 is sponsored by The Electric Sheep Company, Icarus Studios, There.com, IBM, Millions Of Us, Linden Lab, Multiverse, Aria, View 22, Parature, DAZ 3D, Metaversatility, e frontier, Aria Systems, Code4Software, Parature, and Business Wire.

About Virtual Worlds Management

The Virtual Worlds Fall Conference and Expo is produced by Virtual Worlds Management, the leading provider of trade events and media for the emerging virtual worlds industry. Virtual Worlds Management services include Virtual Worlds Spring Conference, Virtual Worlds Fall Conference and Expo, Virtual Worlds Weekly email newsletter and the VirtualWorldsNews.com trade industry blog. Virtual Worlds Management maintains a strong, experienced management team, allowing it to achieve its mission to be a leading provider of high quality, high profile events to targeted business and professional markets. Virtual Worlds Management is a division of Show Initiative, LLC. More information about Virtual Worlds Management can be found at http://www.VirtualWorldsManagement.com .  

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