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Want to know what others are saying about vBusiness Expo? Below you'll find some quotes we pulled from Google and a one or two that were sent by email. If you have an opionion to share, we'd love to hear from you!

Small startup companies as well as global 1000 giants are recognizing that virtual environments can help improve the bottom line, by reducing costs and increasing revenues by extending reach to customers. The signs are clear: Virtual Worlds @ Work is becoming standard business practice, and the vBusiness Expo is a great way for any company to easily take advantage of these emerging opportunities.

Eilif Trondsen, Ph.D., Director, Virtual Worlds @ Work, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence

Nick Wilson, his team and sponsors have really done a nice job in holding real virtual expos and I expect others will quickly follow this lead.

Sandra Kearney, Global Director for 3D Internet and vBusiness - IBM

I am learning as much here as on most real life conferences, and the possibilities for interaction are as important here as in the physical world.

Roland Legrand, Newsroom editor - Mediafin

Rarely have I seen an event run so smoothly in any life – real or otherwise.

Alex Helphetz Ph.D. Delta L Training

To me it's proof of the value of virtual worlds for business all by itself.

Sered Woolhara, Blogger.

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vBusiness Expo April 2008

Below you'll find all of April's vBusiness Expo presentations ordered and summarized for your convenience. You will have to be registered to download the audio, but it only takes 30secs..

Keynotes

Breathing Second Life Into Your Brand: David Fenech, Senior Director of eBusiness for Kelly Services discusses why it's important to get your company into virtual worlds now, while it's still relatively easy to do so.
The Emergence of Web3D: Erica Driver, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research covers the growing amounts of evidence that virtual worlds are going to be a powerful and popular tool in the future. "Ignore it at your own peril."
3-D Internet - The Way Forward: Sandra Kearney, Global Director for 3D Internet and Virtual Business for IBM tracks the evolution of the Internet and draws solid conclusions about where it's all going.
Education = Communication: Sarah Robbins of Ball State University issues strong challenges to educators in order to stay relevant in the age of social media.

Panels

Virtual Worlds, Meeting the Needs of the Enterprise?: Representatives from Gartner, Linden Lab, Qwaq Forums, Sun Microsystems and Forterra Systems participate in this panel that takes a hard look at whether or not virtual worlds are really meeting the needs of business.(more...)
Panel: Virtual Worlds and the Law: Benjamin Duranske, Doug Wolf, and Dave Elchoness discuss the wide variety of legal concerns for companies considering a virtual world presence and give advice on how to best prepare.
Corporate Training in Second Life: Susan Wurtz, Howard Vickers, Thomas Samson and Alex Helphetz bring a variety of perspectives on how Second Life is best leveraged for corporate training.
Perspectives on the Future of Second Life and Other Virtual Spaces for Education: Sarah Robbins, Jeremy Kemp and Jeremy Hunsinger bring different, and often opposing perspectives to the uses of virtual spaces.
Second Life for Business: Risks and Opportunities in the Virtual World: Fiona Gallagher of Sun Microsystems, Monty Sharma of Vivox, and David Fenech of Kelly Services discuss the risks and opportunities of virtual worlds.

First Steps

Selling the Idea of Virtual Worlds to Stakeholders: Chris Collins, IT Analyst in the UCit Instructional & Research Computing tells you how to rally support for virtual worlds in your company or organization.
Taking Brands Into Virtual Worlds: Nic Mitham of K Zero gives a seven point plan for marketing in virtual worlds, as well as a case study of L'Oréal Paris.
Dell in Second Life: One Year Later: Laura P Thomas, of Dell gives us an insider's look at the company's first steps into the virtual world, and provides rare insights into the unique challenges of operating in this new space.

Innovators

Doing Well by Doing Good: Supporting Nonprofits and Philanthropies in Virtual Worlds: Barry Joseph of Global Kids discusses the role various virtual worlds play in the organization and how they measure ROI.
Collaborative Work in Virtual Worlds: Eilif Trondsen, Research and Program Director Virtual Worlds Consortium for Innovation and Learning at SRI Consulting Business Intelligence, covers the key advantages and best practices for working together in a virtual environment.
The War For Mindshare: Scott Randall, President of BrandGames examines the struggle to gain the attention of your employees and make sure your message is heard.
Are Virtual Worlds Important? Trends and Tips from the O'Reilly Radar: Ben Lorica of O'Reilly Media, Inc. gives a statistical analysis of virtual worlds, and offers tips that aren't found anywhere else.
Understanding Social Media’s Place in Business: Bryan Carter of Avnet gives us details on a large virtual world project, and details why social media in general is important to a technology company.

Education and Training

The Salamander Project: Combining Learning Object Repositories and Second Life: Dr Jonathon Richter of the University of Oregon talks about combining technologies to create a repository of information for learning.
On-Boarding New Hires With Virtual Worlds: John Boring, CEO of Accelerate describes how new employees become productive much faster with the use of a virtual employee orientation environment.
Human-Centered Research for Avatars: Qualitative and Quantitative Best Practice: Mark Bell and Aleks Krotoski examine best practices for doing studies and surveys with avatars.

Special Announcements

Special Announcement From Global Kids: Amira Fouad discusses the launch of RezEd.org, an education portal and information repository for educators at every level.
Kelly Services Announces Virtual Staffing: Kelly Services announced the launching of a new virtual staffing service.