Now in our second year

Virtual Worlds Forum

URGENT! VWF is rescheduled.

Early this morning there was an unrelated incident at the venue in which a member of the public was shot. The police have closed off the venue for three days, which means that we cannot use it for Virtual Worlds Forum.

With less than day to go, we cannot find an alternative venue over these dates. So we have taken the very difficult decision to reschedule the event.

What it means for you is
1) The event will not take place as planned on Monday and Tuesday.
2) For those people who are in London, the Four Day members pass to the Hospital is still available. Please go to 24 Endell St, London, WC2H 9HQ to collect your pass – there’s quite a few people in town, so lots of people to hang out with.
3) The South by South West party on Monday night is still going ahead.


And obviously we are planning the reschedule and we will give you details as soon as we have them.


We are very very sorry for the inconvenience. We will do our utmost to make sure that you get the most out of your involvement with VWF and keep you informed as regularly as we can.

Sasha and the VWF Team

At a glance | Attendee profile | Prices

Your pass includes:

  • Unlimited access to panels and keynotes
  • Lunch, coffee and refreshments
  • Show guide with great extra content
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VWF2008 6 October 2008 – 7 October 2008

Conference

Enertainment, Enterprise and Education.

Programme highlights

Full programme

Location information

Back in London for the second fabulous year, the “bigger and better” Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2008 will be held at The Bridge London SE1. The setting: a series of historic arches. The conversation: the future of enterprise, entertainment, education and virtual worlds.

Keynote speakers

Over 100 speakers including:

Workshops

We're developing some great optional hands-on workshop for Wednesday 8 October. Watch this space.

  1. 9.00am–12.30am

    1. Planning and rolling out enterprise virtual worlds applications

      Christian Renaud
      CEO, Technology Intelligence Group

  2. 9.00am–12.30pm

    1. Establishing metrics – key performance measurement for virtual worlds and MMO

      Nic Mitham
      CEO, K Zero

  3. 9.00am–12.30pm

    1. Legal and tax update for virtual worlds

      Alex Chapman
      Sheridans

Expo

This year’s expo is bigger and better - more booths and a dedicated keynote/demo theatre on the show floor. We’ll be creating the same business-enabling environment our clients come back for; social spaces and networking.

Speakers include:

Event news

Virtual Worlds Forum Europe - 10 Days to go!

Virtual Worlds Forum Europe - with ten days to go I just thought I'd give you an update of where we are with the event, expo and party nights...

So what've we got?

Well, hundreds of people signed up to the best virtual worlds show in London, 100+ speakers, great keynotes from EA, Jagex (who you hardly ever see speak), lots of cool sponsors and exhibitors. And great networking.

We like to party, and we know our delegates do, so you get a four day pass to the Hospital Club, the private members club for the creative industries, PLUS opening night party hosted by our friends at SXSW (you have to register quick to get on the guest list for that) and closing night party hosted by Sony Playstation. It's a party week.

And all delegates get three great benefits when they sign up - apart from the Hospital Club pass you get a 3 month subscription to FT.com, plus a complimentary copy of a in-depth Gartner Research report.

We've quite some press list, so you'll get to read all about it, but if you're into the business aspects of virtual worlds and online games, we're the place to be.

26 September 2008

Lead sponsors

  • Unity3D

Premier sponsors

  • Entropia Universe
  • IBM

Sponsors

  • fatfoogoo
  • West Midlands Serious Games
  • Forterra Systems, Inc
  • Iovation
  • Habbo

Other sponsors

  • Linden Lab
  • Outso
  • Walt Disney Internet Group
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

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Conferences have become a byword for dull productions where the atmosphere is as stale as the quiche. THE VWF was the most energetic and vibrant for some time - speakers, ideas and chat. Away from the stage there was more networking than I'd expect at speed dating night.

Mark Boyd
Creative Director and Head of Content, BBH
(All testimonials)

Hotels

The Virtual Worlds Forum team have joined forces with Event Express to give you access to discounted prices at hotels within close proximity to the venue.