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Chris Executive Director and Founder Virtual Worlds Management (VWM), a division of Show Initiative, LLC. Virtual Worlds Management is the leading trade media company serving virtual worlds professionals. Chris has been at the intersection of media and technology since the early 1990s, having founded numerous companies during that time. Since it's founding in 2003 with the industry leading Austin Game Conference, Show Initiative's conferences and tradeshows have attracted thousands of industry professionals from around the world.

VWM products and services include: Virtual Worlds 2007 Spring Conference - March 28-29, 2007 in New York City, Virtual Worlds Fall Conference and Expo - October 10-11, 2007 at the San Jose Convention Center; Virtual Worlds 2008, taking place April 2008 in New York City, the Virtual Worlds Weekly email newsletter and VirtualWorldsNews.com trade industry blog.

In October 2006 the Show Initiative sold its portfolio of 10 game industry events and The Game Initiative tradename to CMP Technology and founded its Virtual Worlds Management division.

In the late 1990s Chris launched UGO (UnderGroundOnline) which went on to become one of the leading online media networks catering to men aged 18 to 34.  He sold UGO to a NYC-based investment group in 1999. Prior to founding UGO, Chris was the founding publisher of Multimedia Wire (MMWIRE), a daily subscription based fax newsletter for the video game industry. He participated in the launch of the famed and now defunct E3 Expo with the production of the E3.net web site and contributing to the E3 Show Daily.

Virtual Worlds 2007 is a production of Virtual Worlds Management and Show Initiative

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