Most of the speakers for Virtual Worlds Fall will be hand selected but we will have a few slots  available through the call for speakers process.  We therefore invite you to submit a presentation for the Virtual Worlds Fall 2007 Conference to be held in San Jose, CA, October 10-11, 2007. The call is open until Friday, June 1, 2007.

Please review the details below and on our front page before submitting your proposal.

Target Audience

Virtual Worlds Fall is dedicated to the specific needs of professionals who are adopting virtual worlds within their organization for internal use or to interface externally with customers. For more on the target audience please visit our front page.

Target Speakers

We are looking for active practitioners who are experts in their respective fields to share specific content that the attendees will be able take away and apply immediately to their business.

Conference Content

Virtual Worlds Fall is a multi-track conference and expo with a focus on virtual worlds platforms, applications and customers. Topic categories (not necessarily tracks) will include from detailed virtual world business strategy, IT and technology and community and customer service discussions. For more on conference content please visit our front page.

Virtual Worlds Fall Conference programming will incorporate sessions focused on both public virtual worlds (consumed and used by the general public or segments of the public such as adults, kids, students, etc...) as well as virtual worlds for the enterprise (virtual worlds used for corporate purposes such as corporate training, employee collaboration, etc...).

Speakers should be active practitioners in their fields. All presentations should be 60 minutes in length.

Submission Process

To be considered as a speaker please fill out our Speaker Submission Form.  Because speakers are confirmed on a rolling basis, we encourage prospective speakers to submit their proposals as soon as possible.

What To Prepare

Please prepare to provide the following items during the Speaker Proposal Submission

1. Speaker email address
2. Speaker first and last name
3. Company Name
4. Job Title (occupation)
5. Phone Number
6. Mailing Address + City, State, Zip Code and Country
7. Speaker's Web Site
8. Speaker Bio (100 words)
9. Subject would you like to speak on? (Specific tracks will be announced later)
              Virtual Worlds Business Strategy
              Virtual Worlds IT and/or Development
              Virtual Worlds Community and/or Customer Service
              Or Other
10. The focus of your presentation
              public virtual worlds
              private virtual worlds for enterprise use
              both
11. Presentation Format options:
             60-minute Lecture
             60-minute Panel
             60-minute Roundtable/Workshop
             30-minute case study
             60-minute case study
12. Title of your presentation
13. What Virtual World Platforms will be referenced in your session
14. Audience level (All, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)
15. Additional speakers in your session, if any
16. Presentation Description (100 words)
17. Intended Audience and Prerequisites (50 words)
18. What is the idea takeaway from this presentation? (what will attendees learn) (50 words)

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