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07 September 2010
marketing/sales sector

Business Strategies for Virtual Worlds
Sharpening Your In-World Business Strategies to Engage with Consumers on New Levels and Achieve Real World Business Results

Event Date: 23-25 Jan 2007
Location: A Five Star Venue To Be Announced Shortly, Paris, France

key conference speakers

David Erixon
Head of Brand Strategy and Manifestation, Vodafone
Fiona Gallagher
Second Life Project Leader, Sun Microsystems
Achim J. Muellers
Head of Brand Relations and Cooperations, BMW Group
Dele Atanda
Global Digital Marketing Business Partner , Diageo

key conference topics

  • Establishing a Virtual Presence for Your Business: A Step & Setting up Corporate Virtual Landscapes
  • Creating a Business Structure to Operate Within Virtual & Analyzing the Legal Issues Associated with the Establishment of a Virtual Presence
  • Locating your Virtual Customers: Avatar Segmentation & Integrating In-World Strategies with Your Real World
  • Marketing to the Avatar Audience & Measuring the ROI of Your In-World Strategies
  • Boosting Profitability through Collaboration and Partnerships for Virtual Business & Applying Recruitment Strategies to Virtual Worlds
  • key conference features

  • Learn how to set up a business within virtual environments & Gain management buy-in and support for your in-world strategy
  • Engage residents on new and unexplored levels & Link your in-world business to real world initiatives
  • Test new products within virtual space & Assess the future prospects of Second Life
  • Drive traffic to your virtual world presence & Train your employees in-world
  • conference focus

    In today’s society customization, personalization and co-creation are becoming household words, as 21st century consumers are

    In today’s society customization, personalization and co-creation are becoming household words, as 21st century consumers are fully embracing the social media revolution. The new customer has multiple identities, demands instant knowledge, seeks sensory experiences and interacts with peers on virtual levels. With the creation of online social communities, physical borders between your customers are breaking down and the power of word-of-mouth is becoming increasingly evincible. By the year 2020 over 40 million people will be inhabiting synthetic worlds.

    Virtual environments present new opportunities for brands. Business professionals must harness the power of metaverse marketing, in order to capture the attention of those consumers who prefer switching off their TV sets and instead escape to an alternate reality via their computer. It takes more than just plastering the online world with advertising to achieve real world business growth in cyberspace. Attending this unique case study- driven Marcus Evans conference will enable you to discover the business strategies that will lead your company into the future and boost your bottom line.       

    conference sponsors
    Media Partner


    E-Commerce Law & Policy

    who should attend the conference

    • Marketing Directors
    • Heads of Online Marketing & Sales
    • Heads of Brand
    • Heads of Business Development
    • Web Services Evangelists
    • Heads of New Media
    • Directors of Learning and Development
    • PR Directors
    • Virtual Worlds Project Leaders
    • Web/Online Project Leaders
    • Heads of Advertising
    • Creative Directors
    • Heads of IT/ Technology

    the conference organisers

    marcus evans specialises in the research and development of strategic events for senior business executives. From our international network of 63 offices, marcus evans produces over 1000 event days a year on strategic issues in corporate finance, telecommunications, technology, health, transportation, capital markets, human resources and business improvement.

    Above all, marcus evans provides clients with business information and knowledge which enables them to sustain a valuable competitive advantage and makes a positive contribution to their success.



    conference speakers

    David Erixon
    Head of Brand Strategy and Manifestation
    Vodafone

    Fiona Gallagher
    Second Life Project Leader
    Sun Microsystems

    Lorna Goulden
    Lead Creative Director - Innovation
    Philips Design

    Craig Cmehil
    Community Evangelist
    SAP

    Achim J. Muellers
    Head of Brand Relations and Cooperations
    BMW Group

    Dele Atanda
    Global Digital Marketing Business Partner
    Diageo

    Christian Bjorkman
    Director of Special Projects
    Entropia Universe- MindArk

    Timo Soininen
    CEO
    Habbo Hotel- Sulake Corporation

    Popke Rein Munniksma
    Team Leader 3D Experience
    ABN AMRO

    Scott Robinson
    General Manager, New Media Projects
    Alcatel-Lucent

    Julius O. Akinyemi
    Director, Emerging Technologies
    PepsiCo

    Raymond van der Kaaij
    CEO
    [Lost in the] Magic Forest

    David Simmonds
    Business Development Director
    Entropia Universe- MindArk

    Matteo Penzo
    Head of IT Planning and Procedures
    GABETTI Property Solutions

    TBD
    Senior Level Executive
    Accenture

    TBD
    Senior Level Executive
    Fujitsu Siemens

    general enquiries

    Ola Samuelsson

    11 Connaught Place
    London
    W2 2ET

    Telephone:
    +44(0)20 3002 3276
    Fax: +44(0)20 3002 3016
    Email: olas@marcusevansuk.com


    sponsorship opportunities

    James Driscoll

    Marcus Evans (Scandinavia) Ltd
    2nd Floor, Sveavägen 28-30
    111 34 Stockholm

    Telephone: +46 8 407 6040
    Fax: +46 8 407 2962
    Email: jamesd@marcusevansse.com

    conference quote

    "Master avatar marketing to capture the attention and get into the pockets of the millions of consumers that escape to alternate realities. "

    Winning brands realize it takes more than jumping on the virtual world bandwagon to drive your business into the future; to excel you must firmly grasp the steering wheel