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<h3 class="wrap"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; ">NVWN – The Nordic Virtual Worlds Network (<a href="http://www.nordicworlds.net/">www.nordicworlds.net</a>) cordially invites you to participate in the <strong><em>Innovation
in Virtual Worlds</em></strong> Seminar. This seminar is part of a series of Virtual Worlds events organized in the Nordics and its purpose is to stimulate knowledge sharing and networking among individuals and organizations interested in 3D Internet innovation.</span></h3>
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<p><strong>When:</strong> Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, 14:00 to 18:00 EET (GMT+2) / 4:00 to 8:00 am SLT/PST</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Second Life: VCEI – Virtual Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on the Stockholm School of Economics Island in Second Life.</p>
<p><strong>SLURL: </strong><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/SSE%20MBA/84/94/2008/?title=VCEI%20Auditorium&msg=Welcome%20to%20the%20VCEI%20Auditorium">http://slurl.com/secondlife/SSE%20MBA/84/94/2008/?title=VCEI%20Auditorium&msg=Welcome%20to%20the%20VCEI%20Auditorium</a></p>
<p><em>(If you have problems teleporting to the VCEI, then please IM Karinda Rhode (Robin Teigland) inworld.)</em></p>
<p><a href="http://nordicworlds.net/PPublic/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VCEI_0011.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2183" title="VCEI_001" src="http://nordicworlds.net/PPublic/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VCEI_0011-300x162.png" alt="" height="162" width="300"></a></p>
<p>In addition, the event will be livestreamed on NVWN’s channel: <a href="http://www.livestream.com/nordicworlds">www.livestream.com/nordicworlds</a>, and can be followed in room Pub 5 at the University of Turku, Publicum building.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Program</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>SESSION I: Virtual Worlds Innovation</strong> 14:00 - 16:00 EET (GMT +2) / 4:00 – 6:00 am SLT/PST</p>
<p>14.00 – 14.20 (GMT+2) Presentation of NVWN Project and Innovation Seminar (Titiana Moldovan, Matti Näsi, NVWN Project Researchers, UTU)</p>
<p>14.20 – 14.40 (GMT+2) Presentation of <a href="http://www.starstable.com/se/">Star Stable Online</a> (Sweden) by <a href="http://se.linkedin.com/pub/johan-sj%C3%B6berg/0/231/25a">Johan Sjöberg, Co-founder</a></p>
<p>14.40 – 15.00 (GMT+2)Presentation of <a href="http://indusgeeks.com/">Indusgeeks</a> (India) by <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/siddharthbanerjee">Siddharth Banerjee</a>, CEO</p>
<p>15.00 – 15.10 (GMT+2) Break</p>
<p>15.10 – 15.30 (GMT+2) Presentation on <a href="http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2012/01/entrepreneurs-key-to-opensim-success/">Open Sim Community Research</a> by <a href="http://robinteigland.com/">Robin Teigland</a>, SSE Associate Professor and Project
Leader NVWN</p>
<p>15.30 – 16.00 (GMT+2) Presentation on Future of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Virtual Worlds by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/eiliftrondsenvwc">Eilif Trondsen</a>, Ph.D., <a href="http://strategicbusinessinsights.com/">Strategic Business Insights</a></p>
<p><strong>BREAK:</strong> 16.00 – 16.15 (GMT+2)</p>
<p><strong>SESSION II: Future of VW Platforms</strong> 16:15-18:00 EET (GMT +2) / 6:15-8:00 am SLT/PST</p>
<p>Panel Moderator: <a href="http://robinteigland.com/About_Me.html">Robin Teigland</a>, SSE Associate Professor and Project Leader NVWN</p>
<p>Participants:<br>
- <a href="http://justincc.org/blog/">Justin Clark-Casey</a>, Core Developer of <a href="http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page">OpenSim</a> (England)<br>
- <a href="http://il.linkedin.com/in/ilantochner">Ilan Tochner</a>, Co-Founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.kitely.com/#%21home">Kitely</a> (Israel)<br>
<em>- </em><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/eiliftrondsenvwc">Eilif Trondsen</a>, Ph.D., <a href="http://strategicbusinessinsights.com/">Strategic Business Insights</a> (USA)<em></em><br>
- <a href="http://tr.linkedin.com/pub/cemil-turun/0/112/13a">Cemil Turun</a>, Founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.yogurtistan.com/">Yogurtistan</a> (Turkey)</p>
<p><strong>WRAP-UP:</strong> 17:45 – 18:00 (GMT+2) Discussion and Final Remarks</p>
<p><em>The event is free of charge. In case you are not familiar with Second Life, you can join through our open channel at </em><a href="http://www.livestream.com/nordicworlds">www.livestream.com/nordicworlds</a>.<em></em></p>
<p>For additional information, please contact Titiana Moldovan (<a href="mailto:tpmold@utu.fi">tpmold@utu.fi</a>) or Matti Näsi (<a href="mailto:mjnasi@utu.fi">mjnasi@utu.fi</a>)</p>
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<p><em>NVWN – The Nordic Virtual Worlds Network is an international, inter-disciplinary project co-funded by </em><a href="http://www.nordicinnovation.org/">Nordic Innovation</a><em>, investigating entrepreneurship and innovation through virtual worlds and
the 3D internet: </em><a href="http://www.nordicworlds.net/">http://www.nordicworlds.net</a></p>
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