This month WINBC and New Media BC to bring you an evening focused on the MONETIZATION OF VIRTUAL GOODS
Vancouver is a hotbed in this space. Join us for fast pitches and a panel discussion from companies who know their stuff, including Brian Shuster from Utherverse. One of the pioneers of the internet, Brian the internet powerhouse Infonent.com which defined free web hosting in the 1990's with the two industry leading free web hosts, Webjump.com and Web1000.com. Utherverse is currently one of the most successful and popular virtual world destinations in existence, with more than four million registered users.
In the past couple of years, the virtual goods market has grown to $5.5 billion globally. The North American and European markets, which have traditionally lagged behind the Asian market, are now the fastest growing segments of the market and are estimated to be $700 million in 2009.
| Date: | Monday, October 5, 2009 | |
| Time: | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM | |
| Location: | MOV (Museum of Vancouver) in Vanier Park (1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver) Room: Local History Lab and patio – downstairs - Map |
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| Tickets: | FREE to WINBC Members | |
| FREE to WINBC Sponsors and Partners | ||
| FREE to Students | ||
| $25 to Non-members of WINBC and at the door | ||
| Space: | Limited to 100 people | |
 Registration deadline: Friday, October 2, 2009. First beer is free. Pizza is free. Parking is free. Be sure to register today. |
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| Agenda: | ||
| 5:30 - 6:00pm | Registration & networking; pizza and beer | |
| 6:00 - 6:30pm | 3-minute fast pitches:
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| 6:30 - 7:15pm | Panel Discussion (Moderator: Jordan Willms, Sr. Analyst, Work at Play) | |
| 7:15 - 8:00pm | Networking | |
Save the date: Mark your calendars, the next MoMoVan will take place November 2nd. Details and location to be announced shortly.
Presenting Companies
Utherverse - Modeled after Vancouver, Virtual-Vancouver.com is the next generation of the internet. It is part of a Virtual World Web of interconnected 3D communities that are filled with content, businesses and stores that deliver an enriching and satisfying user experience than the flat World Wide Web. Members, represented by customizable avatars, take part in social activities centering around music, live concerts, shows, nightlife, dating, movies and an array of other platforms for interaction. www.virtual-vancouver.com
Work at Play - Since 1999, we've been developing and innovating the web with companies like BMW Films, MTV, Warner Brothers, NBC, Disney and Fox Interactive. Our mission is to make the web a more usable, attractive, compelling and interactive experience for both our partners and their customers. www.workatplay.com
REIXL - Sell without selling. Help your customers make purchase decisions. Interactive applications are highly engaging, and when you combine movie-quality with valuable functionality you have a winning formula for capturing and engaging customers. www.reixl.com
Super Rewards - We are a Virtual Currency Monetization Platform. Using the Super Rewards implementation, any online community can enable users to seamlessly inject real revenue into the application exchange for virtual currency or goods. www.srpoints.com
Backstage - Backstage is a secretly Canadian software company that creates casual games for social networks. We brought the casual games model of prize collecting and achievements to a social context through the introduction of competition, trading, and community. www.bstage.ca
The Face of MomoVan is our chapter logo. We are part of a global community, but each chapter has its own eccentricities that separate it and brand it apart from all the rest. Helsinki and Tokyo for example use the grizzled face of a beret brandishing veteran. MoMoVan has always chosen a member of our community to loan their smiling face for a year. In the past, Igor Faletski (Mobify me) and Amielle Lake (Tagga) have had the honour. We are looking for the Face for the 2009-2010 season. It could be you.
Send us your best grins: funny, awkward, good, bad...it doesn't matter, just as long as you're smiling. Or nominate someone in the community who you believe deserves the honour. Include a few words with the photo nomination: why you think they should be the new face of MoMoVan.
Why become the Face of MoMoVan? As it becoming forever immortalized in our publications and promotions isn’t enough, we will reward your good looks with beer at the end of the season. Plus, just think how proud your mom will be.
MoMoVan is part of a global Mobile Monday community of more than 70 chapters of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials. Check out what is happening around the globe:
- MobileMonday launches in Malta
Malta's MobileMonday chapter opens its doors on the 14th of September and will feature keynotes by Jari Tammisto, CEO MobileMonday and Dr. Madanmahan Rao, and will include a panel discussion of MobileMonday's role in the Maltese mobile industry. - Helsinki–Marseille: towards a promising partnership in IT
As one of the fastest growing cities in southern Europe, Marseille is looking to enhance its linkages with Helsinki, the city which has become, after years of investment, the reference point in Europe for their private and public innovative experiences. Marseille will spend more than 7 billion euros in the next five years on infrastructure, equipment, transportation, and high-tech parks — impacting the growth of the local IT industry.
MobileMonday Vancouver (MoMoVan) is an open forum held for the global community of wireless industry professionals. It fosters cooperation and networking among interest groups, industry people and their companies by providing the logistics and opportunities for personal and virtual contacts. More info at: www.momovan.com.
Everyone is welcome!
- Visionaries, entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, designers, investors
- Students, PhDs, professors from UBC, SFU, UVIC and BCIT and elsewhere
- WINBC and New Media BC members and Non-members with an interest in wireless technology and digital media
- Members of other technology associations and government agencies
- Members of local media, Web 2.0 and blogging community
Because together we can do more.
- We hope to open a long-lasting conversation that is relevant to the wireless and Web 2.0 community in Vancouver, BC and the world.
- We want to increase opportunities for casual networking, for identifying quality local talent, accessing early stage companies, building strategic partnerships and developing more business and businesses.
- We want to continue promoting local innovation and collaboration in the wireless, video gaming, special effects, interactive media and Web 2.0 industry, from small start-ups, to large companies, to research labs.
This is your event and your community. We are always looking for elevator pitches, ideas for upcoming events and feedback on past ones. You can contact us here or visit the MoMoVan website.
MoMoVan Facilitator: Michael Bidu, WINBC Executive Director
Bruce Sharpe of Singular Software helped us to capture some of our previous events.
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