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ASG is Now Re-named IMMERSION and is in its 5th Fabulous Year!

24 May, 9.30am - 5.45pm

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WELCOME to The Leading International Forum & Showcase focused on the Business of Games and Immersive & Social Media.

Ground-breaking sessions, leading strategy, world-beating developers and commissioners, exclusive learning and networking. Not to be missed.

IMMERSION is 1 day action-packed event hosted by UK Trade & Investment at the Government's central London DTI/ BIS Conference Centre.

From policy to strategy, application, monitisation and innovation of games, immersive & social media, the 5th annual IMMERSION Forum focuses on the current application, state-of-the-art and future of immersive & social media, EVERYWHERE: online, via smartphone and other devices - in games ... for broadcast media ... for brands ... and now for big business. What is the business and technical roadmap for immersive and social media and how can I make it work for me?

Attend the conference and evening Mixer event to learn, network and do some great business!

We kick the conference off with a top-table policy discussion with representatives of the leading games and retail associations; together with those from online games and online games and media behemoths.

Tickets

• All day attendance - Regular Pass just £299 **
• Academics and students (limited numbers available) - Just £99**
  

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Join us for the best learning and networking you will get this side of the Pond.

Join top-table speakers, thought-leaders and your industry colleagues over use cases, networking over legendary refreshments at the Government Conference Centre - and the Mixer drinks event in the evening.

** Add VAT at 17.5% and booking fee

Full delegate fee includes: lunch, refreshments & conference pack.

Speakers from:

Sony Playstation Home, Square Enix, KZero, Electronic Arts, Bing, Rivers Run Red, Daden, Nudge, Screen Digest, SEMN ...

Eminent Industry Speakers include:

• Peter Bazalgette, NewBaz
• Ian Livingstone, Square Enix
• Adam Singer, BSAC
• Peter Edward, Sony
• Matthew Jeffery, EA
• Mike Rawlinson, ELSPA
• Nic Mitham, KZero
• Toby Beresford, Nudge
• James Bamford, Bing
• Oisin Lunny, Sulake (Habbo)
• Tim Harrison, The Mobile Consultancy
• Ben Keen, Screen Digest
• Richard Bartle, Essex University
• Gina Fegan, South East Media Network
• Kim Bayley, Entertainment Retailers Assoc
• Rob Edmonds, SRI
• Justin Bovington, Rivers Run Red
• Ron Edwards, Ambient Performance
• Dave Taylor, Imperial College
• Mike Dicks, Bleedin Edge
• David Burden, Daden Ltd
• Ian Hughes, Feeding Edge
• Jeremiah Alexander, Ideonic
• Michael Schumann, Second Interest
• Modwenna Rees-Mogg, Angel News
• Paul Dowling, Dreamstake
• Mirko Caspar, Metaversum (Twinity)
• Nicolas Lovell, Games Brief

Hear the key strategic and governance issues relating to Facebook, Bing, Google, Sony Home, Habbo and other major platforms & games online

Explore new revenue, funding and distribution models, using social media, for your business - includes microtransactions, microfinance partnerships, freemium, virtual goods et al

Understand the opportunities and risks of the Cloud and SAaS model

See the show-case of the best applications and innovation tech around today

Learn where to apply augmented reality, virtual worlds and geospatial applications

Learn about monetising Smartphone apps

2009 SPEAKERS

• Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate
• Steve Prentice, Gartner
• Justin Bovington, Rivers Run Red
• Kevin Corti, PixeLearning
• David Burden, Daden
• Dylan Nagel, Paladin Studios
• Ian Hughes, Feeding Edge & formerly IBM
• Derk de Geus - Paladin Studios
• Rob Edmonds, SRI Consulting
• Margaret Robertson
• Lizzie Jackson, University of Westminster
• Kam Memarzia, PlayGen
• Jim Purbrick, Linden Lab
• Kevin Farrar, IBM
• Dan Clapson, Incredible Sims
• Bernard Horan, Sun

High-Profile Speakers

Previous keynotes speeches from:

Lord David Puttnam; Christian Renaud of Cisco, Prof Bob Stone of Birmingham University; Jenn McNamara of BreakAway; Nader Nanjiani , Cisco Systems; Thomas Bidaux, NCSoft; Kevin Williams, KWP Consulting; Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E; Kevin Corti, PIXELearning; Thijs Bosma,Zlong Games, China; Rohit Talwar, Fast Future Ltd; Ron Edwards, Ambient Performance; Mal Baines, formerly of Xerox; David Wortley, Serious Games Institute; Claus Nehmzow, PA Consulting ; Ali Kord, Animazoo; Mishka Klotz, OM Interactive; John Burwell, Forterra; David Burden, Daden Ltd

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