Doing Business in Second Life
August 6, 2007Are you interested in where the future of virtual business is headed? Are you familiar with Second Life? If so, then go to Info Island I at the Open Air Auditorium for “Meet Me in My Avatar’s Office: Doing Business In Second Life” on Friday August 10 @ 5 pm sl. The speaker is Doug Mandelbrot (Doug McDavid in real life) and the executive consultant with IBM’s Global Business Services and the Almaden Research Lab. Doug is a firm believer that the 3D Internet, as exemplified by Second Life, is the future environment for all forms of remote collaboration within and among teams of people. He will discuss a convergence of historical economic and technological trends that make a move into the virtual world simply inevitable. He will introduce the audience to the range of virtual world activities that IBM is currently involved in, including their relationship with the New Media Consortium.
In Doug’s work he specializes in bridging the gap between business people and technologists. In Second Life he is exploring the potential for rehearsing services techniques in virtual environments. He has led and worked on numerous successful engagements with clients in insurance, utilities, telecommunications, manufacturing, travel, aerospace, and defense. He has numerous patents, publications and conference talks to his credit. In 2000 he was elected to the prestigious IBM Academy of Technology, and he is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the New Media Consortium (NMC) in the role of Visionary Director.
