The Serious Games Institute invites you to participate in the virtual seminar being held today both in the SGI at Coventry University and in our virtual auditorium in Second Life. If you already have a Second Life avatar, please join us via http://slurl.com/secondlife/SGI%20Nexus/96/107/27

If you don't have an avatar, you can set one up via our web site - www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk

We will be joined in the opening session by Marylou Molina of IBM from her office in New York

This half-day workshop aims to introduce partners and participants to a new concept in smart building technologies. Traditionally, smart building technologies have focused on cost reductions and environmental sustainability. The workshop will explore the latest developments for integrating physical and virtual environments to improve the cost effectiveness of next generation building management technologies but in addition, it will also explore new opportunities to use buildings to generate income or add value to buildings through visitor relationship management and richer experiences.

Participants will include industrial and academic partners aiming to work with the SGI in smart building applications and participants aiming to get an introduction to the uses of serious games and virtual worlds for smart building applications.

There are a limited number of places available for this event, so please book early.

Agenda

12:00 – 12:30 Registration & refreshments

12:30 – 12:45 Welcome

David Wortley, Director, SGI & Marylou Molina of IBM

12:45 – 13:00 Outline of the Day

Sara de Freitas, Research SGI

13:00 – 14:00 BREAK

Interactive Sessions with Q&A

14:00 – 14:30 Integrating physical and virtual worlds for cost effective

building management & control.

Oliver Goh, Business Development Manager, Implenia

14:30 – 15:00 The Eden Project – sustainable Development and Visitor

Education

Howard Jones (Eden Project) & Jane Lewis (Cisco)

15:00 – 15:30 Using Technology to create added value to buildings

Roger Saunt, Sales Manager, Digital Presence Ltd