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Our focus this year is on the intersection of teaching, learning and technology, in all its forms, with a special emphasis on virtual worlds and environments.
  All Events to be held in the John E. Reeves Great Hall and Seminar Rooms

8:45-9:15
 		 Breakfast: Sponsored by Optitex

9:15-9:30
 		 Welcoming Remarks

9:30-10:30
Keynote and Discussion
The Second Life of Fashion Design: Metaverse as Prototype Platform
W. James Au & Janine Hawkins
 
10:45-12:00 PANEL 1

Dressing for Two: What Avatars and their Humans Buy and Wear
 Mary Ellen Gordon, Market Truths
Results of a new survey of Second Life residents' preferences and purchase habits pertaining to wearable items for avatars and the real life people who operate them will be discussed. Mary Ellen will talk about the most popular types of wearable items in the virtual world, differences among SL residents in terms of how they choose to dress their avatars, and similarities and differences between what people and their avatars wear.

My Avatar Myself: How Avatars are Transforming Product Development, Marketing, Retailing and Education
Elaine Polvinen, Buffalo State College, SUNY
 

12:00-12:30
Lunch: Sponsored by Xythos
 

12:30-1:30
Vendor Demos (times and locations to be announced)
    
1:45-2:45 Faculty Roundtables (click here for more info)
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break: Sponsored by Browzwear
3:00-4:00
PANEL 2

Preparing the Next Generation of Industry Executives for the Next Generation of Marketing Tools: YouTube and More
Moderator:  Susan Reda, Executive Editor, Stores Magazine
Panelists: Kathy Savitt, Chief Marketing Officer, American Eagle Outfitters & David Polinchock, Founder and Chief Experience Officer, Brand Experience Lab
 
4:15-5:15

PANEL 3

Create Mashups To Make the Web Your Own
 Raymond Yee, UC Berkeley
The Web contains thousands of mashups that recombine everything including Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon.com, NASA, the New York Times, and Wikipedia with useful information about travel, finance, real estate, and more. By fusing elements from multiple web sites, mashups are often informative, useful, fun, and even transformative. Raymond will talk abouthow to create and apply mashups to make sense of the web in your learning and teaching.

Virtual Identity and Visual Search
Louise Guay, Founder and President of My Virtual Model
 
5:15-6:00
Reception: Sponsored by Gerber
& Book Signing, Raymond Yee and W. James Au
 
 
For more information, email beth_harris@fitnyc.edu or roriann_smith@fitnyc.edu