eHampshire Conference - Work Smart Grow Smart - 7th November 2006. Over 170 people attended the eHampshire Conference at Winchester Guildhall, which focused on the economic and environmental impact of promoting mobile and flexible working styles. IBM Metaverse evangelist Roo Reynolds spoke widely about the role of technology both in the future of business and social interaction across the globe. Explaining that companies and social groups can now interact in a 3D world called Second Life, Roo Reynolds showed delegates future business models as well as live concerts and re-creations of events such as Wimbledon. Second Life allows users to create avatars (models) of themselves which can then interact with the virtual world, picking up objects, building houses, shops as well as interacting with other users. People are already creating an economy inside Second World, buying and selling services, hosting events and concerts, parties, club nights in fact pretty much everythng that happens in the real world also takes place in Second Life - just without the pollution! BBC World Service reporter Bill Thompson commented "We should not underestimate the importance of the virtual world of Second Life" In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of the conference, delegates were handed a memory stick as they left, containing full copies of the conference programme, exhibitor information and each of the presentations they had seen. Also included on the stick was a copy of the MATISSE Report and Toolkit Author: Glenn Peacey
Source: eHampshire

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