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ing sites, music, print publishing and software. Ms. Christ was recentlynamed to the Legal 500 US: Volume II - Intellectual Property,Media, Technology & Telecoms. Ms. Christ is Co-Chair of the PublicationsSubcommittee of the American Bar Association’s SpecialCommittee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds.Tom ChurchillCEOEarthscapeTom Churchill is the Founder and CEO of Earthscape. He has over20 years of high technology experience, with much of that in theInternet and mapping space. He was previously the founder andCEO of AdKnowledge, a Kleiner-Perkins backed enterprise adserving company, as well as the lead engineer and manager of Yahoo!Auctions. When not working, Tom enjoys hiking with his familyin the mountains near Boulder, Colorado.Justin Clark-CaseyOpenSim DeveloperIBMRight now Clark-Casey is in a very brief period between leaving IBMand joining the Black Dress Technology subsidiary of the FashionResearch Institute as lead developer. At Black Dress Technologyhe will be helping to create, in partnership with IBM, an enterpriseapparel design application based on the OpenSim server platformand Linden Lab’s Second Life viewer. He is an OpenSim core committerand writes about OpenSim development and related issuesat http://justincc.wordpress.comVictoria ColemanVice PresidentSamsung ElectronicsVictoria Coleman is a Vice President with the Corporate TechnologyOrganization of Samsung Electronics where she is responsiblefor Computer Science R&D in North America. Prior to this she wasDirector of Security Initiatives at Intel Corporation. She has a longR&D history including 6 years at SRI International as a Director and10 years at the University of London as a Professor.Giff ConstableVP of Products & StrategyElectric Sheep CompanyGiff Constable currently leads The Electric Sheep Company’s operationsas Chief Operating Offi cer. He is a repeat entrepreneurin the software and Internet industry, has designed and releasedmultiple software and Internet applications and also spent time asan investment banker at Jefferies/Broadview providing M&A andIPO advisory services to technology companies. He often speaksabout virtual worlds at conferences and in the media, and writes theblog Out to Pasture, found at http://blogs.electricsheepcompany.com/giff/ .Kevin CovertCo-Head of Media & Internet Investment BankingMontgomery & Co., LLCKevin Covert serves as Managing Director and Co-Head of Mediaand Internet Investment Banking at Montgomery & Co. Mr. Covertadvises growth companies in the Internet and digital media sectorsand has an extensive track record of highly successful M&A andprivate placement transactions. Montgomery’s Media and Internetgroup has completed industry leading M&A transactions such asNews, Strategy, Insight and Analysis. Updated Daily. www.VirtualWorldsNews.comPage 25