11: The phenomenon of Second Life – the creation of a new world?
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in deutscher Sprache”Build your own world!” By June 2007, more than seven million registered users followed this invitation extended by the operators of “Second Life”. Whether as trial station for product development and PR, as new market place, as representative of nations and election platforms for political parties, as showroom and concert stage, fantastic game and adventure world, contact bourse or community for new personalities embodies by avatars: the 3-D online world of “Second Life” programmed by Linden Lab seems to offer firms, institutions and individuals chances for developments that are easier to implement in virtual than in real life. Will this create a new form of economy and a new model for innovation? Who will profit from “Second Life”? What are the repercussions that can be expected for communications, learning and identity? Is the parallel world of “Second Life” also a preview to the world wide web of the future or will it only be a passing hype?
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Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Dieter W. FELLNER
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD), Darmstadt
| 1981 | M.Sc.(Distinction), Graz University of Technology |
| 1984 | Ph.D.(Distinction), Graz University of Technology, Austria |
| 1989 | Habilitation, Graz University of Technology |
| 1989-1992 | Associate Prof, CS Dept, MUN, Canada |
| 1992-1998 | Professor, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 1998-2005 | Professor and Founding Director of the Comp.Graphics Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany |
| since 2005 | Professor and Founding Director of the Inst. of Comp. Graphics and Knowledge Visualization, Graz University of Technology, Austria |
| since 2006 | Professor, Darmstadt University of Technology and Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD), Darmstadt |
Mag. Dr. Alois FERSCHA
Professor and Head, Institute for Pervasive Computing, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
| 1998 | Visiting Professor at the Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione, Università di Genova |
| 2002 | Computer Science Department (ERASMUS Guest Teacher), Technical University of Budapest |
| since 2000 | Professor in Computer Science and Head of Department Institute for Pervasive Computing, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
Anton FRICKO
Program Manager Emerging Technologies, IBM Austria, Vienna
| since 1971 | has worked with IBM in several international roles in Europe |
| 1999 | joining the UK Hursley Laboratories |
| His current role is Program Manager for jStart Emerging Technologies, where he assists customers all over Europe in the adoption of new technologies, focusing on Web Services, SOA and Autonomic Computing as well as OSS, Ajax and Web 2.0 technologies. | |
| since 2004 | performs this function from his home town Vienna, Austria |
Rudolf KOBZA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kobza Media Group, Vienna
| 1986-1994 | Creative and Client Service Manager, J. Walter Thompson, Vienna |
| 1994 | Founder, Kobza Communications, Vienna |
| 1996-2016 | Stakeholder and Chief Executive Officer, IPG Austria, Vienna |
| 2008 | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kobza Media Group, Vienna |
Ing. Peter KOTAUCZEK
Präsident, Verband Österreichischer Software Industrie (VÖSI); Vorstandsvorsitzender, BEKO Holding AG, Nöhagen
| HTL Maschinenbau, mehrere Semester Studien Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Jus, Werbung und Marketing, Informatikausbildung bei IBM. | |
| Vorstandsvorsitzender der BEKO Holding AG, die an der Deutschen Börse notiert. | |
| Gründer und langjähriger Chef der BEKO Engineering und Informatik AG, eines der führenden Software- und Engineeringhäuser Österreichs. | |
| Langjähriger Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität für angewandte Kunst, Meisterklasse für visuelle Mediengestaltung Prof. Peter Weibel. | |
| Gründungs-Mitglied des "Club of Vienna" am Konrad Lorenz Institut für Evolutions- und Kognitionsforschung in Altenberg (Prof. Rupert Riedl). | |
| Berufung als Gastprofessor für Telekommunikation, Information und Medien an die Donau Universität Krems. |
Mag. Paul MEINL
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, factline Webservices GmbH, Wien
| Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Wien | |
| seit 1999 | Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, factline Webservices GmbH |
| verantwortlich für die Geschäftsentwicklung im Bereich E-Learning, Spezialist für Personal Learning Environments | |
| (E-Portfolios) und Collaborative Blended Learning. Factline ist Anbieter von internetbasierten Lernlösungen im | |
| Bildungs- und Weiterbildungsbereich. | |
| 2002-2006 | Lehrbeauftragter an der Fachhochschule Burgenland zum Thema "Wissensmanagement" |
Thomas PRANTNER
Deputy Director for Technical Affairs, Online and New Media, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| 1980-1987 | Redakteur bei österreichischen Printmedien (NÖN, Wiener, Basta) |
| 1988-1989 | Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ORF TV-Informationsintendanz |
| 1989-1990 | Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ORF Landesstudios |
| 1990-1994 | Pressearbeit und Kommunikation ORF TV-Informationsintendanz |
| 1994-1995 | Persönlicher Referent und Büroleiter von Generalintendant Gerhard Zeiler |
| 1995-2002 | Pressesprecher des ORF |
| 2002-2006 | ORF-Marketingchef |
| 2007-2011 | Direktor für Online und Neue Medien, ORF |
| seit 2012 | Vize-Direktor für Technik, Online und Neue Medien, ORF |
Dr. Doris C. RUSCH
Associate Professor for Game Design, School of Design, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
| 2001-2004 | Doctoral Studies, University of Vienna |
| 2005-2007 | Post Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Design and Assessment of Technologies, University of Technology Vienna |
| 2007-2010 | Post Doctoral Researcher, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| 2011-2017 | Assistant Professor for Game Design, College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, Chicago, IL |
| since 2017 | Associate Professor for Game Design, College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, Chicago, IL |
MBA Christopher SCHLÄFFER
Group Product & Innovation Officer, Deutsche Telekom; Chairman of the Supervisory Board, T-Mobile Austria
| Christopher Schläffer became Deutsche Telekom's Group Product & Innovation Officer in December 2006. Thus he is member of the Executive Committee of T-Mobile International responsible for Product & Innovation and at the same time chairman of the segment board of T-Online. | |
| Prior to assuming his current role Christopher Schläffer was Corporate Development Officer (CDO) of Deutsche Telekom in charge of group strategy, innovation, research & development as well as venture capital. From 2002 until September 2006 he also had responsibility for group technology, processes and IT. From 2000 to 2002 Christopher Schläffer was heading Corporate Strategy as Senior Executive Vice President. | |
| Christopher Schläffer joined Deutsche Telekom in July 1998. Before that he worked with Accenture, the global consulting, technology and outsourcing company, and in the pharmaceutical industry. | |
| Christopher Schläffer holds a master's degree in business administration from the Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics and has been elected one of the Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. |
