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June 18, 2008
Wainhouse Research Summit Adds Focus on Mashups, Mobility, Unified Communications and Visual Solutions for Distance Ed and e-Learning
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) DUXBURY, MA, June 18 / MARKET WIRE/ --
As a result of the rapid growth of existing and
emerging technologies for Distance Education and e-Learning, Wainhouse
Research will dedicate a day of its 2008 Summit in Boston to the topics
unified communications, web conferencing, videoconferencing, Learning
Management Systems, mobility, and more for training and teaching over
distance. The eighth annual Wainhouse Research Collaboration Summit is
scheduled for July 16-18 in Boston, MA. The event, to be held at the Royal
Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, will feature a technology showcase the
afternoon of July 16 followed by two days of conferencing and networking
with some of the nation's leading experts on collaboration solutions and
distance ed. Speakers on Friday, July 18, will focus on Distance Education
and e-Learning for corporate, university, K-12, government, and
not-for-profit markets.
Scheduled to speak on July 18 are Doyle Friskney (University of Kentucky)
on why both OCS and Sametime make sense for collaboration and data; Steve
Nelson (State of Oregon) on using corporate advertising to support online
collaboration applications; John Bourne (The Sloan Consortium) on
his 1500-member organization's use of Second Life, Elluminate, and Drupal;
Ruth Blankenbaker (Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration) on
user-vendor partnerships and K-20 content markets; Rebecca Clothey (Drexel
University) on multimedia for adult education; and Max Kolstad (President,
Arkansas Distance Learning Association) on interactive video for education,
telemedicine, and criminal justice. Two Wainhouse Research analysts, Alan
Greenberg and David Dines, will speak on technology mashups and enterprise
social networking.
"The Summit will prove to be a compelling event for anyone interested in
building or enhancing his distance education and e-Learning programs -- or
for vendors building products for education and training," said Alan
Greenberg, Distance Education and e-Learning practice manager for Wainhouse
Research. "The discussion of technologies, programs, and business models
will be invaluable to users and vendors alike. Attendees will come away
with answers for addressing challenges and with new ideas for the future."
The July 16 technology showcase will feature solutions from SMART
Technologies, AGT, Avistar, BT, Compunetix, Dialcom, Emblaze-VCON, Global
Crossing, Juniper, Masergy, Netbriefings, Radvision, Siemens, Vidyo and
York Telecom. Speakers on July 17 include keynoter Andrew Lippman,
Associate Director of MIT Media Labs, on "Surviving in a Digital Life
World," as well as others who will discuss telepresence, videoconferencing,
Telework, conferencing services, and the China markets.
Additionally, Wainhouse Research is partnering with the USDLA to bring the
firm's expertise in conferencing and collaboration to bear on the USDLA's
interest in solutions for teaching and training. USDLA will be an
association sponsor of the Boston Collaboration Summit and -- for the
upcoming year -- Wainhouse Research will be a USDLA Silver sponsor.
Advance registration for the Wainhouse Research Boston Summit is required.
For more information on the agenda, the speakers or to register for the
full Summit experience, please visit http://www.wainhouse.com/boston08.
Wainhouse Research analyzes the market trends, technologies/products,
vendors, applications, and related services in the Unified Communications
and rich media conferencing fields, with additional coverage of distance
education and e-Learning markets. We publish our free news bulletin,
whitepapers, industry reports; produce industry events; and provide related
consulting services. For more information, visit www.wainhouse.com.
The USDLA is committed to being the leading distance learning association
in the United States. USDLA serves the needs of the distance learning
community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity.
For more information, visit www.usdla.org.
Press Contact:
Heather FiedlerEmail Contact
+1 (781) 934 2058
Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire
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