V-Trade: Break down barriers to global markets using new and innovative trading solutions
The Serious Games Institute (SGI) at Coventry University is presenting West Midlands based SMEs the opportunity to expand into international markets and develop their businesses.This event will be an inaugural meeting to outline the potential of immersive technologies to transform virtual trading solutions beyond traditional e-commerce.
This event heralds the start of the ERDF V-Trade project to develop innovative solutions for bringing products to the market through a virtual trading space.
V-Trade will build a virtual demonstrator platform where companies can set up a trading space to showcase their products and services to a global audience. V-Trade will remove the logistical and financial barriers to building relationships across the globe.
If you would like to attend this event, learn more about V-Trade, or become part of the forum network, call 024 7615 8201 for more information, or email
jstew@cad.coventry.ac.uk.
Agenda
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| 09.30 Registration and Coffee |
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| 10.00 Welcome - Prof Sara de Freitas (Chair) |
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| 10.05 The Big Picture: David Wortley |
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| 10.30 V-Trade project: Dr Panos Petridis |
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| 11.00 V-Trade - The Commercial Dimension: John Andrews & Ian Hunter |
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| 11.30 Virtual Worlds and the Value Chain - 'Rivers Run Red': Justin Bovington |
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| 12.00 Questions |
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| 12.30 Lunch, networking & V-Trade Demo's |
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| 14.00 Close |
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