3rd annual Virtual Goods Summit brings together global leaders in the virtual goods ecosystem

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Virtual Goods Summit.

The 3rd annual Virtual Goods Summit will take place in San Francisco, CA on October 29-30, 2009. The event will bring together thought leaders in this space to talk about what’s changed, what’s working, and the key challenges facing the industry. This year’s lineup features executives from the leading companies in the virtual goods ecosystem, including Tencent, Playfish, DeNa Global, Nexon, Zynga, Playdom, Bigpoint, IMVU, Outspark, Zong, PayPal, Perfect World, MyYearbook, InComm, NHN, Ning, TrialPay, Super Rewards, Viximo, Offerpal Media, Serious Business, Slide, Giant Interactive, and many others. An assembled panel of experts will share their thoughts on key issues such as trends in monetization in the United States and Asia, key learnings on how to best drive revenue from social games via virtual goods, market sizing estimates for the US and global virtual goods opportunities, and similarities and differences between user behavior in the United States and Asia

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In addition to the exciting lineup at this year’s edition of the annual must-attend event in the virtual goods space, the Virtual Goods Summit is expanding in 2009 with the creation of “Virtual Goods Summit University” or VGSU. VGSU will offer attendees the opportunity to go in-depth on the fundamental business practices and capabilities required for success with a virtual goods business model. The Virtual Goods Summit University will cover some of the most important issues facing publishers today, including how to get started with virtual currencies, how to manage a virtual economy, key decisions when rolling out a payments infrastructure, and how to manage multiple virtual currencies.

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