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Engage! Expo being held March 10-11, 2009 is to be sponsored by a number of leaders in virtual world technology and metaverse related news. Sponsors listed so far are Active Worlds, Electric Sheep, Habbo, Super Rewards & Virtual Worlds Management. Since some of these sponsors are new to this year’s expo (at least in the sponsorship capacity) I decided it would be nice to include “About Us” information from each of the companies websites. Any sponsor of the expo has the potential to garner a good amount of publicity and media attention - a welcomed opportunity for any company on the list.

Active Worlds - Activeworlds offers a comprehensive platform for efficiently delivering real-time interactive 3D content over the web. Activeworlds’ 3D content is dynamic, visually compelling and most importantly provides users a richer, more exciting online experience. For consumers, Activeworlds hosts a Universe of over 1000 3D virtual reality worlds. In these worlds you can choose from a vast array of avatars that fit your personality (or your perceived personality - that’s half the fun!). You can then move about, play online games, shop and make friends with people from all over the planet.

Electric Sheep - The Electric Sheep Company creates Web-enabled social and virtual world experiences through strategy, design, production, and technology. Electric Sheep is the primary provider of it’s platfrom, WebFlock 1.0: WebFlock is an application for private-labeled, Web-based virtual experiences. It provides a visually immersive environment for social interaction, media consumption and game play.

Habbo - The core of the Habbo experience is the virtual world or virtual “hotel”, Habbo Hotel. Millions of teenagers meet each other every day in Habbo’s cafés, clubs, at the pool area or in the millions of private rooms created by the Habbos themselves. Currently there are over 60 million user-generated rooms in the different Habbo communities.

Super Rewards - a leader in social network monetization. Super Rewards allows applications and online games to turn their virtual currencies into real dollars by offering users an opportunity to earn extra points or virtual dollars by participating in surveys, free trials and online purchases. Our turn-key solution delivers highly targeted offers to millions of local and international social network users across multiple platforms. We help publishers/developers incentivize their applications on networks like Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and Hi5.

Virtual Worlds Management - the leading virtual worlds trade media company. VWM services include the industry defining Engage! Expo (March 10-11, 2009 in NYC), 3D Training, Learning and Collaboration (3D TLC) Conference (April 20-21, 2009 in Washington, DC) and the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo. He also serves as the publisher of www.VirtualWorldsNews.com and www.VirtualGoodsNews.com. Virtual Worlds Management is a division of Show Initiative, LLC. More information about Virtual Worlds Management can be found at http://www.VirtualWorldsManagement.com.

Additional information about the Engage! Expo can be found at its website located at http://www.engageexpo.com/ - included on their site is a list of speakers, and information about registration.