Sponsorship Opportunity 6th SLanguages Annual Symposium

28-30 September 2012

Language learning in virtual worlds

Organized by an international committee of language educators (SLanguages Committee group)

Companies and organizations are invited to support the 6th SLanguages Annual Symposium on language learning in virtual worlds. Index
Sponsorship opportunities overview ......................................................................................... 2 Why sponsor a web conference in Second Life? ...................................................................... 3 Conference sponsor ................................................................................................................. 3 Advertisement .......................................................................................................................... 4 Pre-conference events ............................................................................................................. 5 Exhibitors ................................................................................................................................. 5 Sponsorship packages ............................................................................................................. 6 ABOUT SLanguages Annual Symposium ................................................................................ 7 Committee Members ................................................................................................................ 8 Facts and Figures .................................................................................................................... 8 Conference Summary Report ................................................................................................... 9 Guest speakers .......................................................................................................................10 Contact information .................................................................................................................11

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Sponsorship opportunities overview The following outlines some of the sponsorship opportunities available:
Pre-conference sponsor
From 200 EUR

Ads

Exhibitor

Conference sponsor (non-exclusive)

500 EUR

From 90 EUR

From 220 EUR

More information on pages 1h Keynote presentation during opening ceremony Sponsors logo or name in Adobe Connect (appears on all of the recordings) Sponsors logo or name in conference program Sponsors logo or name on summary report Sponsors logo or name on rotating banner Sponsors logo or name in SLanguages video trailer (before 30 July) Sponsors logo or name mentioned on social media sites Sponsors logo or name in reception area Sponsors logo or name in Newsletter pre- and post-conference Certificate of attendance sponsor Exhibition space 340 m Exhibitors Product presentation during breaks Exhibitors logo or name in exhibitor listing Exhibitors logo or name in prize raffle Pre-conference event 2h Pre-conference event 4h Pre-conference event full-day

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180 EUR / $230

150 EUR / $180 150 EUR / $180 140 EUR / $170

130 EUR / $160

130 EUR / $160

90 EUR / $110

90 EUR/ $110

50 EUR / $60 220

300 EUR 400 EUR 600 EUR

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Why sponsor a web conference in Second Life?

Sponsorship of a web conference focused on language learning in virtual worlds will raise your profile to key international professionals and institutions across the globe. Conference presentations feature language acquisition using virtual worlds, serious games, social media, sloodle, online teaching resources, research and other related fields. SLanguages is being livestreamed throughout using Adobe Connect and Livestream, allowing attendees without an avatar can to watch on whilst others in Second Life enjoy the immersive experience. All of the sessions are being recorded and there is a long tail of educators watching the recordings. Some 4000 recording views testify to this fact. Social media activities are high and many of the committee members are well established on twitter, facebook and other social media. There are some 650 members signed up on the community of AVALON, many with an academic background and high interest in language learning in virtual worlds. Below please find a description of the various sponsorship opportunities.

Conference sponsor
The CONFERENCE SPONSOR of the SLanguages Annual Symposium is the main supporter of the conference. This sponsorship includes: A special mention in the Opening Plenary Session The possibility of providing a speaker in one of the conference keynote sessions or a panel discussion The integration of the sponsors logo or name in o Adobe Connect (appears in all of the recordings) o conference program o conference summary report o rotating banner on conference website o video trailer (before 30 July) o conference announcements o newsletters o conference reception An opportunity to moderate and organize a (theme relevant) a 2h preconference workshop/ product presentation session , fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements Exhibition space in conference ground for 3D exhibits or poster exhibition, 320m The integration of your organization in SLanguages Annual Symposium activities

Price: 500 / $700

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Advertisement
ADS on the website, in the program, on the summary and on various other places are a prominent eye catcher on the main conference site and visible the whole year. Throughout the conference, participants access the schedules frequently and see your advertisement over and over again in various locations listed below. This could mean reaching hundreds of participants in a short period of time and many more due to the recordings being displayed on the site. This advertisement remains active for 12 months until the next SLanguages Annual Symposium. This way they will be noticed by the many thousands who view the recordings.

Sponsors logo/ visual identity or name and a link to your website in the various locations listed below The integration of your company in conference PR activities The insertion of your company information in the press information

Sponsors logo or name in Adobe Connect (appears on all of the recordings) Sponsors logo or name in conference program Sponsors logo or name on summary report Sponsors logo or name on rotating banner Sponsors logo or name in SLanguages video trailer (before 30 July) Sponsors logo or name mentioned on social media sites Sponsors logo or name in reception area Sponsors logo or name in Newsletter pre- and postconference Certificate of attendance sponsor

180 EUR / $230 150 EUR / $180 150 EUR / $180 140 EUR / $170 130 EUR / $160 130 EUR / $160 90 EUR / $110 90 EUR/ $110 50 EUR / $60

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Pre-conference events
We welcome organizations, languages institutes and companies to conduct pre-conference events that have workshop characters. i.e. a specific theme, a Special Interest Group meeting, an association. This is not a sponsorship package but the offer of hosting an event for you and we provide the platform and technical support so that it will be a success. Additionally this event will be livestreamed in Adobe Connect and attendees without an avatar can attend and watch whilst those in Second Life can enjoy the immersive experience. Event hosting Price in EUR

2h pre-conference event 4h pre-conference event Full day pre-conference event Tickets sold

300 EUR / $350 400 EUR / $490 600 EUR / $750 7,68% of ticket price

Exhibitors Markets are conversations SLanguages is a formidable conference to host your 3D exhibitions or your poster exhibitions and you will get the opportunity to present your products or services. These presentations are scheduled between conference programs, during the breaks just like in a real conference, so as to ensure you get maximum attention from the audience. As exhibitor you will be mentioned and your products and services are being described in a special exhibitor listing.

Past examples

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/poster-exhibition http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/conference-sponsors http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/sponsorship-and-donations

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Sponsorship packages
Pre-conference sponsor Conference sponsor
(non-exclusive) SLanguages Annual Symposium Virtual Round Table Web Conference DaFWEBKON Package for ALL of the conference From 50 EUR/ $60 From 90 EUR/ $110 From 60 EUR/ $75 220 EUR From 300 EUR 500 EUR

Ads

Exhibitor

250 EUR

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ABOUT SLanguages Annual Symposium

SLanguages Annual Symposium was founded by Gavin Dudeney of The Consultants-E in 2007 and in 2010 was taken over by a committee, lead by Gary Motteram of the University of Manchester. It is the only conference on language learning in virtual worlds and show-cases language learning in Second Life and other immersive 3D environment such as Open Sim, World of Warcraft etc. It is a magical conference that goes way beyond traditional conference presentations.

Tours, workshops, demo lessons, performances and theatre plays were all part of the past conferences. All of the sessions take place in the immersive 3D environment and are screen shared with Adobe Connect to provide a virtual window to a virtual world. SLanguages takes place for the 6th time this year.

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Committee Members
The SLanguages Annual Symposium is a team effort. Heike Philp [Gwen Gwasi], lets talk online sprl, Belgium Edith Paillat [Cyber Placebo], Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Dr. Randall Sadler [Randall Renoir], University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, USA Carol Rainbow [Carolrb Roux], Teacher trainer in ICT, UK Gary Motteram [Gwared Morgwain], University of Manchester, UK Dr. Doris Molero [Pionia Destiny], Venezuela Helen Myers [Karelia Kondor], ALL Association of Language Learning Carmela DellAria [Misy Ferraris], University of Palermo, Italy Maria Sol Cordovez Noboa [Losairam Pelliot], Sol Siglo 21, Ecuador Barbara McQueen [Barbara Novelli], SLESL, USA Dennis Newson [Osnacantab Nesterov], IATEFL YLSIG Marc Meier-Maletz [Marius Madrigal], French-German teacher, France Marisa Constantinides [Marisoll Orellana], CELT Athens, Greece, Alexandra Koukoumialou [Alexandra Ergenthal], CELT Athens, Greece Lynne Hand [YT Upsilon], EFL teacher, Germany

Facts and Figures So far SLanguages has seen more than 4000 recording views and ..
1st/2nd/3rd SLanguages 2007/2008/2009
Guest speakers Sessions Hours of program Participants NING microsite members Panel discussions Presentations Workshops Demo lessons Theatre plays in SL Tours in SL Conference party in SL Poster exhibition L Virtual Simulcast - streaming SL events in Connect no data

4th SLanguages October 2010

47 42 39 377 Avatars + 78 in Adobe Connect 450 3 19 11 1 2 5 x x x

5th SLanguages September 2011

72 39 41 294 Avatars* + 119 in Adobe Connect 650 3 21 5 1 8 x x x

*we sadly lost some visitor counters when the temporary island for the conference disappeared the day after the conference, this figure might be 100-150 avatars higher because it was the main conference sim and many sessions took place there

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Conference Summary Report

The SLanguages Annual Symposium is unique because it is a free conference in virtual worlds for language teaching professionals it takes place in Second Life and is livestreamed with Adobe Connect so that language teaching professionals can attend without an avatar, installation, log-in nor any registration it is solely dedicated to language teaching and learning in virtual worlds

The first 3 SLanguages conferences were conducted by Gavin Dudeney and the recordings are listed on the slanguages.net homepage. The conferences in 2010 and 2011 saw a combined total of 119 guest speakers presenting and conducting workshops 80 hours of program and recordings with about 4,000 recording views for more than 940 unique visitors and 650 signed up members on the community site in more than 95 countries language experts met in panel discussions discussing and elaborating on research, social media, teacher training and much more 3 unconferences as an open session which is led by participants topics 10 Second Life sessions simulcasted in Adobe ConnectPro, for easy viewing 41 show & tell presentations of products and services for language teachers 13 tours to various sites all over Second Life and World of Warcraft an innovative virtual simulcast, bridging Second Life with virtual classroom technology 2 poster exhibition in Second Life our famous party at the end of the conference Previous conference programs are as follows SLanguages 2011 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D3ngMANiLqT5uy9xggdFRQS0TicjawSCSDop2r9zTA/edit SLanguages 2010 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gyz3QY69hHWury4naFXpU8IXsrhfv5QS99_r4AW5Nr0/ edit To date, the conference is free of charge and relies on sponsorship and voluntary donations. Your contribution may help to sustain this learning experience for language educators.

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Guest speakers
Guest speakers included amongst others Aldous Snow [Aldous Snow], graphics designer, UK Akemi Mochizuki [Draceina Pinion], Japan Amy K. Wehner [Katarina Camino], University of South Florida, USA Antonella Berriolo [Anna Begonia], Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain Babara Hoskins Sakamoto [Lynn Carlucci], Japan Belma Gaukrodger [KiwiBelma], NMIT, New Zealand Carmela Dell'Aria [Misy Ferraris], Italy Caliburn Susanto [Caliburn Susanto], photographer, USA Carol Rainbow [Carolrb Roux], UK Charlie Navarathna [Charlie Navarathna], Puget Sound Video, USA Chris Smith [Shamblesguru Voom], Thailand (late) Chris Surridge [Christopher Flow], Korea Curea Leiner [Curea Leiner], Japanese dance performances, Japan Dr. Cynthia Calongne [Lyr Lobo], Colorado Technical University, USA David Richardson [Davidric Rinkitink], Linnaeus University, Sweden. Deborah Corder [Deborah Corder], Auckland University of Technology, Australia Dennis Newson [Osnacantab Nesterov], Germany Dr. Doris Molero [Pionia Destiny], Rafael Belloso Chacin University (URBE),Venezuela Edith Paillat [Cyber Placebo], Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Elena Quintarelli, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Emma Corbett-Ashby, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Eugenia Calderon [Eugenia Calderon], Instituto Espanol in Second Life, Mexico Fidel Devkoto, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Gary Motteram [Gwared Morgwain], University of Manchester, UK Gavin Dudeney [Dudeney Ge], The Consultants-E, Barcelona (late) Graham Davies [Groovy Winkler], EuroCALL, UK Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart [Yvonne Handrick], Talkademy, Austria

Gloria Gomez-Diago [gloriagdiago Galicia], Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain

Graham Stanley [Baldric Commons], British Council, Spain Harold Jacobsen [Galdi], museum curator, USA Harter Fall [Harter Fall], artist, Germany Hanna Outakoski, Ume university Department of language studies,Sweden Hajnalka Beck [Dorka Nemeth], University of Gttingen, Germany Hayo Reinders [Hayo Reinders], Innovation in teaching, UK Heike Philp [Gwen Gwasi], LANCELOT School GmbH, Germany Iffaf Khan [Iffaf Ling], languagelab, UK Inge Knudsen [Inge Qunhua], MIL (collaborating 4 universities), Denmark James T. Abraham [Calisto Encinal], Glendale Community College, USA Jens Nerido, Joe Pereira [Creed Juran], British Council, Portugal Julian Cheng [UnicornG Luminos], University of Maryland, USA Juliana Luna Freire [Kahlo], University of Arizona, USA Jay Jay Jegatheson [Jay Jay Zifanwe], University of Western Australia, Australia Kalyan Chattopadhyay [Kalyan Horatio], University of Calcutta, India Kip Boahn [Kip Yellowjacket], Virtlantis, Austria Klaus Hammermller [Claudio Whalen], Talkademy, Austria Lesley Scopes [Light Sequent], Archi21, UK Lidia Rossner, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Luisa Panichi [Jole Zhong], University of Pisa, Italy Manizhe Ali, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany.

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Maja Pivec [Maja Yazimoto] University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM, Austria Dr. Malcolm Alan Compitello [moneo], University of Arizona, USA Manuel Vuelta [Profesor Korobase] Spain Marisa Constanides [Marisolde Orellana], CELT Athens, Greece Mats Deutschmann [Mats Teichmann] Ume University, Sweden. Mike McKay [Professor Merryman], Cypris Chat, Japan Nahir Aparicio [Nahiram Vaniva], La Universidad Pedaggica Experimental Libertador (UPEL), Caracas Nergiz Kern [Daffodil Fargis], Turkey Paul Preibisch [Fire Centaur] Sloodle, Japan Paula Ferreira da Silva [Morgaine Mayo], PhD candidate at the University of Extremadura, Spain. Peta Bowker [Gizmo Latte] Dorset Adult Education, UK Randall Sadler [Randall Renoir] University of Illinois, USA. Santiago Domnguez Noriega Phd student at the University of Extremadura, Spain. Scott Grant [Xilin Yifu] Monash University, Australia Scott Thornbury [Olivetti Oh] New School, New York, Spain Sedat Akayoglu [Sedat Usher] Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Shiv Rajendran [Kingsbury Yeats] Languagelab.com, UK Stylianos Mystakidis [Stylianos Ling], Open University of Catalonia, Spain Thomas John, student at Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Tobias Becker M.A. [Jazmin Orfan] Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Ton Koenraad [Koen Antonioni] Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Dr. Undine Froemming [Augenblick Winkler],Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. Wilson Voight [Wilson Voight], Instituto Espanol in Second Life, Mexico Zeynep Onat-Stelma [Zeon Panthar], University of Manchester, UK

Contact information
If you are interested in any of the exhibition, sponsorship and/ or marketing items mentioned above, please contact us at:

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Heike Philp 34, Boulevard du Souverain 1170 Brussels Belgium Mobile Belgium +32 (0) 49 226 1377 Mobile Germany +49(0)172 494 3092 heike.philp@letstalkonline.com www.letstalkonline.com Twitter @heikephilp Skype letstalkonline

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