Netbriefings solutions bridge East and West with Virtual Symposium on globalization, learning, and technology

St. Paul, Minnesota – November 11, 2008 – Netbriefings, a webcasting services provider that specializes in helping businesses communicate with video, will provide webcasting and video technology for the US – China Virtual Symposium.

This event presented by Wainhouse Research in conjunction with Drexel University and the World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network focuses on the theme “Building Virtual Global Communities.” Hosted online from November 11th-14th, the symposium incorporates live webcasts, short on-demand (recorded) presentations, panel discussions, blogs, and live presentations in SecondLife as a means to build a community to explore the use of these technologies for development and learning in a global setting.

“We are very excited about both the quality and accessibility of the program,” states Stacy Austin-Li, analyst with Wainhouse Research and co-organizer of the event. “The broad range of technologies — from traditional videoconferencing to the open source e-learning platform Moodle and video blogging and streaming tools provided by Netbriefings – speaks more about the variety of tools available than the pursuit of any ‘wow factor.’ Each collaborative technology was selected on the basis of its ability to help create community and involve participants without presenting new barriers to access, and we welcome interested parties to drop-in any time by visiting www.global-symposium.com.

Presentations will be streamed live via the Netbriefings eConference Enterprise webcast service as well as on Drexel University’s SecondLife Island.

The Netbriefings Proclaim video messaging tool will be utilized by presenters to provide video enabled presentations for the on-demand/online portion of the conference. In addition, participants will be invited to use Proclaim as a social networking community building tool in which they will share video snippets about their experiences.

About Wainhouse Research Wainhouse Research is an independent market research firm that focuses on critical issues in the unified communications and rich media conferencing fields. The company conducts market research studies, provides strategic consulting to vendors and enterprises, publishes industry reports, and delivers public and private seminars. (www.wainhouse.com)

About Drexel University Drexel University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university founded in 1891. As Philadelphia’s technological university and a leader in curricular innovation, Drexel has a history of integrating the latest technological advances into the learning process. Drexel Online specializes in innovative, Internet-based distance education programs for working professionals and corporations in the US and abroad. Its programs are ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the “Best” in the fields of Business, Education, Engineering, and Library Science. (www.drexel.edu/soe/)

About Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) The GDLN, a partnership of over 120 recognized global institutions, is a World Bank Institute initiative which promotes the use of distance learning technologies in education and capacity building around the world. (www.gdln.org)

About Netbriefings
Netbriefings is a leader in large group webcasting. It provides professional-quality webcast services with robust audio/video streaming to audiences in the 100s to 10,000s, designed for town hall meetings, CEO meetings and multi-day conferences. Netbriefings also provides a solution for personal video messaging for enhanced sales, engaging marketing and improved training. The company offers a full spectrum of services for large event, video and audio production. Look to Netbriefings for secure broadcasting, on-demand access of archived content, and repurposing of content into CDs, DVDs, podcasts and other formats. (www.netbriefings.com) (www.ProclaimYourself.com)