Virtual Worlds Management has announced that Christian Renaud of the Cisco Technology Center will deliver the Thursday keynote at the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo to be held October 11, 2007 in San Jose, California.

Renaud is the chief architect of Networked Virtual Environments for the Cisco Technology Center. Its staff members support Cisco's Corporate Development unit, helping to determine Cisco's future technologies and developing them into new revenue streams for the company.

Renaud will discuss the ways that virtual worlds platforms and technologies will drive the creation of new enterprise apps. "With all the media attention surrounding virtual worlds, this conference is the ideal opportunity for corporations to learn how this technology can be applied for maximum benefit and increased productivity," he says.

Renaud continued: "I hope to help with this effort by distinguishing what it really means within the context of existing and future communications infrastructures and how organizations can leverage the benefits of virtual worlds technologies and applications."