Conferences are the ideal place to showcase new ideas and management tools

Use the tools of the future to talk about the future - the medium is the message

Many messages about the digital world can only be delivered remotely

Videoconferencing shows the power of virtual communication to build effective teams and relationships

The current pace of globalisation cannot continue using old management models - more international face-to-face meetings, more travel

Already many industry leaders spend more than 6 weeks a year at 35,000ft

Time away from home is often doubling every 24 months

We have to find other ways to work - and videoconferencing is one

The aim should be that when the audience looks at the big screen, they forget that the podium is empty 

This trick of virtual reality can be achieved using a high-tech multimedia studio

Well lit presenter in front of a large multimedia screen

Presenter appears on screen as if being filmed in the venue on the podium

Good camera images / excellent sound clarity

Able to walk around /  see whole audience clearly

Able to engage the audience / ask questions / react

Top quality standard videoconference PC in venue

Capable of 384kbps (3 pairs ISDN data lines)

Received picture projected on huge screen / sound to sound desk

Images to presenter provided by camera (s) operated by technicians

Sound to presenter provided by roving microphones

For extra call security and stability it is best to use a Bureau, which tests both sites in advance, dials to both, and monitors the connection

Example:  London to US using BT Bureau (00 44 207 298 4055)

Total call and bureau charges 2 hours = approximately $1100

Speaker fee is less than half normal - and no travel costs