400 WORLDWIDE IT EXPERTS GATHER AT NUI GALWAY

Date Published: 09-Jun-2008

A start-up team member of internet-phone system 'Skype' is among 400 IT wizards visiting NUI Galway today for the 16th European conference on Information Systems.The University's Centre for Innovation and Structural change will address delegates on emerging technology trends in business and society. A key topic will be 'virtual worlds' and the extent to which they present real opportunities to businesses and educational institutions. One of the researchers on a virtual worlds project headed up by NUIG is Johan Gorecki, one of the start-up team at Skype which has revolutionized internet phone communication.