State of Play VI: Speakers' Bios

Profile

With one foot in industry and the other in the academy, Aaron Delwiche has been studying ways the Internet can be used to foster education and global dialogue for more than 15 years. His innovative experiments with virtual worlds in the classroom have been covered by international publications ranging from Wired to The Guardian (UK). As the Director of Interface Development at Lemon Asia, he facilitated the interactive agency's expansion into Singapore and Mainland China. In 2006, he co-founded one of the first full-service virtual world consultancies. Aaron has been actively involved in virtual world development projects for a wide range of organizations, including AMD, France Telecom, New York Law School, New Market Pictures, and USC Annenberg's Center for Public Diplomacy. Aaron is also a co-founder of the agency Elastic Collision.