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CCP Board Member to Speak at the London Entrepreneurship Conference 2007

Petteri Terho will speak on panel discussing the creation of new markets

Reykjavik, Iceland - May 08, 2007

Petteri Terho, board member of CCP Games, the world’s largest independent game developer, will be speaking on a panel entitled ‘Genesis: Creating New Markets’ at the 9th London Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday, May 11, 2007 at the London Business School in London, England. The event will bring together some of the world's most innovative entrepreneurial minds with a theme inspired by the James Bond movie, “007: The World is Not Enough”.

Tehro will discuss the evolution of MMOG’s including CCP’s development of EVE Online, a leading sci-fi massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) and his projections for the future of virtual economies and the gaming market. The panel will also feature pioneering entrepreneurs who will share their experiences on breaking ground and what lies ahead. For more information, please visit: http://www.eflondon.org/conference2007/welcome.php.

CCP Games is a pioneering company in massive multiplayer online gaming (MMOG) space and creator of EVE Online. The futuristic game operates as a virtual world with a fully-functional player-run economy. Unlike typical virtual world economies, EVE Online’s economy mimics real world economies. Further reflective of real life, EVE Online’s economy is inextricably intertwined with the political and social spheres of its online community. Visit http://www.eve-online.com for more information.

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About CCP Games
CCP Games is an industry-leading independent developer and publisher of EVE Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Founded in 1997 and privately held, CCP is recognized internationally as a pioneer of the single-server persistent universe architecture. EVE Online is played in nearly every country in the world with nearly 200,000 players. The company is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, with offices in Atlanta, London and Shanghai. More information is available at http://www.ccpgames.com.

Contact details

Sharon Howell
LEWIS PR for CCP
415/992-4400
eve-online@lewispr.com

Related links

http://www.eve-online.com


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