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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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GTACM Guest Lecture - Christopher W. KlausChristopher W. Klaus
Founder / Chief Executive Officer
As founder and chief executive officer of Kaneva, Christopher W. Klaus is realizing his vision of delivering the first 3D world for the masses. At its helm driving vision and business strategy, Klaus has pioneered the extension of online social networking and media sharing into an immersive 3D world, providing an entirely new social entertainment experience for the masses. Focused on real friends and good times, Kaneva enables friends to get together and chat in real time, design and decorate their own 3D homes, share interests and experience entertainment all in a 3D world.
Prior to founding Kaneva, Klaus founded and served as the chief security advisor of Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS), a company he created in 1994 and sold to IBM in 2006. Appointed by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Mr. Klaus currently sits on the Film, Video, and Music Advisory Commission. He is a game advisor to American Intercontinental University (AIU), serves on the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Board of Visitors as well as the boards of VerticalOne, the Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA), Georgia Tech Advisory Board (GTAB), and the Georgia Tech College of Computing Advisory Board.
