The event takes the form of an online conference and exhibition. RMR's Creative Director, Dr Mark K Smith, invented online conferences and exhibitions in 1997. His aim was to recreate the functions, look and feel of traditional events, on the Web. VirtualBanking2000 is the latest of eight such RMR events. VirtualBanking2000's conference speakers will present papers as text, audio or as video presentations.
Delegates can then meet and question the speakers in the conference's viewpoint tower.
Delegates visiting VirtualBanking2000's exhibition hall will find dozens of multimedia stands displaying the latest technologies and services underpinning the electronic finance industry. Each stand allows delegates to learn about an exhibitor online, including facilities to register an enquiry or jump to the company's own, external, Website. VirtualBanking2000's media centre is the hub of press activity for the event. It will contain news releases, photographs and print-quality screenshots of the different sections of the event. The conference e-college contains a collection of Internet and virtual banking training courses.