This issue of Telepresence World is a special Conference Edition—those of you attending the Telepresence World 2007 event will receive a printed version of the magazine that includes the Conference Program detailing the TPW2007 agenda, sessions, and speakers. All of our authors in this issue are participants, sponsors, exhibitors, or presenters at the TPW Event. We are enormously grateful for their contributions and are certain that you will find their articles both interesting and illuminating.

For those of you reading who are not attending the conference (and we hope to see you in London in January of 2008!), you still have access to this month’s articles via our new Telepresence World Magazine portal available at http://www.telepresenceworld.net. The portal allows you to read and print our content, post comments, access news, and link to related information with a simple click of the mouse. We hope you enjoy the new format, and we will be working in the coming months to bring you a more comprehensive
“Telepresence Information Portal,” which will feature--in addition to original articles and features--dynamic online examples of telepresence in action, reviews and analysis of trends and products, and an unbiased online knowledge repository. We are implementing our new format based on suggestions we received
from you, our readers. We very much appreciate your interest and enthusiasm and are looking forward to making the new Telepresence World portal a site that meets your needs and exceeds your expectations.

TELEPRESENCE WORLD
PUBLISHER
Mark Barounos

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Anne Meltzer, MS

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Anne Feldmann

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Monica Bush

TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
John S. Read, MS

DESIGNER
Chanie Pritchard

PRODUCTION
Sage Media Design