Co-Founder and CMO for Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the 3D online world www.twinity.com, Mirko Caspar accepts invitation to be part of the Association of Virtual Worlds Global Ambassadors Program.

Singapore, 18 June 2008 - At the invitation of the Association of Virtual Worlds, Mirko Caspar, co-founder and CMO for Metaversum GmbH is pleased to become an AVW Global Ambassador representing Germany in this vital and growing association and worldwide network of professionals interested in forwarding the cause of Virtual Worlds development.

"The AVW is about outreach and education. Reaching out through our global membership to all corners of the physical world will allow the AVW to more quickly and efficiently, through the entire range of international perspectives, demonstrate the power of virtual worlds to bring people together, as if in person, despite distance, I warmly welcome MR. Caspar as a Global Ambassador" says Dave Elchoness, Executive Director, AVW.

In this voluntary capacity Mirko Caspar will seek to fulfill the programs aims. The Global Ambassadors program is meant to ensure that the AVW's positive message about virtual worlds has a truly global reach. Global Ambassadors seek out new members for the AVW in their geographic area of the physical world. They also inform the AVW leadership and membership of particular virtual worlds-related items coming out of their geographic area that may be of interest.

"I am extremely pleased and honored to be invited to be a part the AVW Global Ambassadors Program and look forward to bringing a positive impact to the growth of AVW here in my home country, Germany and around the globe," said Mirko Caspar.