Follow on Google News News By Tag Industry News News By Location Country(s) Industry News
Follow on Google News | Stanford University to host Metaverse U conference February 16th and 17thPublic invited to join top virtual community minds in dialogue about Virtual World and Second Life issues
"Virtual worlds have garnered tremendous interest since their recent proliferation, both in the media and in academia. Given Stanford University's prime location in the heart of Silicon Valley, we think the time has come to explore the cultural, technological, legal, and economic issues surrounding virtual worlds." Henry Lowood, Metaverse U conference organizer and curator for history of science & technology collections and film & media collections in the Stanford University Libraries Discounted advance admission rates, (corporate $400, academic $200, student $100), are available through February 11. Registrants will have access to all conference activities, including networking events, and lunch on both days. Tickets will be sold at the door for $500 (cash only) and no student or academic discounts will apply. On-line registration is open now. To ensure that its impact extends well beyond the actual conference, video from Metaverse U will be streamed live to the web, free of charge. After the conference, these videos will be archived and made available on a Stanford University website, to become part of a global conversation on virtual worlds. Metaverse U falls between two other major events in the Bay Area: the next Metaverse Roadmap workshop, hosted at Stanford University on Friday, February 15th, as well as the 2008 Game Developers Conference that starts on Monday, February 18th. Accordingly, seasoned academics, journalists, and industry leaders in both virtual worlds and games will be flooding the Bay Area. Sampling of participants: Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford) Jon Brouchoud (Wikitecture) Beth Coleman (MIT) Parvati Dev (Innovation in Learning) Wagner James Au (New World Notes) Brewster Kahle (The Internet Archive) Raph Koster (Metaplace) Daniel Huebner Kari Kraus (University of Maryland) Rob Lanphier (Linden Lab) Mike Liebhold (Institute for the Future) Howard Rheingold Rebecca Moore (Google Earth) Jerry Paffendorf (Wello) Byron Reeves (Stanford & Seriosity) Christian Renaud (Cisco) Jeffrey T. Schnapp (Stanford) Reuben Steiger (Millions of Us) Relevant Links: Metaverse U homepage / Registration: http://metaverse.stanford.edu/ Conference Schedule: http://metaverse.stanford.edu/ Koster, Ondrejka & Rheingo profiles: http://metaverse.stanford.edu/ Contacts: Corrie Goldman, Stanford Humanities Outreach Officer Office (650) 724-8156 or corrieg@ Henrik Bennetsen, Metaverse U Conference Chair hbe@stanford.edu # # # Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. Stanford's current community of scholars includes 16 Nobel laureates, four Pulitzer Prize winners and 24 MacArthur Fellows. Stanford is particularly noted for its openness to interdisciplinary research, not only within its schools and departments, but also in its laboratories, institutes and research centers. Website: www.stanford.edu/ End
Account Email Address Disclaimer Report Abuse
|
|