[Air-L] Living Game Worlds IV, Dec 1-2, Second Life & Streaming Video

[Kathy Mancuso]

Living Game Worlds IV - Interplay: Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds

Streaming Online and in Second Life

December 1-2, 2008

Step in to the vanguard of digital gaming at Georgia Tech's 4th annual

Living Game Worlds symposium to be held December 1-2, 2008.   Raph

Koster and Chris Klaus headline this year's conference which will

showcase "InterPlay," networked online play and the rapidly-growing

domains of multiplayer games and virtual worlds.  The symposium will

also feature a pioneers panel including luminaries Richard Bartle,

Brian Green, Randy Farmer and Pavel Curtis.  More details at

http://gameworlds.gatech.edu.

Come join us in Second Life for a day of watching the stream live,

playing Second Life board games, networking and chatting with

colleagues, and interacting with the speakers!  GVU Center,

http://slurl.com/secondlife/GVU%20Center/207/110/26

Video will be streaming live for non-Second Lifers at

http://gameworlds.gatech.edu/2008/streaming.html.

A conference-wide backchannel SL-IRC relay will be available at:

IRC clients: irc.quickfox.net, port 6667, #gameworlds

java client: http://javachat.quickfox.net/?channel=gameworlds

html client: http://webchat.quickfox.net/?channel=gameworlds

for more information: http://chat.on.quickfox.net/gameworlds

December 1:

(All times SLT/Pacific Standard Time)

*4:00 PM SLT - Evening Keynote*

-- Raph Koster

December 2:

*6:00 AM SLT - Welcome & Intro*

-- Celia Pearce, Beth Mynatt

*6:15 AM SLT -Morning Keynote*

-- Chris Klaus

*6:45 AM SLT - Panel 1: Playing Well With Others: Collaboration in

Virtual Worlds and Games*

-- Jason Ellis, Amy Bruckman, Rhonda Lowry, Tim Holt

*8:00 AM SLT - Panel 2: Designing for New Audiences*

-- Emmi Kuusikko, Sam Lewis, Jason Achilli, Yasmin Kafai, Craig Kronenberger

*9:00 AM SLT - Lunch*

-- games, tea, and chatting in Second Life

-- Sneak Peak of Cartoon Network's FusionFall

*10:00 AM SLT - Panel 3:The City as Gameboard*

-- Susan Bonds, Ian Bogost, Blair MacIntyre

*10:30 AM SLT - Panel 4: Shared Spaces (sponsored by ROSS)*

-- Michael Nitsche, Steffen P. Walz, Jay Bolter, Ali Mazalek, Doug

Wilson, Luke McCampbell

*12:00 PM SLT - Panel 5:Cultures of Virtual Worlds*

--Tom Boellstorff, Celia Pearce, Lisbeth Klastrup, TL Taylor

*1:00 PM SLT - Panel 6: Pioneers Panel*

--Richard Bartle, Pavel Curtis, Brian Green, Randy Farmer

--Celia Pearce (Moderator)

*2:30 PM SLT - Closing Remarks*

--Kenneth Knoespel, Janet Murray

Twitter hashtag #LGWIV, technorati/blogging/flickr everywhere else

LGWIV.  please email musecarmona at gmail.com if you are liveblogging!

Second Life, Web 2.0, & video streaming inquiries:

musecarmona at gmail.com or Muse Carmona in-world.

We plan to put on an accessible conference but if you need specific

assistance for a disability please notify us in advance.

The Second Life conference is produced by Katherine Mancuso (Muse
Carmona) & Betsy Gooch (Rinehart Miami) of the Georgia Tech
Experimental Game Lab, with help from dedicated volunteers Fauve Aeon
& Aberdon Enigma of Ardentia Ars (RL & SL clothing designs).  In-kind
professional services provided by Lyday Latte, SL transcriptionist,
and Joyce Bettancourt (Rhiannon Chatnoir) & the Vesuvius Group
(virtual world event production).  Celia Pearce, Blair MacIntyre, Sara
Raasch, Brian Poole, and Don Schoner of the GVU Center provided
invaluable assistance.

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Katherine Mancuso: leotarded crusader of community art, social media,
& disability

Ethnographer, Creative Collaboration in Virtual Worlds, NSF SGER project
Member, Experimental Gaming Lab/Emergent Gaming Group
(http://egl.lcc.gatech.edu)
MS Student, Georgia Tech, Digital Media (http://dm.gatech.edu)
Alternate ROOTS: arts*community*activism (http://www.alternateroots.org)
Spitzer Dance Company (http://spitzerdancecompany.org)
Gimp Girl Community Liaison (http://www.gimpgirl.com)
Mixed Reality Producer, Living Game Worlds IV
Dec 1 4-6PM SLT, Dec 2 6AM-3PM SLT
(http://gameworlds.gatech.edu,
http://slurl.com/secondlife/GVU%20Center/206/100/35)

(inactive) blog: http://museumfreak.livejournal.com
linked-in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathymancuso
SL: Muse Carmona; There.com: Muse_Carmona; twitter: museumfreak

"I don't necessarily believe there is a cure for this /
So I might join your century but only on a rare occasion."
--Girl Anachronism, The Dresden Dolls
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