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@gmail.com if you are liveblogging! Second Life, Web 2.0, & video streaming inquiries: musecarmona@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. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------