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The AVW is where virtual worlds, games, social networks, and those who wish to explore the technology, come together.

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AVW "CoNeE" Announcement and Call for Speakers

The Association of Virtual Worlds proudly announces its first Conference, Networking and Expo event (affectionately abbreviated as "CoNeE") to be held entirely in its virtual headquarters on the web. From February 20, 2009 through February 26, 2009, AVW members will be entitled to attend, entirely free of charge, a world class conference, networking, and expo event brought to you without the hassle and expense of air travel, ticketing, accommodations, or time away from your home base. As a bonus, CoNeE will take place on a 24 hour schedule over seven days to ensure that members the world over can meaningfully participate while avoiding jet lag.

As a community organization, we invite members to submit a panel, lecture, or presentation proposal for consideration. Although we cannot accept all submissions, we will strive to review them all thoroughly and choose those that we believe best reflect the memberships' interests as a global organization seeking to advance virtual worlds.

Please send in your submission in the following subject areas by October 1, 2008.</</i>b>

Business & Marketing of Virtual Worlds
Security, Property & Standards
Virtual Worlds Around the Real World
Technology of the Virtual World
Learning and Working in Virtual Worlds
What the Future Holds for Virtual Worlds

As part of your submission, kindly include the following:
A brief description of your proposed presentation;
Whether the presentation will run 60 or 90 minutes;
Whether the proposal is for a panel, lecture, or some other form of presentation;
A listing of any proposed panelists or participants (no more than four in total); and
Complete details concerning your qualifications (and those of all other panelists) to present on the subject including name(s), company(ies) or other affiliation(s), email address(es), and physical address(es), and curriculum vitae, resume, or other background information.

Forum

NBForrest

IMVU TOS now prohibits account selling

Started by NBForrest 10 hours ago.

John S Howard

Recommend an appropriate virtual environment? 2 Replies

Started by John S Howard. Last reply by Clive Jackson 1 day ago.

Joi Podgorny

VW Forum Conference in London postponed?!?! 1 Reply

Started by Joi Podgorny. Last reply by Hiperia3D - Jordi R Cardona Oct 6.

Blog Posts

Christopher Simpson

The carp and shrimp kept time -- pa rum pa pum pum

Well, it’s happened again. It seems female sharks really can reproduce in a manner generally reserved for sacred bulls, Egyptian gods, and Jewish messiahs. In other words, the female shark, under certain circumstances, can give birth without the help of a male. The first confirmed instance occurred last May when a female hammerhead in Omaha, Nebraska, gave birth despite having been isolated from male sharks for over three years. The baby shark’s DNA showed the mother to be the only contributor,… Continue

Posted by Christopher Simpson on October 11th, 2008 at 6:14am

Philippe Kerremans

Metaverse Business launches Event Analysis Tool for Virtual Worlds: Analyze popularity and presence of your business meeting, training courses or simply any event at your place.

Metaverse Business launches Event Analysis Tool for Virtual Worlds: Analyze popularity and presence of your business meeting, training courses or simply any event at your place.

Metaverse Business (http://www.metaverse-business.com), a leading vir… Continue

Posted by Philippe Kerremans on October 10th, 2008 at 9:30am

G2 Proto

Blogs are back woot!

Great to see the blogs back. Look forward to keeping up with everyone again and donating some miscellaneous ramblings. http://flickr.com/photos/30456505@N06 for the latest pics from our OpenSim grid. Looking forward to pics from all other virtual worlds!

Posted by G2 Proto on October 10th, 2008 at 7:00am

Isadora Fiddlesticks

AVENUE Magazine's First Issue!

October marks the debut of AVENUE Inc’s fashion and lifestyle magazine. Featuring Stiletto Moody, Torley Linden, Dousa Dragonash of MBC News, SL events, places, and more…AVENUE Magazine brings to you superb visuals and writing about what we love in SL. Please come over to our headquarters to get the inworld edition. Look for the beautiful glowing vendor! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Royal%20Properties/217/189/36 For the web… Continue

Posted by Isadora Fiddlesticks on October 8th, 2008 at 10:13pm — 1 Comment

Erik Silverstar

SECONDSTOCK is Coming to SecondLife!!

Posted by Erik Silverstar on October 8th, 2008 at 11:34am

 
 

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