Tomorrow's highly anticipated Geek Meet where IBM, Intel and Sun discuss networking and the grid isn't the only event you'll want to catch this week. Mark your calendars for the next few days, it's shaping up to be a busy week!
June 14-17 - iCommons Summit
Once a year, about 300 people from over 50 countries come together to celebrate and strategise around a free Internet for all.
Leaders of the Creative Commons, free software, open education and access to knowledge communities talk about their vision for the future and discuss strategies for building a free global culture that is rich - both in terms of economic viability and geographic diversity.
Expect streaming video of the keynote addresses, recorded video streams of keynote and parallel session addresses, live dj / live music concerts and mixers before and after key addresses, information displays, art exhibits, free tee-shirts and information note cards and greeters who will answer questions and hand out welcome packs.
There will be presentations from Magnatune - the music company with the tagline, "We are not evil"; Lawrence Lessig, the founder of Creative Commons; Jimmy Wales, who founded Wikipedia; Yochai Benkler, the author of The Wealth of Networks and Cory Ondrejka the chief technology officer of Linden Lab and developer of Second Life.
You can go to this event in-world at the USC Annenberg Public Diplomacy Island (click here for SLURL).
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June 15 - 11AM - Discussion on "The Next Killer App"
The Int. Council of The Paley Center for Media, formerly The Museum of Television and Radio, held in association with the Media and Entertainment and IT/TC Governors of the World Economic Forum, will be hosted at Sun Microsystems, Google and Yahoo. The event will bring together approximately 100 senior executives from across the worlds leading media, entertainment, and technology companies to discuss convergence and the new platforms that are shaping the future of the industry.
While this is traditionally a closed door event, Sun will be hosting the Whats Next? session led by Greg Papadopoulos, CTO and EVP of R&D, which will also be shown Second Life Pavilion. Greg will be joined by industry experts, including Vinton Cerf of Google, Philip Rosedale of Linden Labs, Bradley Horowitz of Yahoo, and Daniel Scheinman of Cisco. The group will discuss the next killer application and explore the innovative culture of Silicon Valley and how new technologies are nurtured and developed into new business ecosystems.
This event is being held at the Sun Pavilion (167, 157).
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NCI Classes:
June 16 - 5PM - Starting a Business in Second Life
You've developed some Second Life content creation skills and are ready to test your metal in the metaverse marketplace. How do you begin?
This class will teach you the basics of starting and running a business in Second Life. What's already out there? How do you find your niche? How do you attract potential customers? How, exactly, do you sell stuff in Second Life anyway?
Learn all this and more as you get started on the path to Second Life Business success.
Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pm
Location: NCI Disturbing World Classroom (Disturbing World)
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June 17 - 7PM - Advanced Land Ownership
Learn how to buy and sell land with Shippou Oud, an experienced SL land dealer. This class covers pricing, terraforming, mainland versus islands, land auctions, "rare" land, and how to maximize the value of a plot of land for sale. Learn what to look for and what to avoid!
It is strongly suggested you attend NCI's Basic Land Ownership class (or equivalent) before taking this class.
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Location: NCI Disturbing World Classroom (Disturbing World)