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Key note: Jay David Bolter

Key note session 3 from VW workshop, June 2010, Magleaas
Professor Jay David Bolter, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology: Mobile augmented reality and the future of virtual worlds

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Key note: Mia Consalvo

Key note session 2 from VW workshop, June 2010, Magleaas
Visiting Professor Mia Consalvo, MIT: When casual became hardcore, and social went asynchronous: Exploring the changing landscape of virtual worlds and online games

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Key note: Jeremy Hunsinger

Key note session 1 2 from VW workshop, June 2010, Magleaas
Co-director Jeremy Hunsinger, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, VirginiaTech: Frames and Fields: An overview of the field and the Im/possibilities of innovation

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Guest lecture by Edward Castronova

Guest lecture by Professor Edward Castronova at Copenhagen Business School June 4th, 2010

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Workshop Streaming June 7-9, 2010

The workshop ‘Making Sense of Virtual Worlds and User Driven Innovation’, will take place June 7th-9th 2010 at Magleaas Denmark. Three sessions will be streamed live from this blog and the mixed reality broadcast will be streamed from the Metanomics site.

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June 7th 16:30-17:30 CEST (7:30am PST) – Key note session 1
Co-director Jeremy Hunsinger, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, VirginiaTech: Frames and Fields: An overview of the field and the Im/possibilities of innovation

June 8th 9:30-10:30 CEST (00:30am PST) – Key note session 2
Associate Professor Mia Consalvo, School of Telecommunications, Ohio University: When casual became hardcore, and social went asynchronous: Exploring the changing landscape of virtual worlds and online games

June 8th 20:00-21:00 CEST (11:00-12:00am PST) – Metanomics Mixed Reality Broadcast
New Market Dynamics Host Robert Bloomfield will lead a Second-Life panel including Robin Teigland, Edward Castronova and Tom Boellstorff as they discuss the purchase of virtual islands, leasing of towns, recruiting avatar employees and more. The episode will include a stream from the panel in Second Life and the live workshop event in Denmark.

June 9th 14:00-16:00 CEST (5:00-7:00am PST) – Key note session 3
Professor Jay David Bolter, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology: Mobile augmented reality and the future of virtual worlds
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Independent Consultant John Lester: Knowing When to Let Go: The Mind, the Metaverse, and Metaphor

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3D-ing: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Virtual Worlds

The Nordic Virtual Worlds Network (NVWN) is hosting a session devoted to brainstorming about entrepreneurship and innovation in virtual worlds/3D internet this thursday. The Nordic Virtual Worlds Network (NVWN) is a two-year international, interdisciplinary project investigating entrepreneurship and innovation in relation to virtual worlds. In the session, after a brief introduction to NVWN, the project members will lead a brainstorming workshop inviting attendees to discuss their experiences and thoughts about how VWs/3D internet may impact traditional models of entrepreneurship and innovation. The session will be held in the innovation workshop area of the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) in SL (SLURL). More information about the session is on the project’s blog: www.nordicworlds.net.

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