With apologies for cross posting... Registration for the 1st Annual OpenSimulator Community Conference 2013 is now open!
The Overte Foundation <http://www.overte.org/> and AvaCon<http://www.avacon.org/blog/>are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the first annual OpenSimulator Community Conference 2013 <http://conference.opensimulator.org> ( http://conference.opensimulator.org). The virtual conference will take place entirely online on the OpenSimulator Conference Center grid on September 7 – 8, 2013. The OpenSimulator Community Conference will be a celebration of the platform and of the large and varied community using and co-creating it. It will feature two days of keynote speakers, presentations and panels on different topics, and an expo area to showcase community activities and projects. Due to the “alpha” nature of the OpenSimulator software, this conference is an experiment in capacity testing for OpenSimulator in addition to being a community event. Therefore, tickets to the conference will be free but limited in number. We hope to be able to accommodate over 200 users in total, a figure which includes speakers, sponsors and staff . Since seats are limited, registration will open on a first-come-first-served basis until the maximum number of virtual conference center tickets is reached. At that point, community members will still be able to register for the live streamed version of the conference that will be available via UStream. This will also be free. The expo area will not be ticketed and so can be accessed by any avatar, subject to constraints on the number of avatars that the exhibition regions can hold at any particular time. Sponsors, speakers, staff members, and volunteers should not register for a regular Attendee ticket. Instead, please use the promo code provided to you. See the conference website to find out more information about becoming a sponsor, speaker, or joining the conference planning team! For more information please see the conference website at http://conference.opensimulator.org. ORGANIZATION INFORMATION: OpenSimulator is an open-source platform that supports the creation of collaborative, immersive, distributed and social 3D virtual environments over the Internet. Started in 2007 and developed by individuals and organizations large and small, it has become a versatile system with which anyone can experiment. OpenSimulator software is now the basis for many “grids” of varying sizes and purposes. http://opensimulator.org <http://opensimulator.org> The Overte Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages contribution agreements for the OpenSimulator project. In the future, it will also act to promote and support both OpenSimulator and the wider open-source 3D virtual environment ecosystem. http://www.overte.org/ <http://www.overte.org/> AvaCon, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and 3D immersive and virtual spaces. We hold conventions and meetings to promote educational and scientific inquiry into these spaces, and to support organized fan activities, including performances, lectures, art, music, machinima, and much more. Our primary goal is to connect and support the diverse communities and practitioners involved in co-creating and using virtual worlds, and to educate the public and our constituents about the emerging ecosystem of technologies broadly known as the metaverse. http://avacon.org <http://avacon.org> <http://avacon.org> Email: [email protected] Web: http://conference.opensimulator.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/opensimcc Hashtags: #OSCC13 #OSCC #opensim Chris M. Collins (Avatar: Fleep Tuque) Vice President, AvaCon, Inc. 275 Winthrop Street PO Box 618 Rehoboth, MA 02769-1819 (774) 654-0010 [email protected] http://avacon.org
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