Thursday, March 20th at 5pm SLT (PDT) at Life 2.0 (registration is free HERE)
We will be discussing municipal public works applications in use or being developed within Second Life, followed by a lively discussion about the possible uses of Second Life for city and urban planning, conceptual design, and community drop in meetings.
PANEL DESCRIPTION: Moderating is Kim Smith, (Rissa Maidstone-SL) – Operations and Sales Director – UBM ThinkServices Metaverse (19 years working with municipalities and federal agencies) is joined by Pam Broviak (Pam Renoir-SL) – LaSalle Public Works Director and founder of Public Works Island; Jon Brouchoud (Keystone Bouchard-SL) – Co-Founder, Studio Wikitecture and Architect; Professor Terry Beaubois (Tab Scott-SL) – Director, Creative Research Lab-MSU, James Matney (TEEX Clary-SL) – Texas Engineering Extension Service provides training, technical assistance and emergency response in Fire Services, Homeland Security, Public Works, Public Safety and Security, Professional Regulator Training, and Economic Development; (Eolus McMillan-SL) responsible for Eolus One which is exploring how virtual worlds can be used for facilities management, building automation, smart building design and virtual operations; and Kirsten Kiser (KK Jewell-SL) – Architect and founder of arcspace.com to discuss municipal public works applications in use or being developed within Second Life, followed by a lively discussion about the possible uses of Second Life for city and urban planning, conceptual design, and community drop in meetings.
