Brand Land Happenings: Dec 11 - 18, 2007
December 10, 2007
AOL Pointe closed
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December 11, 2007
Information Week10:00 a.m. SLT GridTalk -- RESCHEDULED for Friday due to today's grid closureDaniel Terdiman, author of “The Entrepreneur's Guide To Second Life”
Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0
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December 12
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2:30 p.m. SLT
Panel Discussion celebrating the publication of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning.
The event will be simulcast by Global Kids
Panel Members:
- Henry Jenkins, Professor, MIT, and author of Convergence Culture, will talk about his latest work on media literacy and skills young people need for the 21st Century.
- Katie Salen, Professor, Parsons the New School for Design, and game designer, will discuss the new public school based on design and games she is opening in New York City.
- Howard Gardner, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Five Minds for the Future, will talk about the ethical implications of growing up online.
University of Southern
California Annenberg Island
Teen Grid: Global Kids Estate
View the event on the web here.
More information here.
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December 13
Orange
Show and Tel
10:00 a.m. SLT
Residents and Orange team display and comment on in-world creations
Orange Island
Nestle Coffe-Mate
Contest: Best coffee-related sculpture
SwirL Café, This Second Island
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December 14
Linden Lab
SL Winter Holiday Celebration begins
Series of events runs though Jan 8
Event information here.
NPR Science Friday Radio Show
Ira Flatow takes questions via his avatar
11:00 – 1:00 SLT
Science School
Information Week
GirdTalk
12:00 noon SLT
Daniel Terdiman, author of “The Entrepreneur's Guide To Second Life”
Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0
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December 17
Orange
1,2,3's of Photography
Orange Island
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December 18
National Physical Laboratory UK
The NanoShow (bimonthly global seminar series)
9:00 a.m. SLT
Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Threats
Nanotechnologies hold out the promise of major breakthroughs in healthcare, electronics, environmental protection, security - and many more - and are already delivering. But are these benefits out-weighed by potential concerns?
Presenter: Dr Kamal Hossain, Director of Research and International Cooperation, NPL, UK
NanoLands Auditorium on Nanotechnology Island
10:00 a.m. SLT
Presentation
Presenter: Dr JT Janssen, Knowledge Leader, Time, Quantum & Electromagnetics, NPL, UK;
Metrology: A Tool to Enable Micro- to Nanotechonology
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Upcoming
December 20
Phil’s Supermarket & Kraft Foods
Secret Santa Avatar and gift give-away
Holiday party
Food Island
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