WSU conducts its first live event within Second Life Monday, April 6, 2009
Helen Thomas, former White House bureau chief Bob Scheiffer, CBS News' chief Washington correspondent
Philip Rosedale, founder, Second Life
Lane Merrifield, Executive Vice President, Disney Online Studios
Lila King, senior producer, CNN Interactive Storytelling
Erica Driver, co-founder, ThinkBalm
Wagner James Au, virtual world journalist
Bernhard Drax, virtual world journalist
If you will be attending in Second Life:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/WSU
There will not be a video and/or audio stream of the live event within Second Life. Instead, Second Life participants are encouraged to use the live video access link
If you would like to view the summit Live via streaming video: http://experience.wsu.edu/
If you will be attending in person:
http://visitor.wsu.edu/
10 a.m. - OPENING PRESENTATION – Linden Lab chairman/founder Philip Rosedale
11 a.m. - THE IMMERSIVE INTERNET WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU WORK – Erica Driver, ThinkBalm
Noon - LUNCH BREAK
1-2:30 p.m. - 3D ROUNDTABLE ON VIRTUAL WORLD MEDIA – All guest speakers/presenters, This event will be moderated by prominent virtual journalist Wagner James Au.
2:30-3 p.m. - INTERACTIVE SCREENING: "The Inaugural Broadcast of the American University in Cairo's Virtual Newsroom: Eight Egyptian Political Bloggers and an American Digital Diplomat Talk Transition of Power" – Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts, Dancing Ink Productions
3 p.m. - CHILDREN AND VIRTUAL WORLDS – Lane Merrifield, Club Penguin co-founder
4 p.m. - HOW TO BECOME A VIRTUAL WORLD REPORTER (And Do Real World News) – Wagner James Au
5:30 p.m. - SPECIAL EVENT: A Virtual Q&A with Veteran Journalists Helen Thomas & Bob Schieffer
Former White House Bureau Chief Helen Thomas and CBS News´ Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer will appear in Second Life for an interactive Q&A session, held simultaneously on both the real and virtual campuses of Washington State University.
Avatars created by Second Life designer Haver Cole.
ALL DAY - INTERACTIVE ART EXHIBIT by WSU Graduate Student Heather Losey McGeach
A complete schedule of events can be found on the official Web site at: http://communication.wsu.edu/virtualjournalism