Ted Castronova Speaks At Metanomics Today 11am

[Onder Skall]

Celebrated virtual world economist Ted Castronova will be joining us
at today's Metanomics session at 11AM PST in the virtual world of
Second Life. His paper "Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market
and Society on the Cyberian Frontier" began a major trend in academic
circles for the serious study of virtual economies. Now he will be
giving us all an inside look at his latest book, and answer some hard
questions from the audience.

As usual the event will be on Metaversed Island and viewed across the
Second Life grid via video broadcast from SLCN.tv. If you'd like to be
a part of the audience at the island itself, please make sure to
arrive early as we fill the island to maximum capacity.
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Metaversed/168/225

This week, a special avatar was requested by our guest: "make me a
dwarf female, high fantasy style." I put the call out to our groups
and received a number of submissions. Castronova selected the design
by Shawk Pertwee, an experienced designer of colossal builds and great
works of art. You can see the winning avatar design at today's event!

Event Partners Around Second Life

Several venues around Second Life are running events of their own in
concurrence with today's Metanomics event. You can check the official
Second Life Events Listings for a full list of places streaming the
live video from Metaversed Island. We'd like to give special thanks to
three venues that, last week, drew the biggest crowds. Starting with
the top site:


Muse Isle
Home of RDV Animations & Rendezvous Avatar Animators - is proud to be
an Event Partner for Metaversed Island, www.metaversed.com & the
Metanomics Series hosted by Professor Robert Bloomfield. We promote
these events in advance through our island groups and on site
promotions. It's always a lively group at The Arena here at Muse Isle
and we are happy to participate.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/83/157


Ampitheater at Colonia Nova
The Colonia Nova sim is a low lag sim, modeled after Cologne, Germany
under Roman rule, about 53 BCE. The Amphitheatre seats up to 80 avis.
Colonia Nova is one of the sims governed by the CDS, Confederation of
Democratic Sims, the oldest functioning democracy in SL. Members of
the CDS include many lawyers, bankers and experienced SL trendsetters
who participate in the discussons following Metanomics presentations
in a relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments provided!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Colonia%20Nova/193/241


ComMeta Convention Center
See www.ComMeta.CC - after the lecture we offer a discussion for all
participants
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pixel%20Expo%20I/255/52/51

Would you like to be an event partner for our next event? The
Metaversed Event Partners page has detailed instructions, including
promotion tips. See http://metaversed.com/partners

Meanwhile, for those of you attending today's event, don't forget to
join the Second Life group "Metanomics" to participate in backchat and
ask questions. See you there!