Just a reminder that there will be a Second Life event on "Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds: Considering Civil Liberties" on Monday, January 28, at 12PM PST. Speakers include:
- Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (chair)
- Robin Harper, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from Linden Lab
- Jack Balkin, professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School
- Douglas Thomas, Professor at USC and Director of the Institute for Network Culture
- and Barry Joseph, Director of Global Kids’ Online Leadership Program
This event will be audio streamed live into Second Life at the University of Southern California's Annenberg sim and within the SL teen grid on the Global Kids estate. If you are totally non-virtual, you can listen live to the live event here.
Oh and for those outside of the US, civil liberties = civil and political human rights. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association, freedom of religion -- you know, the whole nine yards. Yes, it is confusing, but at least it is easier to pronounce.
Hit the jump for the complete announcement...
Coverage of the "Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds: Considering Civil Liberties" event
The USC Institute for Network Culture and Global Kids present a discussion on Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds: Considering Civil Liberties.
This second event in the MacArthur Series on Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds will be held Monday, January 28, 2008, 12:00 p.m. PST.
Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, will chair a discussion about the rights of users in virtual worlds. Joining him will be Robin Harper, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from Linden Lab, and Jack Balkin, professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School.
Douglas Thomas, Professor at USC and Director of the Institute for Network Culture, and Barry Joseph, Director of Global Kids’ Online Leadership Program, will preview upcoming events exporing philanthropy in virtual worlds. USC and Global Kids have received funding from MacArthur. Funding for this event is part of MacArthur's support for a year-long set of activities to explore the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.
VIDEO/AUDIO:
This event will be streamed live into the virtual world of Second Life on the main grid at the University of Southern California's Annenberg sim and within the teen grid on the Global Kids estate.
You can listen live to the live event here.
We will also be making available an archived podcast of the event after the event.
PHOTOS:
If you attend either event and take pictures, please tag them with the tag: mac012808
View photos posted with the mac012808 tag.
CHAT LOG:
We will be posting an abridged transcript from the both the main grid and the Global Kids estate, which will include some of the event conversation highlights.
COVERAGE:
Coverage of this event via blogs and other media will be posted as we receive them.
