NEW! We are pleased to announce papers accepted for slactions will also be considered for a special issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

SLACTIONS 2010

Research conference in the Second Life world
Life, imagination, and work using metaverse platforms
November 18-19 2010

 

Videos
Links to the presentation videos can be found in a document within the SLActions google group.

Make the most of travel budgets and save carbon: Attend in Second Life at the MBS Island – or in the real world at one of the physical Local Chapters.

SLACTIONS is an international conference with a unique format held simultaneously in a virtual world (Second Life) and at physical locations in countries around the world on the topic of metaverse platforms. SLACTIONS will thus contribute to the current redefinition of the way we think about hybrid online and on-site scholarly collaborations.

SLACTIONS 10 provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on most areas currently enabled by metaverse platforms. We welcome papers from the full spectrum of intellectual disciplines and technological endeavours: from Education to Business, Sociology to Psychology, Media Production to Technology Development, Architecture to Urban Planning, the Arts to Librarianship and Information Science.

Format

OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PART

  • full papers
  • short papers
  • interactive poster sessions
  • demonstrations
  • pre-conference workshops
  • pre- and post-conference electronic forums

 

SLACTIONS 10 builds on the successful conference in 2009 and will use the same hybrid format. It will take place concurrently on the virtual MBS SL Island, and at physical Local Chapters in several countries. All paper presentations and plenary sessions by guest speakers will be held on-line in the Second Life virtual world, but also projected locally for participants that attend the physical Local Chapters. Participants can also follow the proceedings broadcast and have the opportunity to ask questions through the Web.

Workshops and other events can be conducted locally, or in a mixed format across participating chapters.

  • Contributors across disciplines are invited to contribute papers, short papers, posters and demonstrations on all topics concerning virtual worlds.

  • Proposals for workshops prior to the conference are also invited, especially those discussing challenging problems facing virtual world platforms.

  • Pre-Conference and Post-conference electronic forums will be held so that session paper abstracts can be read before the conference, and authors can interact during one week before and after the conference.