InWorld Programme
Global Conference Schedule
*Time zone: Western European Time (UTC+0).
*SLT = Second Life Time (San Francisco, California, USA).
*You may attend at http://bit.ly/TCFgKe (UTAD Island, in Second Life). Please, use the official Second Life viewer (compatible with web on a prim). You can download it here: http://bit.ly/9IRITy
| Day 1 – November 15th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Machinima Festival | ||
| Day 2 – November 16th | ||
| Time | International event/papers | Authors |
| Local events in chapters located in Australasia (New Zealand) | ||
| 9:00am (1:00am SLT) |
Opening session by the Steering Committee | |
| 9:30am (1:30am SLT) |
Title: Language Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Role of FLA and Technical Anxiety | Scott Grant (Monash University/Australia) Hui Huang (Monash University/Australia) Sarah Passfield-Neofitou (Monash University/Australia) |
| 10:00am (2:00am SLT) |
Title: Virtual Archaeology in Second Life and OpenSimulator | Luís Miguel Sequeira (UTAD/Portugal) Leonel Morgado (UTAD/Portugal) |
| 10:30am (2:30am SLT) |
Title: ‘Virtual’ morality: A Study on Un/Acceptable Moral Scenarios in Second Life | Katleen Gabriels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Belgium) |
| 11:00am (3:00am SLT) |
Coffee break | |
| 11:30am (3:30am SLT) |
Title: “Travellers Of The Art, II Summit of Latin American Art by Museum Karura Arts Centre (MKAC)” | Yolanda Arana Lopez (MKAC/Spain) Eva Bonastre (MKAC/Spain) |
| 12:00pm (4:00am SLT) |
Title: For a Definition of Cyberformance | Clara Gomes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa/Portugal) |
| 12:30pm (4:30am SLT) |
Title: Exploring constructionism in virtual worlds: A four year study | Carina Girvan (Trinity College Dublin/Ireland) Timothy Savage (Trinity College Dublin/Ireland) |
| 13:00pm (5:00am SLT) |
Lunch break and Local events on chapters in Europe (Portugal and Ireland) and the Americas (Brazil) | |
| 4:00pm (8:00am SLT) |
Title: The MICA Experiment: Astrophysics in Virtual Worlds | S. George Djorgovski (Caltech/USA) Piet Hut (Institute for Advanced Study/USA) Rob Knop (Quest Univ. Canada, Univ. Federico II,/Italy) Giuseppe Longo (Univ. Federico II/Italy) Steve McMillan (Drexel University/USA) Enrico Vesperini (Drexel University/USA) Ciro Donalek (Caltech/USA) Matthew Graham (Caltech/USA) Ashish Mahabal (Caltech/USA) |
| 4:30pm (8:30am SLT) |
Title: Virtual worlds as a tool to facilitate weight management for young people | Michael Taylor (Imperial College London/United Kingdom) Dave Taylor (Imperial College London/United Kingdom) Paul Gately (Leeds Metropolitan University/United Kingdom) Myutan Kulendran (Imperial College London/United Kingdom) Ara Darzi (Imperial College London/United Kingdom) |
| 5:00pm (9:00am SLT) |
Title: Technology Integration and Gamification in University Courses | Diane Nahl (University of Hawaii/USA) Leon James (University of Hawaii/USA) |
| 5:30pm (9:30am SLT) |
Coffee Break / Lunch break in Texas | |
| Poster session | ||
| 6:00pm (10:00am SLT) |
Title: Kromosomer – an experience in shared creative work and expression | Heidi Dahlsveen (Oslo and Akershus university college of applied sciences/Norway) Catarina Carneiro de Sousa (Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu/Portugal) |
| 6:30pm (10:30am SLT) |
Title: AVES EXOTICAS – Using Virtual Worlds to Create Awareness about Wild Birds | C. Maria Elias (avesdeportugal.info project) Gonçalo Elias (avesdeportugal.info project) |
| 7:00pm (11:00am SLT) |
Conference dinner and local events in chapters in Europe and the Americas | |
| Day 3 – November 17th | ||
| 9:00am (1:00am SLT) |
Title: An Exploratory Research Agenda for 3-D Virtual Worlds as Collaborative Learning Ecosystems: Extracting Evidences from Literature | António Correia (UTAD/Portugal) Fernando Cassola (UTAD/Portugal) Diogo Azevedo (UTAD/Portugal) André Pinheiro (UTAD/Portugal) Leonel Morgado (UTAD/Portugal) Paulo Martins (UTAD/Portugal) Benjamim Fonseca (UTAD/Portugal) Hugo Paredes (UTAD/Portugal) |
| 9:30am (1:30am SLT) |
Title: A Pattern-based Classification Model for 3-D Virtual Environments: From ‘Building Blocks’ to Religious Buildings | Diogo Azevedo (UTAD/Portugal) Fernando Cassola (UTAD/Portugal) António Correia (UTAD/Portugal) André Pinheiro (UTAD/Portugal Hugo Paredes (UTAD/Portugal) Benjamim Fonseca (UTAD/Portugal) Paulo Martins (UTAD/Portugal) |
| 10:00am (2:00am SLT) |
Paper selection for journal publication | |
| 10:30am (2:30am SLT) |
Presentation of the SLACTIONS 2013 Organizing Committee | |
| 11:00am (3:00am SLT) |
Closing session by the Steering Committee | |
