The Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA - http://mica-vw.org) has organized a workshop on Monday, Feb. 16. It’s open to the general public.

Date: Monday, Feb. 16, 2009

Location: The MICA small amphitheater at StellaNova (70,206,31)

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/70/206/31

Schedule

Quick Link for the schedule:  http://bit.ly/MICAws

All Times are SLT (SL Time = Pacific Time)

10:00 - 10:20   Piet Hut / Pema Pera (IAS & MICA):  “From MODEST to
MICA, and from a Vax to virtual worlds: a personal perspective”

10:20 - 10:40   Roundtable discussion: reviewing the progress over the
past year

10:40 - 11:00   Steve McMillan / Lagrange Euler (Drexel & MICA), and
others: “Stellar Dynamics in VWs: A Progress Report”

11:00 - 12:00   Roundtable discussion: “Towards more general WV
environments: OpenSim, interoperability, and portability”

12:00 - 2:00    Lunch break

2:00 - 2:20     Adrienne Gauthier / Ourania Fizgig (U. Az. & IYA2009):
“International Year of Astronomy 2009”

2:20 - 2:30     Open discussion: “Broadening astronomy participation in SL”

2:30 - 2:50     David Pitman / Rez Tone (IBM):  “Computational chemistry
and visualization in VWs: a progress report”

2:50 - 3:10     Open discussion: “How to advance and facilitate
interdisciplinary collaborations in SL and VWs?”

3:10 - 3:30     Coffee break

3:30 - 3:45     Matthew Graham / Matthew Grantham (Caltech & MICA):
“Looking to the future: semantic web and virtualization of knowledge
environments”

3:45 - 4:15     Open discussion:  “The future of virtual worlds in a
broader context”

4:15 - 4:45     Roundtable discussion:  “Art and science in SL”

4:45 - 5:00     George Djorgovski / Curious George (Caltech & MICA):
“Where next?  The future of MICA, and science and scholarship in
virtual worlds”

5:00            Adjourn

Quick Link for the schedule:  http://bit.ly/MICAws