Volunteers stuffing the bags and rolling tshirts on Thursday…
Photo courtesy Sitearm

The 6th Annual Second Life Community Convention welcomes you to Boston! Our volunteers have been hard at work since yesterday preparing for the weekend’s activities, and we are excited about the many terrific sessions, socials, and activities lined up for the convention!

See the General Schedule (Boston) and General Schedule (inSL) for a quick overview, though note that we are aware of pending schedule changes for Saturday morning.  Rumor has it a certain CEO may be able to join us in person!  More to come soon..

The full program is available online for those arriving in Boston, and those in-world should stay tuned to the In-World SLCC page for links to schedules in SLT, SLurls, UStream channels, etc.

Boston peeps: Registration opens from 4pm to 7pm today and don’t forget about the evening’s social events organized by other attendees!

6PM – 9PM EDT – Mixing Business with Pleasure

Organizer: Mary Ellen Gordon (SL: Pebbles Hanya)
Location: Legal Sea Food restaurant
Public or Private: Private
RSVP Requested to: m.gordon@markettruths.com

Description: Please join business track presenters, volunteers, and friends for drinks and dinner on Friday, August 13th. The dinner will be at Legal Seafood, which is a Boston institution just a couple of blocks from the conference hotel.  Unless someone wants to sponsor the dinner, we will all be paying our own way, but it will be a great opportunity to catch up with SL friends and perhaps meet the RL people behind some of the avatars you’ve dealt with or heard about in the SL business community.    We will be ordering off the main menu, but need to track numbers due to the room size so please remember to RSVP.

7PM – 11PM EDT – SLCC Boston Metaverse Meetup & Blarney Stone On Tour

Organizer: Joyce Bettencourt (SL: Rhiannon Chatnoir) & Jason Pramas (SL: Sunseeker Miklos)
Location: encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th Flr., Boston, MA 02111
Public or Private: Public
RSVP Requested to: joyce.bettencourt@avacon.org

Description: Open Media Boston and the Boston Second Life Meetup Group welcomes SLCC10 attendees to a night of mixed reality, music and mingling at encuentro 5.  The evening’s events will include the Blarney Stone On Tour and light refreshments to be served with a suggested donation of $5 at the door.

The Blarney Stone On Tour: In keeping with SLCC tradition, The Blarney Stone Pub (SL’s most famous Virtual bar) brings a little taste of its Irish Charm to Boston.  Craic agus Ceol ( Fun and Music) and an Irish Welcome!  We are joined by our good friends from Molasky’s Pub, live music from Second Life musicians from 8PM to 10PM, and hosted by Open Media Boston!

Welcome to Boston and stay tuned for more updates as we have them!

]]> http://www.slconvention.org/registration/welcome-to-boston-stay-tuned-for-schedule-changes/feed/ 2 http://www.slconvention.org/registration/day-passes-now-available/ http://www.slconvention.org/registration/day-passes-now-available/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:56:12 +0000 Fleep http://www.slconvention.org/?p=2457 Due to popular demand, day passes are now available for Saturday or Sunday only attendance at the Second Life Community Convention.  The Day Passes will cover all content and social events scheduled for that date, including the Saturday evening Second Life Musicians Showcase: Music ‘R’ Us and the Avatar Ball, as well as the tshirt, totebag, and other convention give-away items.

Day Passes are only available for purchase through the registration page and will NOT be available for sale on-site.

Also note, all attendees must wear their convention badges at all times and those without an appropriate pass will not be permitted to enter convention spaces, including breakout rooms, the convention lounge, and other reserved locations.   In years past, some have planned to “crash the convention” without registering, but we must be fair to those who have paid to attend.

The Second Life Community Convention could not take place without the financial support of the community and our sponsors, so please encourage your friends and colleagues to do the right thing and register today!

A big shout out and thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal to present at the Second Life Community Convention 2010!

We received over 75 proposals for presentations, panels, discussions, workshops, live music performances, Speed Sparks, and much more in the last few weeks and our Track Leaders are now hard at work reviewing all of the submissions and helping put together a tentative schedule.  In the next week, those who submitted proposals will be receiving more information about whether their proposal was accepted and we should have a schedule of events posted soon.

Thanks for your patience and in the meantime, please be sure to register for the convention and reserve your hotel room ASAP!  Technically our room block is sold out, but the hotel is working with us to make some more rooms available – so get registered now to be where the action is!   The link to receive the SLCC discount for the hotel room will be included in the confirmation email you receive when you register for the convention.

As a reminder, the discount only applies to those who register for SLCC so be sure to register today!