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タイトルからわかるが3回め。今度はマルチトラックで、どんどんアカデミックっぽくなってく感じ。「Business Track」、「Education Track」、「Machinima Track」、「Social Track」の4つのトラックがある。それぞれどんな方向性の話か、ただの3Dチャットツールとか思ってる人にはわからないだろうが、わかる人にはイメージできると思う。

Business Trackの論文が募集されていて、締め切りは6月1日。たとえばこんなテーマ、というリストがこれ。
- Product Testing in SL
- Image, Branding, Advertising in SL
- Marketing in Second Life
- Selling, Cross-Selling Real and SL
- Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademarks in Second Life
- Business Planning for Non-profits in SL
- Promotion, Fundraising Tool and SL
- Customer Integration and SL
- Technology & Business, Strategy in SL
- Financial Systems, Investments, Currency Exchange in SL
- Emerging Media Presence in SL
- The Future of Second Life and Beyond
- Second Life as a Web 3.0 Technology

「Education Track」のほうも募集中。締め切りは6月4日。
- What does Second Life and other virtual worlds provide education that no other medium is able to provide?
- Educational Simulations in Second Life
- Using open source client to improve user engagement of Second Life
- How to best provide orientation for new users in the academic environment
- How to promote inter-institutional and international discussion and cooperation on educational projects
- Ethics in research and working in Second Life

「Machinima Track」は企画もの。こんな感じらしい。
- Keynotes for both Saturday and Sunday. One will be BuhBuhCuh Fairchild, one of SL’s founding fathers of Machinima. The other will be the ILL Clan, seasoned Machinima veterans and makers of Trash Talk with Ill Will.
- Global Kids, led by Barry Joseph, will highlight some of what they do during their intern program, included teen made Machinima. We’ll even have some teens speaking!
- Reallusion, makers of Crazy Talk and iClone, will be on-hand to explain how their technology can help with Second Life Machinima.
- Michael Verdi, of freevlog, will highlight how Machinima can be used to vlog with Second Life avatars.
- A basic Machinima class on the big screen, plus a surprise guest that will show us proper editing techniques.
その他アレンジ中のものもいくつかある。

「Social Track」も先方で企画するらしい。ありそうなトピックとしてはこんなあたり。
- technology
- live music
- sex
- community
- non-profit
- media in SL
- the teen grid
- SL and disability

参加費は$185もしくはL$50,000だそうで。参加者のリストが公開されているのだが、中に「Regina Lynn」なんていう名も。「Wired」に書いてる「例のあの人」本人？なんだろうか。