Sept 7, Interview with Justin Clark-Casey – Welcome!

Wednesday, Sept 7, at 16:00 – 17:00 CET (7:00 – 8:00 am SLT/PST): Justin Clark-Casey will visit NVWN’s Virtual Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Second Life. In a Q&A session led by Robin Teigland of NVWN, Justin will discuss Open Simulator, the Second Life compatible open-source virtual environment platform, as well as present his thoughts on the emerging open-source virtual environment ecosystem. In particular, he will discuss the role of entrepreneurship in developing this ecosystem as well as current and possible future business models.

Justin is a Partner in OSVW Consulting and a core developer at OpenSimulator (opensimulator.org). He has been working in the virtual environment space for many years, formerly as lead developer at the Fashion Research Institute and then as an independent software consultant specializing in OpenSimulator. In the latter role, he has worked on projects for many private companies and public bodies. These projects range from adding new features to the OpenSimulator codebase; installing, maintaining and trouble shooting OpenSim grids; and carrying out OpenSimulator-based application development. One recent project was a collaboration between Intel and Sandia National Labs to develop a serious game about water resource usage using OpenSimulator. Justin blogs about OpenSimulator and other virtual world/environment issues at http://justincc.org and as @justincc on Twitter.

Please join us!

In Second Life (SLURL): http://slurl.com/secondlife/SSE%20MBA/134/198/26/?title=SSE%20MBA&msg=Welcome

Through your browser on our Livecast video channel: http://www.livestream.com/nordicworlds

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About Robin Teigland

Robin Teigland is an Associate Professor at the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), as well as the caretaker of SSE’s island in Second Life. Robin’s research interests revolve around the creation and diffusion of knowledge in social networks and the impact on a firm’s competitive advantage. The focus of her current research is on investigating how virtual worlds and social media are enabling firms to create value outside the boundaries of the firm. She has published numerous articles in international books and academic journals, and in 2008 she received the “Researcher of the Year” award at the Stockholm School of Economics. In addition, she is a reviewer for the US National Science Foundation as well as a globally sought after speaker. Robin really enjoys teaching students at the Stockholm School of Economics and lecturing for executives. In March 2010, she started the NVWN a pan-Nordic project financed by the Nordic Innovation Center investigating innovation and entrepreneurship in virtual worlds.

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