Live Futures 2020 - the countdown is on!

It’s 3am AEST, and we’re just about ready for Live Futures 2020! The meeting hall is setup and the speakers are primed.. all we need is an audience!

To join us, TP to the new jokaydia Meeting Hall in Second Life.

Running from 12pm and 6pm AEST on the Islands of jokaydia (7pm SLT, 16 Aug. Check Your Local Time here) join us to hear from a range of great presenters, and also share your ideas for the future!!. You can contribute to the festival in a number of ways:

We’ve also setup a number of tools in Second Life which allow you to explore the Festival content, connect to the contributors and share your views! You can:

  • Add your image to our Avatar Noticeboard
  • Add your comments on our Event Noticeboard
  • Explore the festival online
  • Watch videos inworld
  • Meet other residents and discuss solutions for the future!

Seeyou at the festival!

August 17, 2008 | Filed Under events, jokaydia, livefutures2020 | 1 Comment 

Live Futures 2020 - This Sunday!

We’ve been planning and scheming this week in the background getting ready for the Live Futures Event which will occur between 12:30pm and 6pm AEST on the Islands of jokaydia! (7pm SLT, 16 Aug. Check Your Local Time here!).

As I’ve previously written - our inworld event is part of the Global Youth Foundation’s real life event - Live Futures 2020: A World of World of Possibility, which is being held at Newtown Square (corner of King St and Enmore Rd opposite Newtown Station).

Our Inworld Program for the day is as follows:

  • 12pm AEST - Welcome and Second Life orientation
  • 12:30pm AEST - Dell Wolfensparger Speaks!
    The fabulous Dell Wolfensparger will share some his work and insights, followed by a tour of his Island in Second Life!
  • 1:30pm - Topophilia - Love of Land: AAEE Gallery Exhibition, Islands of jokaydia
    Birut Zemits and members of the Australian Association for Environmental Education will share their exhibition in Second Life, titled Topophilia - Love of Land
  • 3:00pm AEST - Global Challenges and Sustainable Futures - Cocreation and Collaboration Session
    Janine Cahill and her team will lead an inworld discussion and collaboration session - which will explore some of the issues presented at the real life conference. Help co-create the future!
  • 4:30pm - Dr. Andrew Wallace PhD, Director of the Network of European Technocrats
    Dr Wallace will give a presentation titled Technocracy: Building a New Sustainable Society for a Post Carbon World live in Second Life.

There will also be lots of opportunities to share your thoughts about sustainability, technology and the future, visit interesting spaces in Second Life and meet the residents of the Islands of jokaydia! We’ll also be sharing links, videos, ideas and images from the festival throughout the day!

To join us simply TP to the Islands of jokaydia Meeting Hall (SLurl)

For those who are interested in attending the real-life festival in Newtown, click here to view the program!

August 15, 2008 | Filed Under community, events, jokaydia, livefutures2020 | 5 Comments 

Co-Create Live Futures 2020 on Tuesday!

Planning is well underway and we’re starting to get setup inworld for the Global Youth Futures - Living Futures 2020 event which will happen in Newtown, Australia and on the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life this Sunday 17th August from 12pm - 6pm AEST. ( 7pm. Sat 16th SLT. Check your local times here!)

We’ll be publishing a schedule of events shortly, but I wanted to highlight an opportunity for anyone interested in coming along and attending to join us for a meetup, practice and planning session this Tuesday evening. The idea of this session is to give our presenters a chance to check out where they will be working, and also to encourage everyone to come along and participate!

SO - if you’re interested in contributing on the day, please join us at the new Islands of jokaydia Meeting Hall (SLurl) on Tuesday 12th August between 8pm and 9pm for an inworld Living Futures Event Co-Creation Session! (3am SLT. Check your local times here.) All contributions are welcome!

We’re also still looking for volunteers to help manage the inworld portion of the event. So, if you love newbie helping, inworld photography, machinima or just hanging out with cool residents and would like to help, please contact me! You can IM jokay Wollongong inworld or send me an email!

Stay tuned! More Live Futures 2020 Updates coming soon!

August 11, 2008 | Filed Under events, jokaydia, livefutures2020, news | Leave a Comment 

Live Futures 2020: A World of Possibilities!

I am VERY excited to announce that the Islands of jokaydia is a major partner in Live Futures 2020: A World of Possibility, a fantastic event being held in Sydney as part of National Science Week 2008!

The festival aims to:

  • Explore the future with young people, futurists, climate experts, scientists, artists, designers, technolgists, film-makers, performers.
  • Create the future together. Workshops, interactive forums, exploration and expression spaces.

During the event, participants will explore a range of ideas, themes, issues and questions:

What kind of future do you want to live in? How will current technologies develop sustainable futures for all the world’s people. What do nanotech, biotech, robotics and artificial intelligence really offer? How do these help us solve health, food, climate challenges, water and other resources and sustainability?

Real-life participants will:

  • Explore virtual worlds! Design collaboration spaces for Global Youth Futures in Vastpark and be the first to populate it! Hear from experts, futurists and artists coming in from all around the world via the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life.
  • Join talks on new cool things on the internet and share yours, an “unconference”, a “twitterfest”, Scinema - award-winning science cinema,  the portable film festival (more portable than ever), alternative fuel cars, “how-tos” on alternative energy sources and reversing and reducing global warming.
  • Explore the universe with the World Wide Telescope.
  • See a printer that can print your cup and bowl. 3D printing that will change the face of manufacturing and impacts of transport carbon forever.
  • Take a team challenge, or set the teams a challenge, see how they address issues of the future. Give your answers and judge the winners!

Virtual participants will be able to join us on jokaydia to hear from futurists, artists, scientists, designers, architects, engineers, film-makers and technologists; and connect to parts of the real-life event including the MiniBarCamp and the portable film-festival.

SO - if you’re anywhere near Sydney, come and visit me at the event on Sunday August 17 at Newtown Square (corner of King Street and Enmore Road opposite Newtown Station) or take part inworld on the Islands of jokaydia!

I’ll be posting further details and information via jokaydia channels shortly, or you can find out more via the Global Youth Futures website! I hope you can join us for this exciting event. 

Help co-create the future!

July 25, 2008 | Filed Under education, events, fun, jokaydia, livefutures2020, news | Leave a Comment