I am very happy to announce that the next Metaverse U Conference also will take place at Stanford University. We have booked a great that holds about 150 people so we are aiming for something more focused for this second iteration of the conference.

The main purpose of this conference is to define a strategy for advancing open source platforms and explore their potential in a broad variety of contexts, including scientific research, education, private enterprise, and cultural programming. Our mission statement is as follows:

The Metaverse U conference will explore the cutting edge applications of virtual worlds and the open platforms that drive them.

We are using sponsorships to keep the cost of attendance down to $50 for two full days of conference. Should this present a barrier to anyone then let us know and we will figure it out. We also realize that not everyone who should be a part of this conversation has the opportunity to make it to Stanford so we plan to have a free live video stream for a remote audience.

We are in the process of building the agenda with speakers and topics. There is still lots of room for your input so please write us with any ideas you may have. For the right speaker we would also consider remote options.

We plan to open registration on April 15th.

Hope to see you there!