Kay McLennan is a Professor of Practice at the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement. Kay created the Tulane SoPA Metaverse and has been creating and using virtual world learning simulations in her online economics, business studies, and online pedagogy courses since 2008. Kay uses student feedback to continually refine and expand the educational simulations she creates to use in her e-courses. She has written about her creation and use of OpenSimulator-based learning simulations – see “Interactivity, Engagement, and Increased Learning Outcomes in 3D Virtual World Educational Simulations” (@ http://www.editlib.org/p/40849), “Prisoners’ Dilemma” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/the-prisoners-dilemma/home), and “Data Detectives Game” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/data-detectives-game). Also, the video clips from the December 2018 “Mainstreaming Virtual World Learning Colloquium” event – organized by Kay — can be viewed @ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLctERt0Fl50gLOgYPdfHDE8NcPtuO4wb0.

I am an author and an artist. I’ve written over 15 books since 1989. I am assist and co-curator to Art Blue / Riener Schneeberger’s Virtual Conservation Art Mission and other art projects. I am a painter and now only teach art classes via zoom or pre-recorded classes.

https://kismareidling.com/

https://faerychronicles.com/

Having worked for many years as a DJ in RL, Kat brought her love of music and Irish charm to virtual worlds. She is also quite the 3D modelor, game designer, coder, and builder with that unique sense of humor and personality like no other. You can catch Kat’s shows at the 381 Club in sinespace where this witch from Northern Ireland spins tunes three times a week from 6-8 pm Eastern Time on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays evenings.

NOMA FALTA is an award-winning musician playing for Second Life audiences since 2008. She is a powerful, passionate performer, vocalist, bass player, and guitar player in the genres of blues, rock, soul, pop, and jazz influenced tunes. And when playing bass live, NOMA can also perform a solo acoustic show. She has extensive experience with 40+ years with real world stages, arenas, and bars across the U.S and overseas. Decorated veteran of the Second Life virtual music scene for 13 years and winner of 12 respected SL music awards. NOMA delivers a rocking concert-like performance that is engaging and from the heart!

Website: http://www.nomafalta.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomafalta

Max is an outstanding and masterful acoustic guitarist and singer with a relaxed, easy-going style of singing and entertaining. If music feeds the soul, Max is the food of the gods. His dynamic musical range and smooth groove provide listeners with a virtual buffet of auditory temptations. His awesome voice and sweet nature have made him one of the most popular performers in Second Life!

Music schedule: https://tinyurl.com/4vtymvbr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaxKEd
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maxKEd11

Crista Lopes (Diva Canto) is a professor within the Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California Irvine (https://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/) and a core OpenSimulator developer.

Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.

Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.

In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.

Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.

http://about.me/joycebettencourt

Kevin has been coding for open-source projects since 1992 including being a member of the OpenSimulator Core Developer team since March of 2014, and created, or maintains several add-on modules including the OpenSimSearch (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimSearch), OpenSimProfile (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimProfile), and OpenSimMutelist (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimMutelist) modules which are used with the Open Simulator project. You can also find him reporting bugs, bug triaging, updating the OpenImulator project wiki pages, and helping users via IRC or the mailing list. Kevin also runs the OpenSimulator developer meetings held weekly in OSgrid (http://www.osgrid.org/). You can view his code contributions: https://www.openhub.net/accounts/kcozens or support him by becoming a Patreon donor to the work he does on open-source code projects: https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens

Ubit is currently a lead Core Developer for OpenSimulator who has been working on the project since 2012. He was instrumental in coding and implementing into the OpenSimulator codebase many of the updates that were part of the OpenSimulator 0.9 update and developing many of the OpenSimulator 0.9.1 and upcoming releases. View his code contributions online: http://opensimulator.org/viewgit/?a=search&p=opensim&h=HEAD&st=author&s=UbitUmarov and please support this key developer by donating to him directly: https://www.paypal.me/UbitUmarov

Maria Korolov is a published author and covers artificial intelligence for CIO magazine and cybersecurity for CSO online. She is also the editor of Hypergrid Business since 2009. During her twenty years as a journalist, she’s run a business news bureau in Shanghai, covered wars in the former Soviet Union, and wrote about local politics for the Chicago Tribune.

Graham Mills is a retired university academic with an amateur interest in the history of Liverpool. He uses OpenSim as an aid to better understanding issues of place and scale in historical contexts.

Art Blue is known for being an artist and art curator. His bio you find at https://www.amazon.de/Ervare/e/B071S7HVQ6

I am an author and an artist. I’ve written over 15 books since 1989. I am assist and co-curator to Art Blue / Riener Schneeberger’s Virtual Conservation Art Mission and other art projects. I am a painter and now only teach art classes via zoom or pre-recorded classes.

https://kismareidling.com/

https://faerychronicles.com/

Dr. Jeffrey Tackett is a tenured assistant professor at Tennessee State University. In addition to his academic work, he has extensive commercial experience in film, television, popular music, and music technology. Currently, Dr. Tackett has been working in sound and music for animation, and his projects can be found in multiple international film festivals.

Gudule Lapointe is founder and public face of Speculoos World. Born in 2006 on Second Life, she boarded the OpenSimulator experience and created Speculoos World grid. She developed or contributed to several complimentary solutions for OpenSim grid, like 2do HypEvents, Teleport boards, flexible helper scripts, Debian installation helpers and w4os.

Fred Beckhusen, aka Ferd Frederix, has been involved in virtual worlds since 2006 and is the owner and CEO of Micro Technology Services, Inc., a 31 year old Texas computer design and manufacturing firm which is a major provider of Duress and Emergency Notification systems to thousands of business and schools and hospitals including the VA system. His professional background is in semiconductor manufacturing, Unix, Linux, and Windows system design, and many microcomputer and microprocessors dating back to the early 1970s.

Adam is a 23 year veteran virtual world developer, and one of the original developers of OpenSimulator. Today he’s building a next-gen platform at Sine Wave Entertainment building Sinespace and Breakroom.

Evo Heyning has been creating immersive experiences that bridge real and virtual worlds for more than 20 years. As an interactive showrunner and production strategist Evo aligns a wide variety of media projects ranging from the Affordable Care Act public campaign to producing more than 500 hours of livestreaming and virtual events during the pandemic. Her work focuses on metaverse media and the creative potential of interactive, participatory, volumetric and virtual production to change our shared experiences. Evo shapes the future of the open spatial web to connect people through collaborative technologies through her company Playable Agency, providing early stage production strategy and creative worldbuilding that expand reality. Evo serves as co-chair of Open Metaverse Interoperability Community Group, a cross-industry network of collaborators working on independent R&D toward a more effective public meta commons.

Hello, I’m Jesse Alton. I founded a little community of open Metaverse evangelists called AngellXR, and co-founded the Open Metaverse Interoperability group –
https://omigroup.org

Josephine Dorado is an award-winning developer, designer and educator with a focus on immersive learning and social impact. With a portfolio that has garnered multiple Fulbright awards and a MacArthur Foundation award in Digital Media & Learning, her work concentrates on innovation in virtual reality and extended reality (VR/XR) experiences with a lens toward learning. She is currently a Senior XR Analyst for Fairbanks Morse Defense, working with mixed reality 3D technology that enables users across the oceans to learn and access live support through augmented reality and real-time data mapped from physical engines to digital twins. Previously, she worked with the World Health Organization on their Mass Casualty Augmented Reality Experience (MCARE), as well as their online learning experience platform, WHO Academy. Josephine was also a former professor of media studies at The New School, where she taught courses on virtual learning environments. In the early 2000s, she created Kidz Connect, a virtual cultural exchange program that connected youth internationally through creative collaboration and theatrical performance in virtual worlds. Her speaking engagements include Talks @ Google, TEDxFulbright, SXSW, IgniteNYC and SIGGRAPH.

https://funksoup.com/

Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.

Robert Adams has been an OpenSimulator core developer for many years.
His OpenSimulator work includes the BulletSim physics engine, varregions, the DSG (distributed scene graph) simulator experiment, and many performance improvements.

Outside OpenSimulator, he has been a computer developer and researcher for 40 years.

His current interests are in distributed computing and robotics.

Dr. Becky Adams retired from University of New Mexico after thirteen years as the Director of Online Course Development & Faculty Support. As Director, she facilitated the design and delivery of UNM Online Courses for the Main Campus, ensuring quality courses and day-to-day support for online faculty. She has taught online and face to face in Higher Education for the College of Education Teacher Education & Human Sciences as well as Organization, Information and Learning Science (OI&LS). Her Ph.D. concentrated in Instructional Technologies and Educational Administration and she has been a part of the Virtual Worlds in Education community since 2007.

Valerie Hill, Director of the Community Virtual Library, is a library and information science educator with a research focus on the intersection of information literacy and global digital participatory culture. She has taught at all age levels, served as a school librarian, and is a National Writing Project trainer.

Mike has been working in software development and IT for over 40 years. His experience with Virtual Worlds and OpenSimulator goes back to 2006 as an SL user and as a developer early involvement in OpenSimulator as well as many years of volunteer development on the InWorldz OpenSimulator variant – Halcyon, Mike provides development support for the Utopia Skye Grid, operating since 2018, and is leading the OpenSimulator-NGC project.

Bruce became drawn to 3D Virtual Immersive Environments for training after being introduced to them at a professional association meeting for trainers. Bruce realized they created opportunities for both synchronous and asynchronous trainings for learners, and offered a very cost-effective solution for companies utilizing them. He realized that 3D environments enabled better engagement for learners, and began implementing use of 3D Environments as replacements for PowerPoint slides in webinars (where he had attendees watch via the webinar screen as he explored the topics in the 3D world). And he was able to convince the company leadership to try a pilot program using 3D worlds for training as a substitute for the expensive face-to-face, week-long training marathons that had been a staple of the company’s leadership development

After completing the highly successful pilot 3D leadership training series, he was able to continue and expand the 3D course offerings and subsequently ran a 5-year 3D-based training program before retiring from the company. Holding certifications in DDI®️, Forte®️, and 3D Virtual Worlds from the University of Washington (2012), Bruce brings a broad spectrum of experience in training and enjoys using and sharing knowledge gained from his 15+plus years of training experience.

Carla Kincaid-Yoshikawa has worked as an Organization Development and Training Consultant for many years. Working in a wide range of industries in the private, public and non-profit sectors, she has designed, developed and facilitated training programs on a wide array of topics including leadership development, strategic planning, change management, software navigation, new hire orientation, sexual harassment, and stress management. A deep curiosity about how people learn, change and grow has created a core resource for her ongoing work in Learning and Development.

She became interested in the use of 3D platforms and saw them as powerful tools with significant capabilities that would enhance online/remote learning and began exploring how to use them as part of a comprehensive blended learning solution. Carla continues to use many technologies in her work, relying on skills developed creating and facilitating face-to-face training, as well as self-paced elearning and traditional remote learning (e.g., Zoom, aka webinars) to design effective learning programs.

With degrees in creative marking, media communications, and teaching and learning in emerging technologies, Salie Davis has worked for a global leader in the BPO industry for over 11 years working virtually in customer service, training, technical support, operations management, and recruiting. Prior experience included designing and implementing curricula for students that focused on technology and virtual resources.

Currently, her involvement in virtual worlds is primarily to support the open-source community through the creation of content and offering knowledge-based support. She speaks regularly at in-world events and other venues introducing people to the benefits and opportunities within virtual worlds. She creates support videos and maintains several websites and blogs that highlight her in-world experiences.

http://multiversemasters.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/saliecmt/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0
https://wopoli.com/

Anabel Nowak M.A.
Linguist and Language teacher at university and secondary school in Germany.
Content creator for language teaching and teacher in the metaverse.

Rameshsharma Ramloll currently leads DeepSemaphore LLC, an E-Learning and Simulation Solutions company. For the past few years, he had the pleasure of working with a team of advanced virtual world designers to develop the RezMela Composer for OpenSimulator.

Beth Ghostraven has been playing around with her appearance in virtual worlds since 2010. Tired of hunting for non-skanky clothing to wear to meetings and events, she started designing system and prim clothing for educators and other professionals. Her clothing is available FREE at the Ghostraven Professional Attire shop at OSCC, in Region 5.

I am a Grade 7 English Language Arts teacher at Cleveland Hill Middle School in Cheektowaga, NY.

I am a 13 year Elementary School Teacher and 15 year Technology Integrator. I work with schools throughout Western New York. My OpenSIM endeavors include a NY State Department of Education Funded project called the Islands of Enlightenment. This project uses an OpenSim virtual world technology designed to help students learn about The Holocaust, Life in a Medieval Village, and the principles of architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. This project has had tremendous support and help from WNED our PBS affiliate, The Anne Frank Project (Buffalo State College), and The Martin Complex in Buffalo NY.

I am a Grade 7 social studies teacher at Cleveland Hill Middle School in Cheektowaga, NY.

Aubryn has fairy tale conspiracy songs, songs inspired by mythology, media and more. Check out her songlist, tip the artist, and follow her social media accounts.

James Olmos (SL: Acoustic Energy) is a songwriter & photographer who finds creative outlets through life’s moments. His inspiration and muse, along with medium often changes as he discovers and crosses new paths. James takes chances with his art and is constantly evolving. He is curious and can’t sit still. James gets anxious and craves exploration on many levels. His social network posts range from songs he has written, photographs he’s captured and blog ramblings about his philosophical thoughts and life’s moments. James also enjoys a healthful lifestyle and is passionate about obstacle course racing, mud runs, trail runs and the all-out, kick ass times he has while breathing, living, and journeying through life’s moments. As for his music, James is one of those artists who doesn’t need 1,000 listeners; he only needs one to listen. He doesn’t need a 1,000 viewers; just one to see.

DJ Kith Whitehawk is the owner of Rockin’ The Blues and other music venues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid. Rockin’ the Blues has been in existence for 11 years and features an eclectic mix of blues genres and fun every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday beginning at 6 pm. Hot Daddy’s is a DJ’s choice venue with a wide variety of music types & themes every Monday beginning at 6 pm. DJ Kith performs at Rockin’ The Blues on Saturday nights starting at 7:30 pm, 1st & 3rd Sundays at 6 pm and at Hot Daddy’s on the fourth Monday of each month at 6 pm.

Grid location: https://opensimworld.com/hop/80282
Grid website: https://wyldwoodbayou.com

Kay McLennan is a Professor of Practice at the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement. Kay created the Tulane SoPA Metaverse and has been creating and using virtual world learning simulations in her online economics, business studies, and online pedagogy courses since 2008. Kay uses student feedback to continually refine and expand the educational simulations she creates to use in her e-courses. She has written about her creation and use of OpenSimulator-based learning simulations – see “Interactivity, Engagement, and Increased Learning Outcomes in 3D Virtual World Educational Simulations” (@ http://www.editlib.org/p/40849), “Prisoners’ Dilemma” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/the-prisoners-dilemma/home), and “Data Detectives Game” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/data-detectives-game). Also, the video clips from the December 2018 “Mainstreaming Virtual World Learning Colloquium” event – organized by Kay — can be viewed @ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLctERt0Fl50gLOgYPdfHDE8NcPtuO4wb0.

Thales Intern

Frank Rulof is a Senior Systems Engineer at Thales Netherlands with expertise areas in Training & Simulation. He is leading the research and innovation activities related to Open Simulator technology within the Thales Global Company using multiple Open Simulator grids focused on user needs.

Thalès N.L intern working for Franck Rulof on a new rendering engine for the SG viewer

Lisa Laxton is the R&D Visionary and CEO of the OpenSimulator community focused foundation Infinite Metaverse Alliance® (IMA). She is also President of Laxton Consulting LLC with experience providing various virtual world technology solutions for education, research, business, and defense clients. You may have seen her around the HyperGrid as Shelenn Ayres busy building content or engaged in testing but she is available via meetings to anyone in the Open Simulator community interested in collaborating to advance virtual worlds technology and/or to improve accessibility.

I am a 22 year old French engineering student working at Thales Netherlands for a year to improve the Scenegate Viewer.

Troy Schultz (Seth Nygard) is a multidiscipline developer with 30+ years experience in real-time systems for industrial, automotive, and other critical environments. He has worked in the roles of Senior Hardware Designer, Senior Systems Administrator, Engineering Manager, and Chief Technology Officer at various companies and was the owner/operator of Refuge Grid. Combining a keen interest in virtual worlds with his professional experiences, he has been an active builder, tester, and developer using Open Simulator.

Agustin Martin (RL) / Quaezar Agnomen (OS-SL), Grid and IT specialist of NGO The Science Circle.

Stephen Gasior is a molecular biology scientist with a past stint in higher education. During his teaching phase he taught classes and developed learning activities in Second Life and OpenSimulator. In addition, he helped develop collaborations between other educators culminating in Virtual Islands for Better Education which was a self-hosting OpenSimulator education group. Currently, he is focusing his efforts on promoting Science Circle activities.

Stephanie Wössner is innovation team leader at the Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg. She is also a freelance consultant and speaker for future-oriented learning. Her areas of expertise are Extended Reality, Game-based Learning and Artificial Intelligence, as well as Design and Futures Thinking and the Metaverse.

https://www.steffi-woessner.de/

https://www.petiteprof79.eu/

Heike Philp is CEO of let’s talk online sprl, an immersive education specialist for language teaching and learning. She is co-initiator of EU funded LANCELOT (virtual classroom) and AVALON (virtual world) and the CAMELOT project (machinima for language teachers) and GUINEVERE (games in virtual worlds). She is founder of the Virtual Round Table Conference and co-owns EduNation in Second Life and in OpenSim.

Accredited TESOL/EAP (online) educator, Helena Galani (Dip. RSA, University of Cambridge/UCLES; M.A ELT, University of Nottingham) blends her lessons in immersive VWs for online, flipped and hybrid classes. She owns ELT Treasure Island, Kitely, OpenSim and taught/trained EFL teachers for INDIRE, EdMondo. As EVO moderator and as Speaker, Helena trains language teachers to use Virtual Worlds with Transmedia Storytelling, games and Interactive Scenarios. Helena is EduNation, Second Life/OpenSim resident, CAMELOT.eu Award winner and presenter, actively supporting the value of VWs and machinima to promote language acquisition. With her recent passion for creating online courses, Helena is an EdTech expert using an immersive language teaching approach. As presenter for VWBPE, VRT, NYS TESOL, JALT CALL, SLMOOC and TESOL Greece, Helena highlights the usefulness of designing games, Interactive Scenarios and Transmedia Storytelling experiences in VWs for ELT/EAP.

Dorena Bree, who used to go by Endora Twinklens in OpenSimulator, has been a part of Nara’s Nook since 2014. This was her first experience in 3D story building and she continues to learn something new every day. Primarily, she enjoys helping the writers at the Nook by making props for their stories. Her own stories tend to be comedically entwined with her love for campy B movies.

Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.

Nara Malone is an award-winning author, poet, and game writer. In addition she is a pioneering virtual world explorer, environmentalist, and game developer. Nara loves pushing the boundaries of all that is creative or geeky.

Award Winning author Siobhan Muir lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and writes kick-ass adventure with hot sex for men and women to enjoy. She’s been working in OpenSimulator for 10 years, meshing written stories with visual and virtual scenes that readers can walk through. She’s created hypergrid stories with sometimes amusing results – disappearing teapots, anyone? – and is bridging the gap between non-gamers and virtual storytelling.

Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.

Robert Adams has been an OpenSimulator core developer for many years.
His OpenSimulator work includes the BulletSim physics engine, varregions, the DSG (distributed scene graph) simulator experiment, and many performance improvements.

Outside OpenSimulator, he has been a computer developer and researcher for 40 years.

His current interests are in distributed computing and robotics.

Dr. Andrew Stricker is an education innovation analyst with Air University’s LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. In this position he conducts research in future concepts and advances in cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence for innovative applications in professional military education. His research addresses augmented cognition and developmental growth in reflective mindsets and contemplative practices. Andrew also engages in collaborative design of assistive immersive 3D virtual and augmented reality simulations for helping to improve complex problem-solving among teams. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is a member of the American Psychological Association. In 2020 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Board of Standards in Performance, Training and Instruction (IBSTPI).

Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.

Frankie comes from the higher education world where she specializes in instructional systems and emerging technologies in support of learning. Frankie is also known to be a curious traveler immersed in virtual worlds for empowering learning experiences in the company of kindred spirits.

JJ Drinkwater is a Virtual Librarian in a Real World, or a Real Librarian in a Virtual World, or both, or neither. Curatorial experience includes the real & imaginary 19th c, American Culinary History, and Speculative Fiction. Current research is Interactive/Immersive/Improvisatory Narrative in Virtual Environments.

Dr. Andrew Stricker is an education innovation analyst with Air University’s LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. In this position he conducts research in future concepts and advances in cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence for innovative applications in professional military education. His research addresses augmented cognition and developmental growth in reflective mindsets and contemplative practices. Andrew also engages in collaborative design of assistive immersive 3D virtual and augmented reality simulations for helping to improve complex problem-solving among teams. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is a member of the American Psychological Association. In 2020 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Board of Standards in Performance, Training and Instruction (IBSTPI).

Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.

Frankie comes from the higher education world where she specializes in instructional systems and emerging technologies in support of learning. Frankie is also known to be a curious traveler immersed in virtual worlds for empowering learning experiences in the company of kindred spirits.

JJ Drinkwater is a Virtual Librarian in a Real World, or a Real Librarian in a Virtual World, or both, or neither. Curatorial experience includes the real & imaginary 19th c, American Culinary History, and Speculative Fiction. Current research is Interactive/Immersive/Improvisatory Narrative in Virtual Environments.

Alex Korolov is a freelance technology writer who covers AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise virtual reality. His stories have been published at CIO magazine, CSO, Network World, Data Center Knowledge, The New Stack, and more. Find him on Twitter at @KorolovAlex.

Alex is news editor at Hypergrid Business and Metastellar, where he also writes about the latest advancements in virtual reality and artificial intelligence, contributing feature pieces and reviews.

https://alexkorolov.com/

I am an author and an artist. I’ve written over 15 books since 1989. I am assist and co-curator to Art Blue / Riener Schneeberger’s Virtual Conservation Art Mission and other art projects. I am a painter and now only teach art classes via zoom or pre-recorded classes.

https://kismareidling.com/

https://faerychronicles.com/

Kunst Blau (German) or Kunst.Blue (the domain) is the artist. After many years of being a curator using the name Art Blue, it was time to bring back some art to the world. Linking back to works he created in the late 70 as EBCDIC/ASCII-Art he has found a field of interest, addressing it as TEXT TO PAINT. For the internet provider SPACE NET he created a calendar for 2023 “When Words turn to Artefacts.” These pictures will give sort of an intro to the mission of Kunst Blau.

https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/30504696478013530943687650042279754928143439253757720113122434064121801474049

Maria Korolov is a published author and covers artificial intelligence for CIO magazine and cybersecurity for CSO online. She is also the editor of Hypergrid Business since 2009. During her twenty years as a journalist, she’s run a business news bureau in Shanghai, covered wars in the former Soviet Union, and wrote about local politics for the Chicago Tribune.

Kayaker Magic brought more than 4 decades of RL programming experience to writing scripted objects for OpenSim. He teaches classes every week on using the 3D modeling program Blender to create objects in-world. He has been learning how to use animesh to increase the functionality of objects while decreasing their lag on systems.

Retired CPA, opera singer, fiber artist. I’ve been making character avatars since 2006, rigged mesh since 2010. Co-founder of Avatar Repertory Theater 2007-2017 and AnonLiterary Magazine 2007-2009 with Iain McCracken. Founder of New Media Arts Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity whose mission is virtual community libraries, arts and education, since 2010.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-adele-13a3b616/

https://www.pinterest.com/adaradius/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063886281550

Kayaker Magic brought more than 4 decades of RL programming experience to writing scripted objects for OpenSim. He teaches classes every week on using the 3D modeling program Blender to create objects in-world. He has been learning how to use animesh to increase the functionality of objects while decreasing their lag on systems.

Fine Art Photography for over thirty years, private/commercial from traditional to modern. Founding member of the Revere Public Arts Commission and Fort Point Arts Community member.

Provider of Virtual Content for over fifteen years for the Universities of Australia, Leeds University, and Berklee College of Music. Oxford University. Customizing interactive platforms on private platforms addressing educational, cultural, and art-based creative environments.

Veritas McMaster has a long, diverse history of entrepreneurial and philanthropic work in education, business, community building, undoing racism, cultural harmonizing, international peacemaking and conflict resolution with specialties in Early Childhood, Administration, and Real Estate. In Virtual Worlds her networking, marketing, and promotional skills have had the most utility coupled with personal mandates to do no harm and serve the greater good.

I’m Maria Magdalena, I manage a metaverse school named Suluh Bangsa Mulia. I’m an educator and a metaverse builder and also an artist.

I am also known as Marcel Mosswood in SL.

Recent SIU SOM graduate with a background in global health and public health, currently completing a research year with the Neonatal Education and Simulation based Training Lab with the University of Washington prior to continuation of her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Rachel Umoren is an associate professor of pediatrics, adjunct associate professor of healthcare simulation science and global health at the University of Washington. Her research involves the development and evaluation of virtual simulations for newborn care and neonatal resuscitation.

Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.

Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.

In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.

Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.

http://about.me/joycebettencourt

James G Neville (Sitearm) is owner and practitioner in applied online collaboration. His specialties include systems analysis, social media, team operation, and music composition. His online avatar is Sitearm and his research focus is the nature of virtual environments in human expression.

Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.

David is a Character Creator, MOCAP and iClone MOCAP Animator, Unity Game Designer, and Metaverse Consultant in the area of Charleston, South Carolina. His past work has included game-based design for the military and designing an undergraduate course on virtual worlds for Rasmussen College. He is a digital aborigine, who aspires to find new, innovative, and creative ways to use gaming and virtual world technologies to make the world a better place.
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Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.

In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.

Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.

http://about.me/joycebettencourt

Beth Ghostraven has been playing around with her appearance in virtual worlds since 2010. Tired of hunting for non-skanky clothing to wear to meetings and events, she started designing system and prim clothing for educators and other professionals. Her clothing is available FREE at the Ghostraven Professional Attire shop at OSCC, in Region 5.