Blending the beautiful sounds of her native Portugal with her love of her the songs of her life in the US, Zoree Jupiter’s voice and performance is undeniably real, powerful sensual and yet with a whisper of the fragility of the soul in every song she sings. Whether it is Pop, Disco, Blues, Rock , Latin, Burlesque, other favorites – or even Portuguese Fado Singing – Zoree Jupiter is a performer that you do not want to miss, and will return again and again to see and hear. An accomplished and successful artist in both Second Life and First Life as well as having sung at such famous venues as Carnegie Hall, Zoree shares her amazing talent for the poetic, the passionate and the emotion now on stage with her voice.

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Lyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee

https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

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

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

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 OpenSimulator project. You can also find him reporting bugs, bug triaging, updating the OpenSimulator 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

Ai Austin is the avatar of Austin Tate, Emeritus Professor of Knowledge-Based Systems at the University of Edinburgh. He has been involved with virtual worlds and VR for over two decades and is the coordinator for the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) and is frequently involved in early development and testing in Second Life and OpenSim both for viewer and server side capabilities.

https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/~ai/
https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/

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 in 2011. She developed or contributed to several complimentary solutions for OpenSim grid, like 2do HypEvents, Teleport boards, flexible helper scripts, Debian installation helpers. Currently, she is mostly involved in the developement of W4OS, the OpenSimulator WordPress Interface.

https://w4os.org

https://2do.directory

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.

Kisma K. Reidling is an artist, author, and creative guide whose work bridges visual art, writing, and the evolving role of technology in human expression. She is the creator of multiple published works on art journaling and creative process, as well as nonfiction and a novel series. Her current projects explore the intersections of imagination, storytelling, and AI collaboration. Through teaching, writing, and live performance, she invites others to embrace creativity as a path of presence and becoming.

Reiner Schneeberger aka Art Blue is a pioneer in digital art. More at http://art.blue

I am Georg Schneeberger, holding a Master’s Degree in Data Science with a strong interest in artificial intelligence and its creative applications. I have used OpenSimulator since high school. At OSCC 2019 I presented THE FAKED VR (a portation of an OAR to Unity). My avatar is Herzstein Dev.

Kisma K. Reidling is an artist, author, and creative guide whose work bridges visual art, writing, and the evolving role of technology in human expression. She is the creator of multiple published works on art journaling and creative process, as well as nonfiction and a novel series. Her current projects explore the intersections of imagination, storytelling, and AI collaboration. Through teaching, writing, and live performance, she invites others to embrace creativity as a path of presence and becoming.

Lyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee

https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

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

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

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 OpenSimulator project. You can also find him reporting bugs, bug triaging, updating the OpenSimulator 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

As an OpenSimulator Core Developer, Melanie has been one of the most active contributors to virtual world software in general, and OpenSimulator in particular. As her avatar “Melanie Milland”, she was a long-time Second Life™ resident and gained much experience in using virtual worlds. Melanie has been involved in a number of virtual world projects including creating, with a team of up to 12 developers, her own “spin” of the OpenSimulator software which powered the Avination Grid. Much of the grid’s code, when shared back to the core code, was the base for many of the new OpenSimulator 0.9 update features.

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

Other OpenSimulator projects include the Docker-izing of OpenSimulator, the experimental Basil web browser viewer, and code addition to several of the independent viewer projects. Outside OpenSimulator, he has been a computer developer and researcher for 40 years. He has a current interest in distributed simulation and robotics.

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

His current interests are in distributed computing and robotics.

Lyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee

https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

Hello!

I’m Puffball, a 26 year old software engineer with a passion for open source and federated systems! Though I’m not the most common sight on the grid, I’ve been working in the background on a rust implementation of the protocol for my viewer project called Benthic!

I was raised on free to play MMORPGs, captivated by the way the worlds were shaped by the players, and natural friendships could arise between anyone anywhere in the world based on an almost-physical proximity to one another. But, I was also heartbroken when those worlds would shut down, or would be changed drastically to become more profitable by the company that owned them.

My dream, going as far back as middle school, was to become a software engineer who could create an open source, user-owned, user-run game that couldn’t be ruined or taken offline. In college, when I found out about the metaverse protocol, I realized that my dream was already a reality, and I just needed to contribute to it!

https://benthic-mmo.github.io/

Andrew Stricker serves as an innovation and strategy analyst for LeMay Center at Air University. Previously, Dr. Stricker served Vanderbilt University as associate provost for innovation through technology. He has also served 27 years as an Air Force officer and scientist specializing in learning sciences and human-factors engineering. His research is focused on modeling adaptive expertise and the design of learning technologies. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Lyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee

https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

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.

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.

Dr. Valerie Hill 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. She is a co-coordinator of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium and Director of the Community Virtual Library.

https://valibrarian.net/

https://linktr.ee/Valibrarian

https://about.me/valibrarian
https://www.metaverselibraries.org/
https://communityvirtuallibrary.org/

Becky Adams, PhD, served as the Director for Online Course Development at the University of New Mexico and is co-coordinator of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium. She is passionate about best practices of using technology for learning and is an early adopter of teaching in the metaverse.

Bruce Gross (Cooper Swizzle), based in the San Francisco Bay Area, transitioned from the beauty industry to HR, where he applied his creative skills to develop instructional materials and later worked as a recruiter and HR generalist. As a corporate trainer, Bruce introduced 3D virtual environments to replace traditional webinars, making sessions more engaging and interactive. His innovative Proof of Concept transformed in-person, week-long trainings into a six-week virtual course, boosting retention and cutting costs. This incremental model allowed real-world application of skills and expanded access to leadership development. For over 14 years, Bruce has championed immersive learning to enhance professional growth.

Shannon Broden (Kreatya Shannon) received an Master of Library Science and Information from San Jose State University in December 2024, focusing on emerging technology and archival concepts. She currently serves on the board for Metaverse Libraries (with emphasis on Community Virtual Library and Virtual Worlds Education Consortium and New Media Arts, Inc. (where she participates with Avatar Repertory Theater and assists with the Arcadia Asylum Asset Archive). Her professional memberships include the Society of American Archivists and the American Library Association.

Virginia Dickenson / Xenon Darrow specializes in developing cutting edge digital technology for learning. Xenon has over 35 years of design and development experience from working with major oil and chemical companies, universities, healthcare, and the hospitality industry as a consultant and instructional designer. Her expertise includes working with Universities and Colleges as a consultant, professor, and instructional designer for more than 17 years. Her work has extended to the hospitality industry for the over 22 years. She currently works as an instructional designer for a prominent school of nursing at a major medical school. She is considered one of the resident experts in gamification and AI applications in learning.

https://opensimworld.com/user/xenondarrow
https://hypemetaverse.com/u/Xenon281

Crayons and Silly Putty!
Metaverse traveler since 2006.
Avatar design and costumes.
Co-founder of Avatar Repertory Theater 2007-present
Co-founder: Arcadia Asylum Archive: https://arcadiaasylum.org/ Recovery and restoration of the works of Arcadia Asylum and her alts, in OpenSim. A work in progress.
Developer of Max, a new free mesh body. 2023-present
Co-developer of Ruth and Roth, free mesh bodies. 2017-2023.
Co-founder of AnonLiterary Magazine 2007-2008
Founder and Treasurer of New Media Arts Inc, a nonprofit foundation tax exempt under IRC (501(c)(3) 2010-present.
CPA, retired

RuthAndRoth
Organization Members:
Ada Radius (3D CGI artist, avatar design & rigging);
Ai Austin (professor emeritus The University of Edinburgh, software engineer, tester);
Serie Sumei (resource management, scripter, graphics).

https://discord.gg/cwZCShN2Z3
https://github.com/NewMediaArts-CTO/Avatar-Repertory-Theater
https://www.pinterest.com/adaradius/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063886281550

Iain is the co-founder of Avatar Repertory Theater, and has worked on theater tech in Second Life and Opensim for many years. Currently he is working on finishing the WebRTC voice implementation for Opensim. In RL, he is a software and firmware developer in several languages.

Virginia Dickenson / Xenon Darrow specializes in developing cutting edge digital technology for learning. Xenon has over 35 years of design and development experience from working with major oil and chemical companies, universities, healthcare, and the hospitality industry as a consultant and instructional designer. Her expertise includes working with Universities and Colleges as a consultant, professor, and instructional designer for more than 17 years. Her work has extended to the hospitality industry for the over 22 years. She currently works as an instructional designer for a prominent school of nursing at a major medical school. She is considered one of the resident experts in gamification and AI applications in learning.

https://opensimworld.com/user/xenondarrow
https://hypemetaverse.com/u/Xenon281

Crayons and Silly Putty!
Metaverse traveler since 2006.
Avatar design and costumes.
Co-founder of Avatar Repertory Theater 2007-present
Co-founder: Arcadia Asylum Archive: https://arcadiaasylum.org/ Recovery and restoration of the works of Arcadia Asylum and her alts, in OpenSim. A work in progress.
Developer of Max, a new free mesh body. 2023-present
Co-developer of Ruth and Roth, free mesh bodies. 2017-2023.
Co-founder of AnonLiterary Magazine 2007-2008
Founder and Treasurer of New Media Arts Inc, a nonprofit foundation tax exempt under IRC (501(c)(3) 2010-present.
CPA, retired

RuthAndRoth
Organization Members:
Ada Radius (3D CGI artist, avatar design & rigging);
Ai Austin (professor emeritus The University of Edinburgh, software engineer, tester);
Serie Sumei (resource management, scripter, graphics).

https://discord.gg/cwZCShN2Z3
https://github.com/NewMediaArts-CTO/Avatar-Repertory-Theater
https://www.pinterest.com/adaradius/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063886281550

Shannon Broden (Kreatya Shannon) received an Master of Library Science and Information from San Jose State University in December 2024, focusing on emerging technology and archival concepts. She currently serves on the board for Metaverse Libraries (with emphasis on Community Virtual Library and Virtual Worlds Education Consortium and New Media Arts, Inc. (where she participates with Avatar Repertory Theater and assists with the Arcadia Asylum Asset Archive). Her professional memberships include the Society of American Archivists and the American Library Association.

Dr. Rosie Vojtek/Roxie Neiro is co-founder and Chief Communication, Design, and Innovation Officer (CCO) for Edovation, and the Executive Editor for the Virtual Education Journal. During her career in both Oregon and Connecticut she served as: Assistant Executive Director for the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS); Curriculum Director, Oregon City Public Schools; Elementary Principal, Forest Grove Public Schools, OR and Bristol Public Schools, CT; and a middle and elementary school teacher, Winston-Dillard Public Schools, OR. Rosie earned her BS in elementary education from Oregon State University, and her MA and PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Oregon.

Together with her husband Bob, the Vojteks co-authored: “Motivate! Inspire! Lead! 10 Strategies for Building Collegial Learning Communities” (Corwin Press, 2009); and, co-authored The Technology Column for the Journal of Staff Development (JSD 1995-2000). Dr. Vojtek’s doctoral dissertation, “Integrating Staff Development and Organization Development,” won the 1994 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Staff Development Council (now Learning Forward). Dr. Vojtek has served as a presenter, consultant, and in a leadership capacity for numerous local, state, national and international committees, conferences, organizations, and associations.

Bluesky @vejournal.bsky.social
X https://x.com/rvojtek
X https://x.com/roxieneiro
issuu.com/edovation
https://www.facebook.com/rvojtek

Dr. Bob Vojtek/BJ Gearbox is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Edovation and the Design Editor for the Virtual Education Journal. During his career he has worked in both Higher Education and K12, as Teacher Leader, Associate Professor, Director, Dean, and Assistant Provost. These organizations include Los Angeles Unified School District, Avon Public Schools, College of the Redwoods, Concordia University, University of Hartford, and Harvard Law School – Harvard University. Bob earned a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, an MA in Education Leadership from Cal Poly Humboldt, and a PhD in Education Policy and Management from the University of Oregon. Together with his wife Rosie, the Vojteks co-authored: Motivate! Inspire! Lead! 10 Strategies for Building Collegial Learning Communities. (Corwin Press, 2009); and, co-authored The Technology Column for the Journal of Staff Development (JSD 1995-2000). Dr. Vojtek was a founding member of the AutoCAD Authorized Training Center Executive Committee, a member of the Board of Directors for KEET TV the PBS Affiliate in Eureka, California, and a past Board of Finance Commissioner for the City of Bristol, Connecticut.

Currently Technology Learning Specialist for a small school in NY state. Past work as a teacher and technology integrator have given me 30 years of high tech integration experiences with students and adults.

Https://www.virtualpioneers.org
Https://www.coffeewithageek.org
https://islandsoe.weebly.com

Wytchwhisper Sadofsky is a Multifaceted Artist, Singer/Songwriter, Advisor, Spiritually Enlightened Wiccan and Comedic Deviant. She has been singing in SL since 2009 Some of her songs can be sung in English, Domestic Cat, Domestic Potatoe and Domestic Chicken.Called a torch singer by some and a freaky fairy by others she has a unique sultry, sensuous, original, jazzy, alternative, oldies, demented, pop, rock sound at her shows. She supplies unique relaxing vocals, stress reducing melodies and life changing knowledge. Listen with caution while driving or operating dangerous equipment.

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.

Tuna Oddfellow is a versatile performer and content creator renowned for his captivating appearances on platforms like Virtual NBC’s “Avatar’s Got Talent” and his engaging live streams on YouTube. In addition to his dynamic performances, Tuna is celebrated for his innovative work in virtual worlds, where he creates and performs the mesmerizing Odd Ball shows. His talents extend to synthesizer music, adding an auditory dimension to his already immersive experiences. Whether he’s showcasing his unique skills, composing captivating tunes, or connecting with fans, Tuna Oddfellow is a name to watch in the digital entertainment space.

Kay McLennan is a Professor of Practice at the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement. Kay created the Tulane SoPA Metaverse (newly known as the SoPA Metaversity) and has been creating and using virtual world learning simulations in her online economics and business studies 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 virtual world 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.

https://sites.google.com/view/the-prisoners-dilemma/home

https://sites.google.com/view/data-detectives-game

Lisa Laxton is the Founder of Infinite Metaverse Alliance® (IMA) and President of Laxton Consulting with experience providing various solutions for education, research, business, and defense clients. You may have seen her around the Hyperverse as Shelenn Ayres busy building content or engaged in testing but she is available to anyone in the Open Simulator community interested in collaborating to advance virtual worlds technology and/or to improve accessibility by design.

https://www.opensimfest.com/
https://echovoice.infinitemetaverse.org/

Frank Rulof is a retired Senior Systems Engineer from Thales Netherlands with expertise areas in Training & Simulation. He led research and innovation activities related to Open Simulator technology within the Thales Global Company using multiple Open Simulator grids focused on user needs. He continues project efforts during his retirement by continuing collaboration with IMA.

Sci-curious. Trained as a bioprocess engineer, interested in interfaces and the spaces between. Inside the lines, outside the box. Passions: Building connection across
boundaries, Balancing a feminist ethic of care with critical accountability, and Pursuing responsive infrastructures at appropriate scales.

Heike Philp is an immersive language education specialist and teacher of German based in Germany. Philp co-initiated five European funded projects to develop accredited and certified teacher training courses for language teaching and learning in real-time at a distance. These EU Projects are LANCELOT, AVALON, CAMELOT, GUINEVERE and EXCALIBUR. Philp is co-founder and organiser of DaFWEBKON, an online conference for teachers of German and her research interest lies in using AI Companions as a language coach in virtual environments.

http://vlanguages.pbworks.com/w/page/118343718/vLanguages%20Wiki

Sci-curious. Trained as a bioprocess engineer, interested in interfaces and the spaces between. Inside the lines, outside the box. Passions: Building connection across
boundaries, Balancing a feminist ethic of care with critical accountability, and Pursuing responsive infrastructures at appropriate scales.

AvaCon volunteer staff member and fan of Open Simulator. Also does a weekly webcast with Mal Burns.

Petlove is a virtual denizen who has been involved in virtual worlds since 2006. She has focused on creative machinima and the positive effects virtual worlds can have on peoples’ real lives.

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.

Julian Reyes is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Worlds Museum™, whose mission is to explore, preserve, and showcase the evolution of immersive worlds. In recognition of his contributions to the XR industry and digital preservation, Julian was awarded the AUREA Impact Award 2025, alongside Lisa Egger of Arrival Space. He has since been invited to serve as a juror for the AUREA Award 2026 and is a featured speaker at Immersive X.

Julian has also held positions at Meta, Cisco Systems, and Exponent, bringing extensive experience in immersive media, storytelling, and technology. Additionally, he received specialized training from the Oculus Launch Pad and Oculus Start programs, as well as the EveryRealm Metaverse Academy. Through his work with the Virtual Worlds Museum™, Julian continues to champion education, interoperability, and digital heritage—bridging the past, present, and future of virtual worlds.

https://keyframe-entertainment.com/julian-reyes-speaker-bio/

As a Medical Laboratory Scientist and 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds Evangelist, Sally S. Cherry, MLS(ASCP) creates 3D immersive virtual worlds, and relevant social media postings to share medical/clinical laboratory information; promote medical laboratory career awareness; and to conduct specialized laboratory training. Her special interests include: 3D immersive virtual worlds; social media; information exchanges; medical laboratory science; medical laboratory science awareness; communicable diseases; laboratory methods for the detection and identification of sexually transmitted infections (STIs); network weaving; and public health awareness.

Depending on the time and place, she has several additional roles… Opensimulator resident (Kitely, OSCC, OpenSim Fest); Generative AI Content Creator; STI Laboratory Consultant/Instructor; 3D Virtual Worlds Photographer; Network Weaver; RL Photo Storyteller; Board member; Webmaster; Blogger; Mother and Friend.

Bluesky URL
https://cherrynetwork.bsky.social/

https://beacons.ai/sallyc

Dr. Rachel Umoren is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Associate Professor of Healthcare Simulation Science and Global Health at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on innovative uses of technology to improve the quality of newborn care.

Mr Cook is a Research Engineer at the University of Washington and lead developer for the virtual ENC project.

Maria Magdalena, S.Psi., M.Kom., is an educational technologist dedicated to transforming learning through immersive virtual worlds. Her expertise lies in designing interactive and engaging learning experiences that empower both students and educators. Through her work in metaverse development, she conceptualizes virtual classrooms, simulations, and learning environments that foster collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and real‐world problem solving.

As an instructor, she has led students in initiatives such as the International Metaverse Building Challenge. She has also created simulations that allow learners to explore scenarios impossible in the physical world, and she develops metaverse modules implemented in schools. A sought‐after speaker, Maria has presented at OSCC in both 2022 and 2023, sharing insights on virtual education and technological innovation.

Her vision is to build a future where education transcends the limitations of physical classrooms––where every learner, regardless of location or background, has access to a world‐class, immersive learning experience. Maria is deeply committed to continuous innovation, collaboration, and ensuring that virtual worlds are powerful tools for equitable, meaningful education.

I am also known as Marcel Mosswood in SL.

https://about.marcellinamaria.my.id

Lyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee

https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

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