Mitch Kapor, Philip Rosedale to Keynote at Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit
Mitch Kapor, Philip Rosedale to Keynote at Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit
Week-long CMP Technology event will host over 1000 software and IT decision-makers in Second Life and online
San Francisco – April 25, 2007 - CMP Technology’s Dr. Dobb's,
recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the software development community,
today announced industry experts to keynote at the Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit (http://www.life20.net), a virtual event that will take place in Second Life (www.secondlife.com)
April 28 to May 4.
Keynote presenters at Life 2.0 Summit will include:
Mitch Kapor, Chairman of Second Life creators, Linden Lab. Widely
known as the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, Kapor has been at the forefront of the
information technology revolution for a generation as developer, entrepreneur,
investor, social activist and philanthropist. Co-founder and longtime Chair
of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kapor was also founding Chair of the
Mozilla Foundation and now serves as Chair of the Open Source Applications
Foundation. Through Kapor Enterprises, Inc., he has been founding investor
to many successful technology startups, including UUNET, RealNetworks, and
Linden Lab. (Monday, April 30, from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm PT)
Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Lab. Rosedale founded
Linden Lab in 1999 to create a revolutionary new form of shared 3D experience.
Before founding Linden Lab, Rosedale was the Vice President and CTO of RealNetworks,
where he contributed greatly to the development of streaming media. (Tuesday,
May 1, from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm PT)
Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit highlights:
Two-day bootcamp on Linden Script Language
Special hands-on tutorials by leading SL product developers
Presentations and panel discussions on topics such as security, intellectual property, opensource and the SL-mediated web
Two expo floors showcasing the best of SL technology
Art exhibition debuting noted artist Philip Mallory Jones' Sweet
Bye and Bye v.2.0, an evocation of 20th century African culture, digital art
and video.
Complete event details are available at http://www.life20.net.
About Dr. Dobb's (www.ddj.com)
Dr. Dobb's is recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the professional
software development community. With an award-winning monthly publication
(Dr. Dobb's Journal), world-wide technical events and conferences (Dr. Dobb's
Events) and one of the web's most comprehensive sites (Dr. Dobb's Portal),
Dr. Dobb's attracts the industry's most authoritative audience of professional
developers, architects and managers and provides marketing partners highly
actionable integrated marketing solutions to reach the software development
buying team.
About CMP Technology (www.cmp.com)
CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry.
Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has
earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media
company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and
actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield
superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business
Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution
and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more
than $3 billion.
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