Summit 1: Harnessing Virtual Worlds for Arts and Humanities Scholarship February 16-17, 2008 SRI, International Menlo Park, CA Day 1 7:45 - 8:45 Shuttles from Hotel to SRI International Building 8:00 – 8:45 Continental Breakfast 8:45 – 9: 45 Welcome and Introductions Henry Kelly, Federation of American Scientists Christopher Mackie, Mellon Foundation 9:45 – 10:35 Introductory Talks Virtual Mesopotamia Michelle Roper (Federation of American Scientists) Virtual Rome Bernard Frischer (IATH, University of Virginia) Conceptual Collisions Mark Schlager (SRI, International) 10:35 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – noon Virtual World applications 15 minute talks to illustrate Virtual World capabilities, challenges and scholarly use scenarios. Panelists: Edward Castronova (Indiana), Aaron Walsh (Boston College), Chris Dede (Harvard), Jeffrey Schnapp (Stanford), Tim Finholt (Univ of Michigan) Moderator: Mark Schlager Noon – 1:00 Lunch with small group VW demos Demonstrations by: Bryan Carter (Central Missouri State University), Vernon Burton (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [UIUC]), John Brecht (SRI) 1:00 - 1:30 Questions and Reflections on presentations and demonstrations Moderator: Michelle Roper 1:30 – 2:00 What’s beyond the platform? Julian Lombardi (Duke University) 2:00 – 2:30 Small Group Discussion 1 Topic: What are the most critically important research questions or topics in your discipline that are currently difficult or impossible to pursue? What are the potential tradeoffs of using VW tools to approach them? 2:30 – 3:00 Whole group 1 Moderator: Mark Schlager 3:00 – 3:10 Break 3:10 – 4:00 Small Group Discussion 2 Topic: What are the other disciplines or fields of inquiry that you consider to be most promising as sources of new insights or research questions for your own field? How might a VW environment help or hinder creating and maintaining relationships with scholars from these disciplines? 4:00 – 5:00 Whole Group 2 Moderator: Michelle Roper 5:00 – 5:30 Shuttles back to Hotel 6:00 – 7:30 Reception with MetaverseU Stanford University, Wallenberg Hall, Building 160 8:00 – Dinner at the California Café http://www.californiacafe.com/paloalto/index.php Day 2 7:45 - 8:45 Shuttles from Hotel to SRI International Building 8:00 – 8:45 Continental Breakfast 8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and Goals of the day 9:00 – 10:15 Generating Scenarios In self-selected small groups, select 3-5 of the issues posted on the walls, and write a one- page scenario based on the selected issues. 10:15 – 10:30 Break 10:30 – 11:30 Scenario Report-out 11:30 – Noon Summation and Next Steps Noon – 1:00 Lunch and Adjourn Please mark your calendars. The next Summits are planned for April 9-10; and May 13-14.