CMP is a editorial publishing company that delivers several IT related magazines. Today in my email I got this:

Life 2.0 Spring 2008
March 15-21, 2008
CMP region (CMP 1, CMP 2, CMP 3, CMP 4), Second Life

Life 2.0 Spring 2008, produced by CMP Metaverse, is back and coming to CMP's expanded, four-island region in Second Life March 15-21, 2008!

This quarterly virtual conference focuses on metaverse technology and best-practices for software developers, digital creatives and business stakeholders. Life 2.0 provides expert insights for technologists seeking to understand and use Second Life and other metaverse environments for customer engagement, commerce, collaboration, education, simulation and research.

Life 2.0 Summit: Tutorials and Tracks

Life 2.0 Summit will commence with Life 2.0 University, a two-day, weekend bootcamp featuring tutorials aimed at providing tools and techniques for advanced asset and application building in Second Life.

NEW FOR 2008: On Sunday afternoon, March 16, we'll offer IPPI Symposium -- a special mini-summit framing the legal, ethical and technical implications of meta-reality on Intellectual Property, Privacy and Identity.

Thereafter, our four-day (M, T, Th, F) program will present intensive tracks focused on:

Metaverse Business Models: The Search for ROI
Audience Development, Traffic and Metrics in Virtual Worlds
3D Commerce, Social Shopping, Microbilling and More
New Metaverse Platforms: For Business, Simulation, Education, Entertainment
The MetaWeb: How Virtual Worlds are fusing with desktop UI, GIS and the Wider Web
Bonus evening sessions will provide highly-topical presentations, and offer a forum for professionals in Telesales, Higher Education, Government, Public Works, Green Technology, Foundations and NGOs to network and share ideas.

REGISTER FOR YOUR COMPLIMENTARY PASS TODAY!

Interested in Sponsoring the Life 2.0 Summit?

Life 2.0 is the leading event on virtual world application and business development. Produced three times yearly by CMP in Second Life, the six-day virtual event draws a fully-registered, global audience of over 1200 software architects, creatives, CMOs and key executives seeking to harness the power of virtual reality for marketing, application creation, commerce, education, and to connect with the Net's fastest-growing, smartest, most-engaged communities. Please contact Stuart Bowen to learn more.

We look forward to seeing you in Second Life!

John Jainschigg (SL: John Zhaoying)
Conference Director
Life 2.0 Summit