Join us this Saturday, May 10 from 1-2:30 pm SLT in the Central Nexus at Extropia Core for Sophrosyne's Saturday Salon!  This week, our Salon Spotlight Guest is Benjamin Duranske (Benjamin Noble), author of the authoritative legal blog Virtually Blind and the new book from the American Bar Association Press, Virtual Law: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds.

Ben is a terrific writer, who makes difficult subjects accessible and interesting. I'd been daunted by a 450-page law book with such topics at "Further Identification of Documents in Virtual Worlds," but  it's a smooth, engrossing and enlightening read, and well worth the troubles of navigating the ABA's online store to obtain a copy. If you're doing business in a virtual world, or concerned about your personal rights, this book is an excellent investment.

Ben will be discussing his book as well as a number of controversial legal issues confronting residents and business people in virtual worlds, so if you have questions about the rules and forces increasingly shaping virtual worlds, come on down - this promises to be one of our best sessions ever!

(While we may well use our half hour of scheduled overtime and run till 3pm, if Ben has the energy, I will be leaving promptly to attend the conference in World of Warcraft!)

You're invited to join NASA leadership, astronauts, scientists, and engineers along with local business, technology and academic leaders and local, state and federal officials discuss the role of space exploration in advancing science, engineering, technology, education and the economy that benefits your community and the nation.

The program features an exciting preview of NASA’s Constellation Program – America’s return to the Moon and beyond.

http://www.nasa.gov/50th/future_forums/sanJoseWithGallery.html

NASA's Future Forum will be held RL at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA (http://www.thetech.org/) and attendance is by invitation only.

HOWEVER...for the first time ever you can participate in Second Life! If you have not already done so, please join the Welcome to NASA group in SL to participate via group chat and to receive future notices about this event.

We are identifying a number of locations where the event will be streamed into SL and where NASA volunteers will be present to assist.

Please contact Universa Vanalten by IM inworld if you are interested in hosting this event on your sim or if you are interested in related volunteer opportunities.

The keynote address given by NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale (SL Xena Dahl) will be broadcast live on NASA TV.

You can also view agendas and keynote addresses given at Future Forums held earlier this year in Seattle WA, Columbus OH, St. Louis MO, and Miami FL at http://www.nasa.gov/50th/future_forums/index.html.



Events will be hosted at Explorer Island, NASA CoLab, the International Spaceflight Museum, and in Extropia Core.