IDA have an online Office in Second Life with a good conference room. You can teleport to that virtual location and participating the meeting online. In this message you find all what you need to know about how you can do. This is realize by the support and sponsoring of MetaPartners (http://www.metapartners.be), a specialized company in Second Life events.

Those who have not yet used the virtual world Second Life before need first to create an avatar and have to download and install the viewer from second life on http://www.secondlife.com. This is all for free.

All you need to attend the virtual meeting is a PC and a Second Life® avatar.

Those of you who want to attend the virtual symposium and haven't already done so, will need to create a (free of charge) account:
- go to www.secondlife.com and hit the button "Join Second Life" or "Get  Started".
- create an account (please provide correct informations, as you will need it  later if you have forgotten your password or need any other support)
- you will receive an e-mail from Linden Lab (the owners of Second Life),  requesting you to activate your account - please do so.
- download the client software at http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php and install it (it is your viewer)
- download and install QuickTime (www.quicktime.com) or a QuickTime alternative  (http://www.filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative/)

Next step (this is also important for those of you who already have an avatar) is to "voice enable" it:
- hit "ctrl-p" which will open your preferences
- go to tab "voice chat" and check "enable voice chat"
- please also check the "device button" and "voice chat setup" options.

When you plan to attend the meeting in Second Life, please send also a message to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and inform us about your avatar name. We will then send you an invitation for the meeting so that you  just have to click on the teleport button to teleport to the correct location.

The meeting location of the IDA office in Second Life can be found at the following URL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beethoven/60/128/33
After you are logged in you are teleported automatic to the right location by clicking on this link.

All the lectures in the plenary sessions will be broadcasted.

When you have a question for the speaker, just sent a instance message to Friedel Pastorelli avatar in the room. During the Q&A of the lecture your question will be offered to the speaker for you.

You can find the program off the sessions on this URL: http://www.lightpollution2009.eu/index.php?Itemid=60

The timing of the program mentioned is in IST. You can check what the correct timing is for your location via the following site and selecting your location and Ireland,Dublin as times to compare. http://www.timeanddate.com

Regards,


Friedel Pas
European Liaison Officer
Board of Directors
International Dark-Sky Association
Aarschotsebaan 29
B-3191 Hever
Belgium
Tel.: +32-474-50.17.95
e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
website: http://www.darksky.org
SecondLife: http://tinyurl.com/n8b623