Tonight is opening night for Netroots Nation in Second Life! Yes, we are excited. We have had several social events in Second Life this week, but tonight starts the Netroots Nation ball rolling. Whoo hoo!

Here is a list of the scheduled events today and tonight. All times are Second Life Time, also known as Pacific Daylight Time:

1:00 PM — An SL/NN Meetup! Here’s a chance to do some comingling with the Austin crowd at Netroots Nation. Yes, Austin and Second Life will meet. Head for the Netroots Arena.

5:30-6:30 PM — Austin Keynote Address: Gov Howard Dean and (ret) Gen Wes Clark. This will stream into Netroots Arena.

6:30-7:30 PM — “What They Said” Commentary by Joan McCarter (McJoan), Jimbo Hoyer, GenJCChristian Homewood and Cliff Schecter. This is a Second Life panel held at Netroots Arena.

7:30-10:00 PM — SL Opening Party. We’ll be chatting and dancing at the same time – very easy to do in Second Life – at the Netroots Island Ballroom.

9:00-whenever – “The Corporation.” It’s a special Netroots Nation screening of “The Corporation” at the Marxist/Lennonist Party Headquarters (this will open up the SLURL for the location, which is not on Netroots Nation Island ).

My advice? Get there early. Netroots Nation can fill up.  If you do have trouble getting to Netroots Nation arena to watch the presentations, try some of our other venues. This page allows you to see the number of people in each location. If the number gets high, we’ll open up another venue.

Please join us!