May+2009+Health+Expo

=Second Life Health Expo May 27, 2009= Event Details Complete Agenda Planning Notes

The Nonprofit Commons, a project of TechSoup Global (TSG), organized an all-day, innovative online event in Second Life to showcase recent developments in health care research, and to connect efforts in fighting disease and creating a cooperative and supportive environment for patients and their providers. The Health Panel Expo, an international online conference sponsored by FasterCures.org, was held on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST (also called Second Life Time, SLT) in the virtual world of Second Life and simultaneously in the real world, being broadcast live at the fourth annual NetSquared Conference at Cisco in San Jose, CA.,The Second Life online event was free to attend and open to all interested participants. It was accessible through Second Life, and all information will be available at [].

The Health Panel Expo panelists included speakers from Aids.gov and Community Voicemail discussing mobile health initiatives; Virtual Ability, Inc., a nonprofit that brings people with disabilities and chronic health conditions into virtual worlds; and Susan Tenby, Online Community Director for TSG and the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Other panelists include experts from the disability, recovery services, nutrition, cancer, and AIDS communities. The Health Panel Expo marks the official launch of the Health Commons in Second Life. As part of TSG's Nonprofit Commons project, Health Commons seeks to bring together real-world health-related nonprofits, academics, educators, thought-leaders, foundations, and volunteer-supporters to showcase recent developments in health care.

**The Health Panel Expo: Event Details**

The event will be recorded via live video and audio and will be archived on the [|Nonprofitcommons.org] Web site. Plush Nonprofit Commons [] EcoCommons [] Aloft Nonprofit Commons [|http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/116/35/23] **Agenda for Health Panel Expo** //All times are in Second Life or Pacific Standard Time//
 * Twitter hashtag of the event:[| #npslexpo].
 * Twitter account for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is [|@npsl.]
 * Our main events will be taking place on the new Health Commons []
 * As we may have more than one full sim, please feel free to watch streaming events today from:
 * [|Watch the live web stream from 11:15 AM-12:15 PM]

8am eXtension Accessible Home Demonstration Tours. [|Click here to be teleported to the Home Demonstration location.] 9 am Virtual Support for Mental Health Issues Panel 10 am HIV/AIDS Awareness Panel 11am Faster Cures 11:15 am Mobile/Phone Health Information Panel- this panel will be held live at NetSquared and broadcast into Second Life 12:15pm TechSoup Stock Donated HIPPA solutions 1 pm Physical Activity/Dietary Habits/Healthy Lifestyles Panel 2 pm Disability Panel 3pm Cancer panel 4 pm Screening for the 21st century

__**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR HEALTH EXPO-MAY 27TH**__ Any one who is available to help out sometime during the hours of 8AM to 5 PM SLT, either as greeters, security or even as an extra pair of hands, please contact Robin Roar inworld. Even if you can be there for an hour (or more) it would be very appreciated. We are also looking for people to live blog/take notes on the voice portion of each panel. To volunteer in this way contact Kali Idziak inworld.


 * __Volunteer List (as of 5/26/09)__**

Robin Roar - Volunteer manager Smash Lane - Head of Security

__Bloggers/Notetakers__ - Contact- Kali Idziak

Charity Carlucci Jayne Urqhart DJ Earnshaw-(between 9am and 3pm) CJ27 Jigsaw Serene Jewell Cowgrl Crystal Bjorlyn Loon Marylou Goldrosen-(10-12 am)

__Greeters__ - Contact- Robin Roar

CJ27 Jigsaw Abbiee Benazzi Page Putzo Ozma Malibu Buffy Beale

__Security__ Contact- Smash Lane Serene Jewell