The social web of the last decade enabled social relationships and the distribution of media, the spatial web of today eliminates the boundary between digital content and real-world spatial context. Join 📝Topia and 📝One Studio in celebrating the emergence of space as a paradigm in digital communication at the📝Spatial Media** Symposium** on December 15, 2020.
"Social media is a medium built around who you are (ego). Spatial media is a medium built around the space you make for others (eco). The future is whole." ~ 📝Brian Swichkow
Hear from technology creators that have become space makers; individuals like 📝John Zdanowski (former CFO of 📝Second Life and 📝General Assembly), 📝Will Cady (current Head of Brand Strategy at 📝Reddit), 📝Jim Goodman (co-creator of Ticketmaster and Tickets .com), etc.
- 🍄**Upvote Topia's Launch**, producthunt.com
Reflections
"The lessons learned [at the event] helped me make my virtual spaces and events more fun and engaging for our community. The spatial Media Symposium showed us how organic virtual spaces can feel and provided a glimpse into the future of virtual events." ~ 📝Sam Kaplan
“Today’s virtual/hybrid world, provides an even greater opportunity for folks to reach and connect with people that they wouldn’t otherwise meet. The Spatial Media Symposium was a burst of energy, insight, and amazing people.” ~ 📝Jim Goodman
"Topia is all of the best parts of Second Life and the Spatial Media Symposium made it clear that the "open world" concept of the future is build for accessibility and is going to be a big part of how we communicate — far past a need to quarantine." ~ 📝John Zdanowski
Topics
- Forgoing the 📝Human Use of Human Beings by implementing societal simulation
- Moving beyond 📝Authoritarian Technology and 📝Digital Pollution
- Recognizing 📝Companies that Mimic Life and 📝Regenerative Leadership
- Rediscovering a 📝Cooperative Currency and cultivating 📝Ecocentric Capitalism
Agenda
- 8:00 AM PST — The Future of Finance (panel) — due Northeast
- 📝John Zdanowski, former CFO of 📝Second Life and 📝General Assembly, etc.
- 📝Sam Hayes, former leader at NASDAQ, Sun Microsystems M&A/Venture, LinkedIn Investor and President of TangoTrade.
- Brandon Quittem, former enterprise software at Oracle, entrepreneur, writer, and currently Director of Marketing at SwanBitcoin.com
- 9:00 AM PST — Practicing Safe Sects (panel) — due East
- 📝Justin Lane, PhD (PhD), co-founder of 📝ALAN Analytics,
- 📝LeRon Shults, PhD PhD (PhD. PhD.), co-founder of 📝ALAN Analytics with 1300+ citations
- 11:00 AM PST — The Future of Narrative (panel) — due South
- TOPIC: a discussion about wall-less sales funnels and use of digital empathy in business
- 📝Brian Swichkow, Managing Partner of 📝One Studio, 📝Solarpunk artist, myth maker
- 📝Deividas Mikočionis, psychedelic marketer, podcaster, and founder of Sugitan.io
- 12:00 PM PST — 📝World Builders** Unite (workshop) — due West**
- HOST: 📝Sam Kaplan, co-creator of topia.io/teahouse
- 📝Hayden Wu, Art Director at Topia, former Environment Artist at Rockstar Games
- 📝Brian Swichkow, co-creator of topia.io/present
- 📝Bryan Aldea, co-creator of topia.io/sockdrawer
- 1:00 PM PST — Culture of Creation (workshop) — due Northwest
- 📝Will Cady, Head of Brand Strategy at 📝Reddit, writer, musician, healer, etc.
- 📝Michael Jager, Founder of 📝Solidarity of Unbridled Labour, brand designer, maker
- 📝Eli Jager, writer, strategist, creative at 📝Solidarity of Unbridled Labour
- 2:00 PM PST — 📝Ecocentric Capitalism (campfire) — due North
- 📝James Andrews, entrepreneur, investor, advisor, founder of 📝Authenticated
- 📝Vanessa Keith, sustainability-focused architect, author, speaker, and advocate
- 3:00 PM PST — Networked Technology (panel) — due Northeast
- 📝Daniel Liebeskind, co-founder of 📝Topia
- 📝Jim Goodman, co-creator of 📝Ticketmaster and 📝Tickets.com, former Disney/Intel
- 📝Chris Psiaki, Head of Software at 📝Topia, speaker, author, etc.
- 4:00 PM PST — The Power of Participation (panel) — due East
- A fireside panel exploring how we nurture creativity and spontaneous connection in virtual spaces through experiential design. Join Patricia Parkinson (Liminalia co-creator), Damian Madray (founder of With Presence) and Elyse Petersen (founder of Tealet), as they discuss the importance of cultivating active participatory experiences and presence as a business model. Moderated by Sam Kaplan, co-creator of topia.io/teahouse.
- Patricia Parkinson, co-creator of Liminalia, experience designer, and creative director.
- Damian Madray, the founder of With Presence
- 📝Elyse Petersen, a 📝Distributed Entrepreneurship advocate, founder of 📝Tealet, etc.
- 📝Sam Kaplan, co-creator of topia.io/teahouse
- 5:00 PM PST — 📝Surreal Estate Investment (panel) — due West
- 📝John Zdanowski, former CFO of 📝Second Life and 📝General Assembly, etc.
- 📝Gene Yoon, former COO of 📝Second Life and VP at 📝Linden Lab, Google, etc.
- 📝Daniel Liebeskind, co-founder and CEO of 📝Topia, distributed developer, and more
- 📝Dylan Jones, co-founder and Head of Experience at 📝Topia, previously Refereum
- 📝Brian Swichkow, Managing Partner of 📝One Studio and first to be married in-world
- 7:00 PM PST — 📝Digital Dinner Party
- 8:00 PM PST — Disco DOJO (party)
- 📝Pandemic Picnic relived
- topia.io/sockdrawer fiesta
Experiences
Within topia.io/producthunt you will discover 📝Portals to other worlds like:
- topia.io/teahouse — due South — home to many weekly tea ceremonies and spaces
- ft. 📝Elyse Petersen, Erik, J. Davis
- topia.io/present — due West — home to Topia's first 📝In-World wedding
- Co-created by 📝Brian Swichkow, 📝Chantle Edillor, and 📝One Studio
- topia.io/consciousness-hacking — due East —
- Co-created by Patricia (Liminalia)
- topia.io/sockdrawer — due North —
- Co-created by 📝Bryan Aldea
- topia.io/forest — due North — a psychedelic talking forest
- Co-created by 📝Brian Swichkow and 📝Chantle Edillor