Join IBM in Second Life

What is Second Life?

 

About this event

• Date: Wednesday 5th March 2008.
• Time: 2pm - 3pm.
• Registration is now closed.

 

The event will be in two parts. The first will be a 30-minute presentation about mainframe computing in the 21st century. The second part will be a Question and Answer session about Careers opportunities with IBM.

Mainframe Computing may be a topic on which you think you have little or no experience, but the reality could not be further from the truth. Virtually everyday, we all have some level of interaction with the world of Mainframe Computing. This could take the form of taking money from your bank account via a cashpoint machine, making retail purchases on the web or maybe something as enjoyable as booking your next holiday. The truth is that many of the world's largest companies have a System z processor (a.k.a. Mainframe) supporting their core business applications 24 * 7 * 365.

This is your opportunity to join IBM in Second life for a presentation to Manchester students that will highlight the vitality and continued importance of the mainframe in 2008.

Registration

This Second Life virtual event is open to all students in the School of Computer Science, undergraduate and postgraduate.

In order to register for this event you will need to have an active Second Life account, and you must enter your Avatar name in the registration form below.

Visit www.secondlife.com to download the software for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, and create your account.

 

Note: attendance at this virtual event in Second Life will be limited to 30 students, on a first-registered, first-served basis. Avatar names will be passed to IBM when you register using the form below, and only those registsred avatars may particpate.

Participants should be prepared to run Second Life on their own machines, as it may not be possible to run SL on School machines, (to be confirmed).

For any queries please contact Toby Howard.  

Registration closed.