We have been busy preparing for another great MDBIZEXPO and of course we are incorporating the best of the virtual world and the "real world" to provide the most value for our sponsors, exhibitors, and leading edge speakers.
The first thirty (30) "Real world" sponsors pf the MDBIZEXPO also get booths at our BLI Conference Center on CPA Island in Second Life. This year there is a special event on Monday, June 15th (the day before the EXPO) as we present CPAS and Second Life at the AICPA Tech Plus conference in Las Vegas at 1:00 pm - 1:50pm (PT/SLT).
See some photos on our Flickr set MDBIZEPXO in Second Life
Join Bean Wollongong (Byron Patrick of Hosted Solutions) and Rocky Maddaloni (Tom Hood of MACPA) as they host real CPAs and leaders in the accounting profession that use Second Life for training, education, meetings, and student recruitment.
Here are just a few of our special guests:
Accounting educators & instructors (SL Names in parens):
Dr. Mike Kraten - (Mike1 Noel) - Suffolk University - Virtual Reality Business Network
Dr. Steve Hornik -(Robins Hermano) - University of Central Florida - Really Engaging Accounting
BLI Instructors who have taught CPE in Second Life:
Eric -E. Cohen - (Otto Chin) - PWC (and XBRL)
Mark Jankowski - (Mark Wizenheim) - Shapiro Negotiations Institute
Associations exploring Second Life:
Edith Orenstein - (Edith Osterham) - Financial Executives International
Dave Macdonald - (Dave Mandelkern) - Certified Management Accountants - Canada
Kevin Mead - (KevinMead Fairport) - IGAF Worldwide
Anne Hampson - (Anne Wellesley) - IGAF Worldwide
Accounting Press in SL:
Gail Perry - (Glal Landar) - AccountingWeb
Rob Nance - (Quincy Greybeard) - AccountingWeb
Several of our "cool friends" will be in the audience in Vegas, or enroute to our MDBIZEXPO and are worth a shout out:
Robert Tarola - (Roberto Marialla) - Right Advisory
Bob Laux - (Ro Shippe) - Microsoft Corporation and the Enhanced Business Reporting Consortium
Ron Baker - (RJB Adamski) - Verasage
Ed Kless - (Ed Karlsvalt) - Verasage
Alexandra DeFilice (Ad Denimore) - Journal of Accountancy
Roger Franks (Gather Sabra) - CCH
Richard Johnson - (Professor Jetcity) - Frostburg University
See last year's posts about the MDBIZEXPO & CPA Island:
Just wondering if MACPA will be or is currently offering CPE in second life over the web?
Posted by: Lou Ann King | October 15, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Yes, actually we are beginning to do that now... You can check by e-mailing our SL-CPE team leader Debbie Zizwarek debbie@macpa.org
Posted by: Tom Hood | October 15, 2009 at 01:47 PM