Thanks to the success of WorldsInMotion.biz as a website, we've been looking for new ways to bring our readers more information and insight about online worlds in alternative - and even face-to-face - ways.

Therefore, we're delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the first-ever Worlds In Motion Summit, to be held on Monday, February 18th 2008, as part of the 2008 Game Developers Conference - about which initial information has just been released. The one-day summit will focus on the intersection of online worlds and games, and there's an overview for the event on the GDC 2008 Summits page:

"The Worlds in Motion Summit is a definitive event tailored for the growing number of industry professionals and Fortune 500 companies developing interactive online spaces for both entertainment and commercial purposes. Discussion forums will delve into online worlds, social gaming and media and player created activity.

These will provide insight for developers of all backgrounds into how the game industry is collectively building socialization into games and integrating personalization and player-generated content into gameplay—while widely accessible Web and networking tools are looking to the game industry for their way forward. The summit, which is accessible via several different GDC 2008 passes, will also debate the future of gaming, which may lie in the convergence of these new frontiers."

Expect lots more information about the Summit, which is being programmed by WorldsInMotion.biz editor Leigh Alexander, in the near future - including speakers, keynotes, and panel specifics. We're confident that the event will be a smart, hype-free place to explore what online worlds mean to the game industry, the tech industry, and the Internet era. Please consider joining us?