Sunday HIE25

 The final day of HIE was another spectacular mix of cultures and languages, with presentations touching on a variety of themes from alien visitations, to gallery governance, to the clash of cultures, to the technology of the future. All this, and a fabulous international set by jazz and blues singer Forest Azure. 

Attendance was strong once again, with 40 plus in the audience to hear first of all Luciana Mattei speak about her wonderful primary school project, unAcademy, located both in the real world, of course, and on Craft-World grid, where she has a sim of the same name.

Saturday HIE25

The HIE region filled up nicely for our conference on Saturday, with a peak of 52 avatars on the sim during MorlitaM and Cherry Manga's flawless performance of "Dual Wave", an outstanding audio visual experience none of us are likely to forget. But lots more happened also!
For the full schedule, don't forget to bookmark the HIE website

The event kicked off with a five language, five person panel, welcoming everyone; Emil Jannings  in English , Richi Rizzoli in German, Minord Loup in French, Lorenza Colicigno in Italian and AnaMari Maggi in Spanish.

There were six events, apart from the Welcome panel, three in German and three in French. 

Loru Destiny of ArtDestiny grid spoke first, on her own philosophy of Opensim, the importance of tolerance, of creativity and exploration, and of course of friendship and community.

Littlefield Dozen

 Wow Littlefield grid just turned 12 today, and as always Water and co have put on another splendid display of their grid's goodies on the Anniversary sim, HG Address at the end of the post.

Walter Balazic

As ever, along with a place for the dancing festivities, on the Anniversary sim there are lots of displays that show off the wide variety of regions on Littlefield.

Hype for HIE

 Today is the Opening party for the Hypergrid International Expo, a two day conference - Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April, held on HGSafari grid, on a dedicated sim called HIE. 

Tonight's musical guests are Zoree Jupiter, Khiron Ametza, and Wolem Wobbit, giving us three hours of beautiful music to enjoy.

It's an opportunity also to get another look at the Expo Park and see if you missed any of the great Freebies and information that can be picked up on the 130 different publicity booths dotted around the sim.

The full schedule of the event can be found on the HIE website, in simple terms, the event begins at 9am SLT which is 6pm in Europe, there's a German session and a French session on Saturday, which starts at 12 noon SLt or 9pm in Europe. On Sunday, the same routine, with an italian session at 9am SLT (6pm in Europe) and a Spanish session at 12:00 SLT (9pm in Europe).

As you may have read, there are Subtitles provided inworld, so you can follow along what is being said by the speakers even if you don't speak all the languages.

A great mix of art spectaculars, interesting talks, and fine music - in company with many friends old and new. The event concludes with a fabulous set by songstress Forest Azure. 

Hope to see you there !

HG Address grid.hgsafari.org:58002:HIE