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June 13 will see cable new network CNN kick off something it’s calling a Future Summit with a “landmark television event.” Why does 3pointD care? Because the series, which looks like it will unfold more on the Web than on the air, starts with Future Summit: Virtual Worlds, featuring everyone from Linden Lab CEO Phhilip Rosedale to Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield, Funcom CEO Trond Aas, and people like EA co-founder Trip Hawkins, Jimmy Wales and Nick Yee, among others. There’s precious little information on the site about just what’s happening and when, but it sounds like it should contain a lot of information of interest to metaversal types.

Me, I’m heading to California on the 20th of June to check out a few Supernova panels, and to either participate in or just hang out at the Virtual Goods Summit that’s happening at the same time. Both are full of good stuff, it looks like, though I’m a bit conflicted at having to miss a day of one in order to get to the other. In fact, the same weekend sees Ted Castronova’s Ludium II go off. There just isn’t enough room in the year for all the interesting gatherings of brainy people. That’s a good thing.