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Via this press release (with cleaned SLUrls:

...CODESTATION -- As part of its commitment to the developer community, IBM is broadening the experience for avatars visiting CODESTATON, an island in the developer archipelago of virtual world Second Life (CODESTATION 124,159,25). During the IBM Rational Software Development Conference, visitors can chat with fellow avatars while viewing the General Sessions, catch IBM Rational product demonstrations and interact with IBM Rational experts. To attend the Conference in Second Life, please visit: IBM 205 (17,22,23). In the coming months, users will also have the opportunity to compete for prizes against fellow Second Life coders in the first CODESTATION "Coders Challenge" -- an LSL scripting challenge...

I took a quick peek - it looks pretty cool for those of us who like programmable robots wandering through mazes and an amazing plethora or acronyms of technology. The kit - which you can snag now - includes a demo robot with full permissions, as well as the Maze API and Maze Controller (template) scripts - all full permissions. Pretty cool. If I have enough time...

If anything, it could be a good time to play with some Linden Scripting Language.

Of course, the press release seemed to be lacking something that is difficult to put one's finger on until one asks... 'When?' Visiting this link narrows it down to July, 2007. The inworld notecard was more informative:

IBM Rational Software Developers Conference
In Second Life
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Agenda
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Date Time
Tuesday, June 12 10 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time

Session I Title
Day 1 Keynote Address Replay:
+++Delivering Rational Software
+++What keeps Business Rational?

Speakers
Scott Hebner – IBM Rational Vice President, Marketing
Danny Sabbah – IBM Rational, General Manager
Jamie Thomas - IBM Rational, Vice President Development

Location: IBM Theater in Second Life
Teleport to this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%205/17/22/23

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Date Time
Wednesday, June 13 Anytime

Session Title
Gaming exercise to get your creative juices flowing!!!

Scripting Second Life with Rational Application Developer: Create a mini game in Second Life using RAD
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/r-dw-r-radsl.html?S_TACT=105AGY53&...

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Date Time
Thursday, June 14 10 am – 11:30 am Pacific Time

Day 2 Keynote Address Replay: The Future Of Software Delivery

Speakers
Lee Nackman – IBM Rational Chief Technology Officer
Martin Nally – IBM Rational, Chief Technical Officer
Rod Smith – Vice President, Emerging Technologies – IBM Software Group
Grady Booch – Virtual Visitor, IBM Fellow

Location: IBM Theater in Second Life
Teleport to this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%205/17/22/23

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Date Time
Thursday, June 14th 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific Time

Session Title
Day 3 Keynote Address Replay: It’s a Web 2.0 world

Speaker
John Battelle – Entrepreneur, Journalist, Professor, Author

Location: IBM Theater in Second Life
Teleport to this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%205/17/22/23

Virtual Solutions Center – Meet the Rational Experts

Date: Hours:
Thursday, June 14th 11 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time

Featured Solutions:

Demo #1
Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest – Project Management Made Easy

Demo #2
Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, Rational Build Forge and Tivoli Provisioning Manager – Deployment Tracking and Automation for the Competitive Edge

Demo #3
Rational Systems Developer – Simplifying the Complexity of Systems Delivery

Demo #4
Rational Test RealTime – Component Testing and Runtime Analysis – Cross Platform!

Demo #5
Integrating Rational Portfolio Manager and Rational Method Composer—putting process into practice

Location: IBM CODESTATION – Pavilion (behind the Labyrinth/Maze)
Teleport to this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%20CODESTATION/124/159/25/

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Date Time
Friday, June 15th 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Pacific Time

Session Title
Day 4 Keynote Address Replay:

Speaker
Jim Corgel – General Manager, IBM ISV & Developer Relations, IBM Software Group

Location: IBM Theater in Second Life
Teleport to this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%205/17/22/23

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Announcing IBM Rational Coders Challenge

Participate in the first CODESTATION "Coders Challenge." Compete against fellow Second Life coders
in an LSL scripting challenge to win prizes. Stay tuned for additional details!
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Some more pics:

The demo robot (playing with it at home)

Part of the Labyrinth

Conference area. Very bluish.