The idea for the League of Worlds began in the bar after a long day at the 2003 Ed-Media conference in Honolulu. Owen Kelly met Greg Jones and they talked about the fact that the educational uses of simulations and virtual worlds only seemed to be discussed on the fringes of conferences.

The following year at SIITE in Atlanta, a number of people from Appalachian Statue University and the University of Melbourne took the conversation up, and together we decided to host a small conference where everyone could demonstrate what they had been doing; we could discuss what we had in common; and we could work out if we had a common future.

League of Worlds 1

League of Worlds 1 was held in Helsinki, Finland in October 2004. It was attended by thirty two delegates from Australia, England, Finland, Germany, Guam, Sweden, and the USA.

There is a separate page listing the details of the attendees and activities at the conference, and the decisions made in the final session.

League of Worlds 2

League of Worlds 2 was held in Melbourne, Australia in November 2005. It was attended by twenty three delegates, of whom thirteen were attending their first LoW conference. This conference had a virtual component, and most of those who were unable to attend made contributions there. We were also joined by several new virtual attendees.

There is a separate page listing the details of the attendees and activities at the conference, and the decisions made in the final session.

League of Worlds 3

League of Worlds 3 was held in Boone, North Carolina, in October-November 2006. It was attended by thirty delegates, of whom seventeen were attending their first LoW conference. Many of the delegates who had attended previous conferences sent messages of support, promising to attend the 2007 conference.
There is a separate page listing the details of the attendees and activities at the conference, and the decisions made in the final session.