With the 2008 Austin Game Developers Conference coming this September 15-17 and registrations now open for the Austin, Texas event - which includes both 'Online Gaming' tracks and a special Worlds In Motion Summit for businesspeople and brands looking to get into virtual worlds, it's time to continue highlighting a few of the already-announced lectures:

- CCP lead economist Eyjolfur Gudmundsson and Cartoon Network lead designer Sam Lewis will host a thorough discussion on economic design, scalability, and day-to-day economic management of virtual worlds, using practical examples from EVE Online and other MMOs. The session, Economic Design and Management of Virtual Worlds with a Large Shard Population is a must for MMO producers and designers interested in the application of economics to virtual worlds.

- Cartoon Network director of community relations Richard Weil and MindCandy.com director of community Rebecca Newton will discuss balancing community relations efforts with kid-targeted online games and virtual worlds. Titled Gaming Communities & Kids: Do You Know Your ABC’s?, the talk will also cover unique opportunities in community programs for kids, demographic-based communication tactics, and communication tools and methods used by younger online gamers.

- K2 Network's VP of India Market Development, Sumeet Maniar, will share his experiences publishing MMOG titles in India to give attendees an idea of the trends and issues with India's emerging MMOG market. As the Indian economy possesses many parallels with other developing countries in the gaming space, attendees will be able to apply what they'll learn in Emerging Market: India, Challenges & Pitfalls in other similar markets.

For more information, including a number of other key already debuted lectures that we'll be highlighting weekly here on WorldsInMotion.biz, alongside further new Worlds In Motion Summit/online keynote specifics as they happen, check out the official Austin GDC 2008 website.