April 2010 letter to the members from Helen Kennedy, DiGRA President.
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Game Education Summit Europe
This inaugural conference will be an ideal place for faculty and
administrators as well as game industry representatives in Europe and beyond to come together to discuss the future of game education. This conference will feature an amazing 3 keynote speakers: David Helgason, CEO Unity Technologies, Miguel Sicart, Head of the Media Technology and Games Program at the IT University of Copenhagen and Peter Espersen Online Community Lead at the LEGO Group
Further details: www.geseurope.com
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Game Education Summit North America
This 2-day conference will be an opportunity for video game education programs in North America and the video game industry to come together to network and learn from each other. We have an amazing line up of leading experts in game education as well as industry experts, with an emphasis on innovative sessions, community and networking. The keynote speakers are
Chris Swain, Director of the USC Games Institute and Nicole Lazzaro, President of XEO Design Inc.
Further details: www.gameeducatinosummit.com
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CfP: GAMEON-NA 2010 – 6th Annual North America GameOn Conference
Gesture, Play and Technology: A Symposium
The Play Research Group at the University of the West of England invites you to participate in a day of presentations and discussions.
Monday, 17th May 2010
9.30am – 6.00pm
CfP: ACE 2010: 7th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference (with DIMEA 2010 and NetGames 2010)
ACE 2010: 7th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference incorporating DIMEA 2010 (5th Digital Interactive Media Entertainment and Arts Conference) and in conjunction with NetGames 2010 (9th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games)
Taipei, Taiwan on 17-19 November, 2010
http://www.ace2010.org/
CfP: Digital Interactive Storytelling
Digital Interactive Storytelling
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijcgt/osi.html
In recent years, the field of Digital Interactive Storytelling (DIS) has enjoyed a keen interest in both academic circles and the game industry. DIS allows creating a bespoke story according to user interactions. As a mixture of storytelling, game technologies, and user interactions, DIS provides users the ability to interact with the storyteller and the story characters in real-time, so that dynamic and customized storylines can be generated.
Event: Games, Play, Embodiment, and the Wii
Institute of Education, University of London
23-29 Emerald St. London WC1N 3QS
Thursday, 20th of May, 4 – 6 pm
Free to attend
RSVP to Diane Carr d.carr@ioe.ac.uk
Games theorist Bart Simon (Concordia University) is visiting the UK during May. Bart’s current work involves researching and theorising aspects of bodies, gesture, play and the Wii. Andrew Burn and Jenn Sheridan from the IOE are part of a team working on an AHRC funded project, ‘Playgrounds’, which involves thinking about some of these same issues. At this informal event Andrew, Jenn and Bart will update us on their works-in-progress. There will be plenty of time for discussion and questions.
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CfP: Special issue of the RIA (Artificial Intelligence Journal)
http://ria.revuesonline.com/
From Serious to Ludic Activities, Design and Architecture, Psychological and Sociological issues
Guest Editors: Jean-Marc Labat (University of Paris 6), Stéphane Natkin (CNAM)
Paper submission deadline: 29 April 2010