selectparks - Women in Games Conference

WiG 2005 is an opportunity to bring together women who work in the field of computer games both nationally and internationally. One of the aims of the event is to be a forum for recognising the tremendous achievements that have been made in industry and academia, by "women in games". The WiG 2005 conference will highlight to both the academic and industrial world the most recent, groundbreaking work in this area of computer game research and development.

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WiG 2005 will take place August 8 - 10 inclusive, timed to immediately precede the Edinburgh International EntertainmentFestival. The conference will be held in the newly built student centre at the University of Abertay Dundee. Building on the resounding success of the pioneering Women in Games conference, 2004, we are pleased to announce "Women in Games 2005".

This topical event will feature the following keynotes speakers:

Ernest Adams: Game design consultant and author, founder of IGDA, Melissa Federoff: Microsoft Games Usability Engineer Aphra Kerr: Media Research Centre, University of Ulster,Northern Ireland Constance Steinkuehler: MMOG researcher and game columnist, University of Wisconsin-Madison.