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Women in Games 2008
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Call for speakers and papers. - deadline now extended to Monday 23rd June.
2008 booking: Link to registration page
Keynote speakers
Sara de Freitas (Serious Games); Karen Brennan (Scratch, MIT); Paulina Bozek (Sony);
Karen Clark (Bioware); Eileen Brown (Microsoft). More information on keynotes here.
Conference dinner at Warwick Castle
The 2008 conference dinner is being held at Warwick Castle (see pic above),
sponsored by Blitz Games Studios.
About the conference
The Women In Games conference encourages research and seeks to promote careers for women within the games industry. Making this career path attractive from a female perspective doesn't just make good business sense, it's vital both commercially and artistically.
Modern gaming is a cutting-edge industry on the forefront of technology and interactive storytelling. But for it to become a true sister medium to music and cinema, it needs greater balance in its audience and its workforce.
Even in the industry's traditional areas of interest to women, such as art and animation, female representation is low - lower still in more scientific disciplines, such as programming. Without women taking on a greater role in the creative process, how can the end result – the games themselves - ever consistently appeal to female tastes? More broadly, what is the industry missing out on through the domination of male perspectives in the creation of games?
Women In Games was established to address such issues. A major theme of Women in Games 2008 is exploring ways of encouraging more women to enter games and increase their prominence across the industry, ultimately demonstrating how the female perspective can provide a rich new angle on the gaming experience. Other themes will focus on the latest game research with a particular emphasis on areas that affect, or are affected by, women.
Men are welcome too! Although this conference is concerned with women and games please note that men are also very welcome to attend this conference. The industry needs a meaningful dialogue between the sexes as it moves forward.
Women In Games 2008 will be organised by the Department of Computer Science at Warwick University and Rare Ltd, a leading games development studio based in the UK and responsible for such classics as Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark and Viva Piñata.
- Location: Warwick University
- Date: 10th - 12th September 2008
Contact Women in Games here for more information.
Nicola Bhalerao of RARE and Sara Kalvala of the University of Warwick talking about women in the games industry in a video made at RARE in November 2007 and hosted on the University of Warwick website: Warwick iCast: Women in the gaming industry
The 2008 Women in Games conference was announced on the 23rd October 2007 at the Women in Games Mixer event at the London Games Festival.
Women in Games Blog
Continuing discussions at the Women in Games blog here: http://womeningames.wordpress.com/
Continuing discussions at the Women in Games blog here: http://womeningames.wordpress.com/
Highlighting the most recent, groundbreaking work in computer game research and development to both academic and industrial worlds.
Empowerment and professional development for women working in and researching into games and the games industry.
Aims of Women in Games
1. Give a voice to women in the games industry.
2. Analyse and monitor the role of women in the games industry.
3. Provide networking opportunities, especially for women developing and researching games.
4. Support and encourage students, researchers and developers to explore and redress the game industry's
gender imbalance.
5. Disseminate research into games (past, present and future), especially (but not exclusively) with reference
to the experience of women playing, developing and responding to games and game culture.
6. Disseminate information on the latest technologies and the best design and development practices.
Women in Games 2005 Conference Proceedings
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