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.
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.
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.
We invite you to visit our website for further details http://www.womeningames.com
Registration is now available online.
