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Home 2007 Programme Speakers Hotels & Travel Call for papers		WOMEN IN GAMES CONFERENCE 2007 PROGRAMME Note some sessions still subject to change, addition and confirmation Day One THURSDAY 19th APRIL 2007 0900 – 0920 Registration and Coffee 0920 – 0930 Welcome Address (Derek Lawther, NSAMD Dean) 0930 – 0950 Women in Games Opening Address (Emma Westecott) 0950 – 1000 Women in Games Conference Game Introduction (Mark Eyles): www.ambientquest.com 1000 – 1100 Keynote 1 Sharon Knight, VP & General Manager Europe Online 1100 – 1130 Coffee break and posters 1130 – 1140 STRAND PANEL INTRODUCTION – The Big Game Chair: Raina Lee 1140 – 1210 Dr Mirjam Vosmeer (HOLLAND), ‘I’d like to have a house like that...’ A study of female players of The Sims. 1210 – 1230 Shaun Lawson (UK), “Virtual Pets: great for the games industry but what’s really in it for the owners?” 1230 – 1250 Eva Mueller-Zettelman (AUSTRIA), “Add Women and Stir” 1250 – 1310 Discussion and Questions 1310 – 1330 Invited Presentation - The BBFC and UK Games Classification 1330 – 1430 Lunch 1420 – 1430 Special Announcement - Richard Turner, NESTA Wales 1430 – 1440 STRAND PANEL INTRODUCTION – Non-Games Chair: Maggie Parker Invited Panel Members: Dew Harrison (UK), Ruth Gibson (UK) 1440 – 1500 Maureen Thomas (UK), Taking a Chance on Losing Yourself in the Game 1500 – 1530 Invited Presentation – Alex Mayhew (UK), Between Game and Art 1530 – 1550 Marianne Selsjord (NORWAY), “The Gardens of Desire and Beyond” The Explorable Real Time Environment 1550 – 1610 Julia Sussner (UK), Interactive environments and the heterotopia of multiple-mappings 1610 – 1645 Discussion and Questions 1645 – 1715 Tea break and posters 1715 – 1815 Synergy Panel – Bodies in Play Chair: David Surman Invited Panel Members: Emily Flynn-Jones, James Newman Drinks and Networking Reception Day Two FRIDAY 20th APRIL 2007 0930 – 1030 Keynote 2 Alice Taylor, Vice President, Digital Content, BBC Worldwide Games and Public Service Media: how game spaces can be used for public diplomacy, democracy, entertainment, education and experimentation. 1030 – 1100 Coffee break and posters 1100 – 1110 STRAND PANEL – Other Players Chair: Alice Taylor 1110 – 1130 Annie Spencer (CANADA) Sex, Suicide, Divinity: The Emergence of New Controversies in Niche Game Worlds 1130 – 1200 Jennifer Jenson (CANADA), Learning to Play: Gendered Performances and Practices in an After-School Club 1200 – 1220 Discussion and Questions 1230 – 1330 Keynote 3 Karen Wilkins-Mickey, Diversity Staffing Program Manager, Entertainment Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation USA The journey to attracting diverse talent into gaming 1330 – 1430 Lunch 1430 – 1500 Invited Presentation - Kim Blake (Blitz Games), 'Why Would a Women Want to Work in Games?' 1500 – 1510 STRAND PANEL – The Performance of Play Chair: Dr Barry Atkins 1510 – 1540 Invited Presentation – Helen Kennedy (UK), Extended self and the Wii 1540 – 1610 Jacki Morie (USA), Playing Dress-Up: Costumes, roleplay and imagination 1610 – 1630 Dr Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Justin Parsler (UK) – Women Players, Playing Women 1630 – 1650 Discussion and Questions 1650 – 1710 Synergy Students - Mike Bithell 1710 – 1730 Tea break and posters 1730 – 1830 Keynote 4 Dr Mary Flanagan, Associate Professor and Director, Tiltfactor Lab, Hunter College NYU Activist game design methods Conference Dinner and Party Day Three SATURDAY 21st APRIL 2007 0930 – 1030 Keynote 5 Raina Lee Games Media the Old Fashion Way: DIY Zine Making 1030 – 1100 Coffee break and posters 1100 – 1110 STRAND PANEL – Situated Players Chair: Dr Mary Flanagan 1110 – 1140 Invited Presentation – Aleks Krotoski (UK), The Games People Play 1140 – 1210 Invited Presentation - Dr Aphra Kerr (IRELAND), Responses to GTA Vice City 1210 – 1230 Dr Laura Fantone (ITALY) Playing with Female Sociality: An exploration of identity, pleasure and power within and outside videogames 1230 – 1250 Mark Eyles (UK) Ambient role playing games: towards a grammar of endlessness Paper here and slides here and game here: www.ambientquest.com 1250 – 1310 Doris Rusch (AUSTRIA) Baring the Device - sense-making in digital games 1310 – 1330 Discussion and Questions 1330 – 1430 Lunch 1430 – 1500 Invited Panel – Situating Galgames in the Public Sector - Lost & Found Chair: Dr Lizbeth Goodman 1500 – 1530 Tea break and posters 1530 – 1600 WIG Futures Panel – Emma Westecott, Tanya Krzywinska, Helen Kennedy 1600 Conference closes
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