IEEE IGIC 2012
The Fourth International Games Innovation
Conference
September 7-9, 2012, Rochester, New York USA
http://ice-gic.ieee-cesoc.org
This year’s conference will be held on the campus of The Strong, home of the National Museum of Play and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) and co-chaired by JP Dyson of the Strong and Andrew Phelps and Stephen Jacobs of the School of Interactive Games and Media at RIT.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers are Seamus Blackley and Ian Bogost with more TBA soon.
We’re making a big effort to make this affordable and exceptional for students, with a deeply discounted registration fee and a special lunch and speaker, Ian Schreiber, co-author of Breaking Into the Game Industry: Advice for a Successful Career from Those Who Have Done It
We’re planning some special events as part of the conference including…
· Friday night reception at The Strong Friday night, with an “All you can play” opportunity in the eGameRevolution exhibition and tours of the collections, the ICHEG Research lab (one of the largest collections of games and hardware in existence) and more.
· Saturday night dinner in RIT’s Center for Student Innovation and a tour of the School for Interactive Games and Media
· Sunday afternoon bus trip and tour of Niagara Falls (about 90 minutes away from Rochester)
Our CFP requires an abstract by April 15th and full papers, if the abstract is accepted, by July 20th. Please consider submitting an abstract and spreading the call around.
Looking forward to seeing you this Fall!
