SAN FRANCISCO--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Jan 29, 2003--Produced by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Education Committee, the second annual Academic Summit will take place March 4-5, 2003 at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose, CA. The goal of the IGDA Academic Summit is to foster the growth and development of the video game industry by supporting new research projects, taking a more critical look at the study of games and by ensuring graduates, who have studied video game development, come to the game industry with a solid foundation of knowledge.
The two-day summit will include lectures, case studies and panel discussions covering theoretical research and the study of games, curriculum and instruction, and commercial applications of academic research. The focus will be on group interaction and discussion, exploring ideas and aspirations for industry/academic relations, and implementation strategies for the future.
�The Academic Summit gives us a starting point to strengthen the video game industry,� states Warren Spector, director of Ion Storm and the IGDA�s Education Committee co-chair. �As veteran game developers, we are able to give educators information about our first hand experience in the video game development process. In turn, those pioneering educators are able to better understand the nature of game development and help their students evaluate historical studies and improve the future of the industry. Our annual Academic Summit at the GDC helps fuel discussions to support these educational initiatives.�
The list of industry and academic speakers includes:
Espen Aarseth � University of Bergen
Ernest Adams � game consultant
Doug Church � Eidos Interactive
Jason Della Rocca � IGDA
Robert Huebner � Nihilistic Software
Robin Hunicke � Northwestern University
Gerard Jones � Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brenda Laurel � Art Center College of Design
Frans M�yr� � Hypermedia Laboratory, University of Tampere
Ken Perlin � NYU Media Research Laboratory
Warren Spector � Ion Storm
Eric Zimmerman � gameLab
For more information about the Academic Summit, please visit http://www.gdconf.com/conference/academicsummit.htm.
The Academic Summit is sponsored in part by the Academy of Art College.
About the IGDA
The International Game Developers Association is an independent, non-profit association established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. The IGDA`s mission is to build a community of game developers which leverages the expertise of its members for the betterment of the industry and the development of the art form. For more information on IGDA, please visit www.igda.org or e-mail [email protected].
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