[Air-l] Computer Games Conference: Manchester, UK

[Jason Rutter]

Apologies for any cross posting


PLAYING WITH THE FUTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTER GAMING

April 5-7, 2002
ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition,
University of Manchester
Manchester, England

www.cric.ac.uk/cric/gamerz


A draft programme and abstracts for papers to be presented at this
international conference on computer gaming are now available online as well
as facilities for booking a place at the event.

The conference will feature approximately sixty papers on various aspects of
computer and video gaming from the educational potential of computer gaming
to the computer games and violence debate; from investigations of games
markets to developing cheat-proofing protocols; from teenagers in Taiwan to
senior citizen gamers in the USA.

The event has already attracted delegates from around the world including
Brunei, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK,
United Arab Emirates and USA. It has drawn the interest not just of
academics but also industry and governmental organisations such as ELSPA
(European Leisure Software Publishers Association), BECTa (British Education
Communication and Technology Agency), and IGDA (International Game
Developers Association).  Gamers are represented at the event by key figures
from the Cyberathletes' Professional League and the organiser of some of the
UK's biggest gaming events.

Playing with the Future is now only six weeks away and available places at
the event are already limited so those interested in attending are
encouraged to register as soon as possible.

Further information on the conference can be found at
www.cric.ac.uk/cric/gamerz

Jase
--
Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow)
ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC),
The University of Manchester, Ground Floor, Devonshire House,
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9QH
PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859    Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361
http://www.jasonrutter.org.uk