[Air-L] DiGRA/FDG 2016 approaching.

[Huber, William]

Apologies for any cross posting:

There's still time to register to be part of this the First International Joint Conference of DiGRA/FDG, taking place 1 - 6 August in Dundee, Scotland. Currently, over 300 scholars, researchers and designers from all over the world are registered to participate.

Confirmed keynotes:

  *   Lev Manovich, media theorist
  *   Ju Row Farr, founding member of the media artists' collective "Blast Theory"
  *   Richard Bartle, pioneering designer and virtual worlds researcher
  *   Jo Twist OBE, CEO of UKIE, the trade body for the UK games industry, and member of the BAFTA Games Committee

Other activities include a private viewing of Eddo Stern's Vietnam Romance, at Dundee Contemporary Arts - http://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/event/eddo-stern; Blank Arcade, an exhibition of experimental games -  http://digra-fdg2016.org/news/blank-arcade-a-diverse-exhibition-of-forward-looking-play  - and a PlayParty with performances, games, music, dance, drink and an installation of Awkward Arcade - http://awkwardarcade.co.uk/post/147000508080/awkward-arcade-digra-fdg-conference-2016 . All followed by the Dare ProtoPlay festival, Scotland's largest indie game festival - http://www.daretobedigital.com/212_Dare-ProtoPlay-.html.

There are still some accommodations available  and free airport shuttles are being provided by the Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau. Find out more and register at http://digra-fdg2016.org.


Dr William H Huber
Head of Centre for Excellence in Games Education
School of Arts, Media and Games, Abertay University
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