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Free digital bi-annual newsletter Intergenerational Gaming Platform
After having launched the Intergenerational Gaming Platform during the 3rd International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population (part of HCII2017) in Vancouver, July, 12 2017, the first edition of the free digital bi-annual newsletter is now available.
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Announcing the first MIGW Scholars Program to attend Melbourne International Games Week
The IGDA Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of its first ever MIGW IGDA Scholars program to take place 22-29 October 2017. Melbourne International Games Week warmly embraces the IGDA Scholars program and is excited to welcome the IGDA scholars to Melbourne, Australia. In 2016, over 60,000 people attended this critical event in the Australia games community. The…
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CFP: Late-breaking work NPC-SBG @ FDG 2017
The organizing committee for the 2017 workshop on Non-Player Characters and Social Believability wishes to announce a deadline for late-breaking work and artifacts/demos. The workshop will take place at the 2017 Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) conference in Cape Cod, MA, USA, August 14-17. The format for this deadline is a 1-2 page (excluding references)…
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Recruiting for editorial review members
To be listed in the journal as part of the board, board members review three papers a year. Benefits: see what others are writing about offer research expertise with helpful compassion exposure to new ideas and methods get guidance and experience in providing helpful feedback to authors http://www.igi-global.com/journals/become-a-reviewer/?tid=1125
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CfP for Special Issue on Virtual Agents for Social Skills Training (VASST) in the Journal of Multimodal User Interfaces
Special Issue Virtual Agents for Social Skills Training (VASST) Guest Editors Merijn Bruijnes, University of Twente m.bruijnes@utwente.nl Jeroen Linssen, University of Twente j.m.linssen@utwente.nl Dirk Heylen, University of Twente d.k.j.heylen@utwente.nl
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Event announcement: “Giro Giro Tondo. Design for Children” (Apr 1, 2017 – Feb 18, 2018, Milan, Italy)
New exhibition “Giro Giro Tondo. Design for Children” is now open at the Triennale Museum of Design in Milan, Italy. The 10th edition of the Triennale exhibition provides an overview of Italian design, focusing specifically on the playful world of children, thus toys, games, illustrated books, and more, covering a broad palette of intentions, practices,…
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Job: Fulbright Canada research chair for 4 months in Montreal
Fulbright Canada research chair opportunity for 4 months starting Sept 2018 or Jan 2019. Applications are open for U.S. based faculty at: http://www.fulbright.ca/programs/american-scholars/primary-awards/education.html The deadline for applications is August 1, 2017. Scroll down to Concordia University for details. The appointment will be held at our Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology (milieux.concordia.ca) and U.S. based game…
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CFP: Playable Cities – Deadline Extension!
2nd International Workshop PLAYABLE CITIES: THE CITY AS A DIGITAL PLAYGROUND http://www.intetain.org/2017/show/playable-cities This workshop will be held as part of the INTETAIN 2017 conference, June 20–22, 2017, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal: http://www.intetain.org/2017/show/home
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LEG (Learning, Education & Games) IGDA working group
LEG (Learning, Education & Games) is a special interest group of the IGDA (International Game Developers Association). We hold monthly meetings and work on projects together, such as our two-volume series (see links below).
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CFP: 5th edition of the Games and Literary Theory conference in Montreal
Call for paper: Lost in a game / Lost in a book, Université de Montreal, Canada, 20-22 october 2017 The CFP is available here: http://gameslit17.digitaltextualities.ca/en/Call-for-paper
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Job: Open Rank Faculty Position, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
The program in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences invites applications, nominations, and expressions of interest for an Open Rank faculty position. The selected candidate will have a tenure home in one of the five departments of the School of Humanities, Arts and…
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CFP ASAP/9: The Arts of the Present
The Arts of the Present Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present October 26-28, 2017 Hosted by the University of California, Berkeley Venue: the Oakland Marriott City Center ASAP/9 invites proposals from scholars and artists addressing the contemporary arts in all their forms since the 1960s—literary, visual, performing, musical, cinematic, design, and…
