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March 14, 2007
RPI's 4th Annual GameFest & Symposium April 13 & 14
RPI's hosting it's annual spring game development gathering and you're all invited! Friday's GameFest is a showcase for student game projects completed over the last school year. The Symposium on Saturday features a great list of including a keynote by Jason Della Rocca - Executive Director of the IGDA! The whole event is free and includes food and drink so be sure to attend.
Read further or check out the website for the agenda and presentation topics:
4th Annual Game Festival & Symposium
Friday & Saturday, April 13 & 14, 2007
Agenda Current As/Of: March 13, 2007
Friday, April 13Game Festival Darrin Communication Center Great Hall
5:30 to 9 PM Student Exhibition & Exhibition Tables (Recruitment and Clubs) DCC Great Hall
Saturday, April 14
Game Symposium Biotech Center Auditorium
9:15 AM Student Awards Judges Meet
10:45 to 11:30 Introductions: John P. Harrington, Dean, H&SS
Opening Address: Katie Salen, Parsons School for Design
11:30 to 12:15 Panel: Heading In Different Directions
Katie Salen, Moderator
Mary Flanagan, Hunter College
Tim Sweeny, Lead Game Designer, PeaceMakers
Ananda Gupta, Breakaway Games
12:15 to 12:45 Lunch (box lunch provided)
12:45 to 1:30 Panel: Tools: Working with Wacky Hardware
Steve Meretzky, Senior Designer, Blue Fang, Moderator
Jesse Raymond., Vicarious Visions - the Wii
Dan Mendes Aminzade, Tangible Media & Stanford University
Quing Ji, Rensselae
1:30 to 2:00 Panel: Ask Away: Current and Future CEO’s
Game company CEOS respond to three RPI students in an interview forum
Karthik Bala, CCO, Vicarious Visions
Michael DelPrete, President, Agora Studios
Michael Lewis, President, Cryptic Studios
Tobi Saulnier, President, 1st Playable (unconfirmed)
2:00 to 2:30 Closing Address: Jason Della Rocca, E.D., IGDA
2:30 to 3:00 Vicarious Visions Student Challenge Awards Ceremony