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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 13

Game 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



Posted by IanStead at March 14, 2007 12:41 PM

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