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RPI's 4th Annual GameFest & Symposium April 13 & 14

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4th Annual Game Festival & Symposium

Friday & Saturday, April 13 & 14, 2007

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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


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