International Game Developers Association Awards 25 Game Developers Conference Europe Student Scholarships
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - August 6, 2003 - The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the recipients of the 2nd annual Game Developers Conference Europe Student Scholarship Program. Twenty-five college students will receive conference passes to this year's Game Developers Conference Europe (GDCE), August 26-29, 2003, London, UK.
"We can never underestimate the importance of fresh ideas in the games industry," states Dr. Dave Ranyard, Audio Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe, London Development Centre. "The GDCE gives students access to some of the world's greatest developers. Supporting the IGDA's student outreach programmes, such as this, is invaluable to the industry and helps keep us all energized."
The recipients represent a diverse range of disciplines and cultures, and include students from Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The recipients of the 2003 GDCE Student Scholarships are:
- Robin Hunicke, Northwestern Unitversity, USA
- Ian-Michael Weyna, Art Institute Of Los Angeles, USA
- Jeremy Thornton, University Of Hull, UK
- Marina Miltiadou, Bournemouth University Media School, UK
- Rita Linsley, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
- Giles Hitchcock, Cambridge University, UK
- Nicolas Fabien, ESC Grenoble, France
- Wang Jianqing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Mustafa K. Isik, Munich University of Technology, Germany
- Fernando Jose Herrera Avila, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), Finland
- Kevin Murphy, Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland
- Ethan Levy, The University of Southern California, USA
- Espen Almdahl, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Paulo Gonçalves de Barros, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
- Jose Eduardo Fernandes Canelas Lopes, University of Exeter, UK
- Oliver Pilarski, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Ben Bradley, University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland
- Jon Pledger, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
- Schertenleib Sebastien, EPFL, Switzerland
- Marque Pierre Søndergaard, University of Teesside, UK
- Jamie Cheng, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Umran Ali, University Of Salford, UK
- Dennis Colburn, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
- Liya Zheng, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Sean Chaston O'Hara, Michigan Technological University, USA
The scholarship recipients will have access to seminars, panels and special events at GDCE, Europe's premier conference exclusively devoted to video game development and related activities.
Each year, top representatives of the gaming industry and members of the IGDA's Education Committee judge the scholarship applications. This year's judges were:
- Lydia Andrew, Electronic Arts Europe
- Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive
- Jeremy Longley, Lost Toys
- Dave Ranyard, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
About the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit association established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. The IGDA's mission is to build a community of game developers which leverages the expertise of its members for the betterment of the industry and the development of the art form. For more information on the IGDA, please visit www.igda.org or e-mail info@igda.org.