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1st May 2009 (1 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

UK Schools Computer Animation Competition 2009 – UK-wide

Schoolchildren and sixth form students all across the UK are being challenged to unleash their creative talents and enter the UK Schools Computer Animation Competition 2009, with a closing date of May 1.

The competition is now in its second year, and in 2008 attracted 230 entries from 55 schools, with over 400 children attending the Film Show and Awards day at The University of Manchester.

Prizes for the 2009 competition include notebook PCs, digital cameras, and MP3 players, and winning entries will be shown at a high-profile Animation Festival at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry on 26 June 2009.

5th – 8th May 2009 (4 days) View info and 3 attendees Visit event site

fmx/09 – Animation, Effects, Games and Digital Media hosted by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg - Stuttgart, Germany

At fmx/09 international speakers provide an insight into the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and discuss innovative approaches in the industry and research. Numerous panels, workshops and presentations draw a discerning audience, two-thirds of whom are professionals while one-third is made up of students. In an open atmosphere and casual encounters top names of the industry present their latest achievements, hard- and software companies demonstrate their innovations, recruiters search for new talent, schools and universities feature their programs and graduates.

5th May 2009 (1 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Game Republic Student Showcase 2009 – Sheffield Hallam University, UK

The hugely successful Game Republic Student Showcase will return this year on Tuesday 5th May 2009 at Sheffield Hallam University, and will feature Yorkshire universities and colleges competing for the top awards of Game Technology, Game Art, Game Design and Best Team.

The Game Republic Student Showcase is a unique opportunity for final-year and post-graduate Yorkshire and Humber students to show off their games development talent to the top games studios in the region, including Rockstar Leeds, Team 17, Sumo Digital and Tuna.

The Student Showcase will be followed in the evening by a Game Republic event, which will include prizegiving, a special panel featuring Yorkshire games studios and the chance to network with games professionals. Refreshments will be provided.

7th – 8th May 2009 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Independent Game Conference East (IGCEAST) – Northeastern University, Boston, US

Studio heads and technical staff from around the country will share what they’ve learned from years in the business and publishers can see the hottest games in development by rising stars in the videogame industry. Professionals can also take advantage of the career counseling; and companies looking to hire can interview job seeking candidates.

11th – 14th May 2009 (4 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

LOGIN 2009 – Seattle Marriott Waterfront, Seattle, US

LOGIN 2009 is Evergreen Events’ conference dedicated to the online game industry. LOGIN represents the leadership of our attendees and the precision of our focus. This annual May conference hosted in Seattle brings together industry leaders to discuss, collaborate, and share advancements about the online game development market. LOGIN ‘09 carries on the tradition of potent networking, exclusivity and quality of experience that Evergreen Events is known for. LOGIN attendees benefit from three years of experience bringing together some of the most influential, forward-thinking leaders in the business of online game development. If you’re serious about online games, then Seattle is the only place you’ll want to be May 11-14, 2009. We look forward to seeing you there!

12th – 13th May 2009 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

GDC Canada – Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, Canada

GDC Canada will provide insight into the thriving Canadian game development community and will serve as an opportunity for developers to share best practices for fostering excellence and quality games within their region and distributed globally. Building on the success of the Vancouver International Game Summit, GDC Canada will feature global perspectives on cross-discipline and cross-platform content, with an eye to serving the increasingly significant Canadian games business sector. To address the growing talent, demand and opportunities within Canada, the Game Developers Conference® Canada will play host to a one day Game Career Seminar. Additionally, for developers looking to address the emerging challenges of game development, the Future Play Conference @ GDC Canada, an annual conference hosted by Algoma University, will enable academic, industry and government interests to present and promote research in the area of video game development.

19th – 20th May 2009 (2 days) View info and 19 attendees Visit event site

Nordic Game Conference and Career Expo – Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center, Sweden

The sixth annual Nordic Game will draw circa 1500 participants from the Nordic region and around the globe, as well as extensive international press coverage. With a tradition of innovative programs featuring prominent speakers from around the globe, an expanded business lounge and expo, as well as the region’s largest education and recruitment fair, the Nordic Game conference and Career Expo is one of the key European events in the games industry calendar.

Nordic Game conference and Career Expo 2009 will be held on 19-20 May at the Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center in Malmö, Sweden (25 minutes by commuter train from Copenhagen airport).

31st May 2009 (1 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Qantm Open Day – 2-12 Pentonville Road, Angel, London, UK

Ever wanted to become a part of the media industry? Qantm College has been training future professionals around the world since 1996.

Come and visit us at our Open Day; view the facilities and talk with our staff about how Qantm can help give you the training you need to be a part of the Game Development, 3D Animation, Web Development and Graphic Design industries.

2nd – 4th Jun 2009 (3 days) View info and 30 attendees Visit event site

E3 – LA Convention Center, LA, US

The expanded E3 will welcome all qualified computer and video game industry audiences, including international and U.S.-based media, analysts, retailers, developers and business partners to preview the latest in interactive entertainment and technology.

6th – 14th Jun 2009 (9 days) View info and 3 attendees Visit event site

NLGD Festival of Games – Mediaplaza, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Europe is quickly becoming the new center for creativity in game development as more and more international publishers are looking for the innovations coming from European studios. Europe is also a big player in the field of applied games, as well as advergames. The Festival of Games harnesses Europe’s creative power and gives an insight in the unique European approach. Industry, academic and business leaders share and combine their opinions and visions.

The Festival of Games consists of a main thought leader Conference, Workshops, a professional Expo with a Career Fair and a Project Fair. The event is a platform and a meeting point for the European games community.

12th – 14th Jun 2009 (3 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Games & Gadgets 2009 – Miv Valley Exhibition Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Games & Gadgets 2009 exhibition is the first of its kind in ASEAN region that showcases the combinations of games from around the globe and the latest gadgets from the ever changing world of technology. It’s all about connecting great game companies with gamers, and gamers with great games.

This exhibition is set to be the largest exhibition showcasing the latest games and gadgets in the ASEAN region market. Approximately 70 local and international exhibitors are expected to take up 180 booths at the exhibition.

13th Jun 2009 (1 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Qantm Study Day – 2-12 Pentonville Road, Angel, London, UK

Ever wondered how your favorite game or website was made? How they made cars transform to robots? What goes into the design of an international magazine?

Come and join Qantm College London for a study day! This is a unique opportunity for you to register and study with Qantm College for the day. Study Day subjects available include: Game Development, 3D Animation, Web Design, Graphic Design.

16th – 17th Jun 2009 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Game Education Summit 2009 – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US

Organised by Game Path, the Game Education Summit brings together academics offering university-based game education programs and executives from the video game industry to address the development of courses and curriculum that will better meet the critical and growing, skill shortage facing the game industry.

23rd – 24th Jun 2009 (2 days) View info and 28 attendees Visit event site

GameHorizon Conference 2009 – The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK

The conference is one of Europe’s leading events for international game executives. This two-day event will feature some of the most creative, innovative and inspirational speakers from games, entertainment and business. Attend and network with the experts, the influencers; those who will drive the industry forward.

25th – 26th Jun 2009 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Paris Master Classes – Paris, France

The Paris Master Classes are training cycles designed for video game industry professionals who want to develop their skills through high quality training and exchange with recognised experts – the masters – in different disciplines: production, art, game design, programming and business.

14th – 16th Jul 2009 (3 days) View info and 35 attendees Visit event site

Develop Conference – Brighton, UK

The Develop Conference is where the European developer community comes together to learn from each other and share experiences, be inspired by world renowned experts and gurus, get up-to-date with the latest development tools and techniques, make new contacts and catch-up with old ones.

The combination of seminars, sessions and workshops together with the unrivalled networking opportunities that an event like this offers, add up to make the Develop Conference a must-attend event, designed to help today’s developers make better games.

21st – 23rd Jul 2009 (3 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Casual Connect Seattle 2009 hosted by Casual Games Association - Benaroya Hall, Seattle, US

Casual Games Association Events are the premiere events for the casual games industry with over 3,000 professionals attending Casual Connect Events each year. Casual Connect Seattle brings together the most talented and knowledgeable experts in the casual gaming field to further the casual games industry with the best of networking and learning.

23rd – 26th Jul 2009 (4 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

ChinaJoy – Shanghai New International Expo Center, China

Following the E3 in the US, and the Tokyo Game Show in Japan, ChinaJoy is designed to be another top event in global game industry. It is meant to strengthen domestic game supervision, actively regulate the markets of electronics and internet publications, rigorously fight against piracy in order to encourage and support legal game products, and establish a platform for the comprehensive development of Chinese electronics products.

24th – 26th Jul 2009 (3 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

China GDC – Shanghai International Convention Center, China

China Game Developers Conference is based on the features of China game development and Chinese game industry; it focuses on development of online game field with more topics concerning of online games, more study and discussion based on internet technology in the entertainment sphere and more experts/technicians from China, South Korea, Japan, Europe and America are invited to deliver speeches and share experience, spurring the development of China domestic online game and upgrade the quality of games.

29th Jul – 2nd Aug 2009 (5 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

International Computer Games Conference – Galt House Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, US

This International Computer Games Conference, organized by The University of Wolverhampton, UK, and the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA is one of the leading research conferences devoted to the advancement of the theory and practice of games development. It brings together an international community of experts to discuss the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to games development and related areas. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (TCSIM & Louisville Chapter), the Digital Games Research Association (DIGRa) and The International Journal of Intelligent Games and Simulation IJIGS), the first Journal of its kind that has raised awareness of the need for more sophisticated intelligence in computer games suited for the next generation of computer games.

10th – 16th Aug 2009 (7 days) View info and 7 attendees Visit event site

Edinburgh Interactive Festival – Edinburgh, UK

The games festival will take place during the Edinburgh Festival in the week of 10th – 16th August 2009 in Edinburgh’s City centre. The world’s biggest arts festival embraces the increasing popularity, influence, growth and cultural impact of video and computer games. Importantly, the festival also offers the vibrant games and creative industries sector in Scotland the chance to demonstrate its impact both locally and around the world.

19th – 23rd Aug 2009 (5 days) View info and 54 attendees Visit event site

gamescom hosted by koelnmesse - Cologne, Germany

The games are coming to Cologne! In summer 2009, gamescom is starting – Europe’s new trade fair highlight for interactive games and entertainment is coming to Koelnmesse. “Celebrate the Games!” – The entire industry is meeting here, as well as anyone who is enthusiastic about computers and video games. Be there and make use of the international contacts and business opportunities.

1st – 4th Sep 2009 (4 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Women in Games 2009 – Brunel University, London, UK

Currently in its fifth year, Women in Games is an annual conference with the distinct aim of highlighting the most recent, groundbreaking work in computer game research and development to both academic and industrial worlds. WiG has consistently addressed the empowerment and professional development of women working in, and researching into, games and the games industry. In 2009 with the objective of widening the audience and reach of the initiative WiG is running a series of activities in parallel with key games events, both academic and industry, to deliver focussed work to the wider community.

7th – 10th Sep 2009 (4 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games – Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

This conference brings together computational intelligence (CI) researchers interested in games methods from all over the world with game developers interested in state-of-the-art CI/AI methods. Methods of interest include but are not limited to neural networks, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems and statistical machine learning. It serves as the main outlet for research into learning to play games, modelling player behaviour, automatic game testing, CI- and AI-based game design, automatic content creation and related topics.

17th – 20th Sep 2009 (4 days) View info and 3 attendees Visit event site

Games Convention Asia 2009 – Singapore

Games Convention Asia is the “Digital Media Gateway of Asia.” Described as the only event in the Asia-Pacific region enabling the interactive entertainment and digital media industries to network and interact with publishers, developers, distributors and corporate clients while showcasing their latest products and services to the public, GCA serves as the platform for Asian publishers, developers and distributors to present their work on an international level. The Games Convention Asia Conference (GCAC) also acts as an entryway for companies seeking to enter the Asian interactive entertainment market.

8th – 9th Oct 2009 (2 days) View info and 2 attendees Visit event site

Italian Videogame Developers Conference – IULM University, Milan, Italy

The IVDC is a two-day event, totally free to attend and with a service of simultaneous translation from Italian into English. It’s completely dedicated to the Italian and international game development and it will be an important place where the most important people in the field and who would like to work in the videogame industry can meet and exchange knowledge, instruments and techniques.

9th – 11th Oct 2009 (3 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Video Game Expo 2009 – Pennsylvania Convention Center, US

America’s Video Game Expo (VGXPO) is the largest event on the east coast dedicated to video games. In 2008, over 24,000 gamers attended VGXPO to play the newest games; meet game industry celebrities; compete in tournaments; buy games; listen to music concerts, meet up with online friends; and participate in the overall revelry of gaming. For exhibitors and sponsors, VGXPO continues to offer marketing opportunities designed to bring you the highest return on investment.

11th – 13th Oct 2009 (3 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

GDC China – Shanghai International Convention Center, China

The Chinese game market represents one of the most promising frontiers for business and new markets. We are excited to return to Shanghai in October to repeat the success of our launch event in 2007. With support from all the major government entities, GDC China aims to advance the state of digital entertainment in China by incorporating GDC’s top-quality content and worldwide community reach. GDC China will present tracks on online games, global game development, visual arts, audio, independent games, and mobile games.

21st – 23rd Oct 2009 (3 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Casual Connect Kyiv 2009 hosted by Casual Games Association - Rus Hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine

Casual Games Association Events are the premiere events for the casual games industry with over 3,000 professionals attending Casual Connect Events each year. Casual Connect Kyiv brings together the most talented and knowledgeable experts in the casual gaming field to further the casual games industry with the best of networking and learning.

4th – 7th Nov 2009 (4 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

VIEW Conference 2009 – Turin, Italy

VIEW Conference is the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming and VFX. VIEW 2009 will continue to focus on exploring the increasingly fluid boundary between real and digital worlds. Through lectures, meetings, tributes, exhibits, screenings and demo presentations VIEW will reveal the new digital frontier sweeping from cinema to architecture, from automotive design to advertisement, from medicine to videogames.

12th – 13th Nov 2009 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

IGDA Leadership Forum – San Francisco, US

The 2009 IGDA Leadership Forum will continue the format of three tracks – Personal, Project, and Studio – that encompass a broad range of leadership topics. The sessions will run in parallel tracks and will consist of a mix of lectures, panels, and interactive workshop sessions.

16th – 17th Nov 2009 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

MIGS 2009 – Montreal, Canada

MIGS serves members of the video and electronic gaming industries. Geared to industry needs, the MIGS aims to be the annual event for game development specialists from all over the world.

The Seattle Social Games Meetup

The Seattle Social Games Meetup is putting on its first networking opportunity for professionals within the online gaming industry in Seattle.
Below is the information pertaining to the event.
When: Tue., October 13, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Triple Door- 216 Union St. Seattle, WA
Description:
The Seattle Social Games Meetup invites all online gaming developers, designers and entrepreneurs to its Inaugural Meeting-Drink and be Social! event. Come chat with fellow social gaming professionals over free drinks! With speeches from featured guests such as:

RealGames – Garrett Link
I-play – David Nixon
PopCap – John Vechey

To RSVP and get more information visit http://www.meetup.com/socialgameseattle.