Conference Chair
Joseph Saur, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA
Local Committee
Margaret Loper, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA
International Programme Committee
Game Development Methodology
Track Chair: Licinio Roque, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Esteban Walter Gonzalez Clua, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil .
Gabriele D'Angelo, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy .
Oscar Mealha, University of Aveiro, Portugal .
Jari Multisilta, University of Tampere, Finland
Ana Veloso, University of Aveiro, Portugal .
Physics and Simulation
Graphics Simulation and Techniques
Stefano Ferretti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Yan Luo, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Joerg Kienzle, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Ian Marshall, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom .
Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy .
Facial, Avatar, NPC, 3D in Game Animation
Marco Gillies, Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom .
Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan .
Paolo Remagnino, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom .
Marcos Rodrigues, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Joao Manuel Tavares, FEUP, Porto, Portugal .
Rendering Techniques
Joern Loviscach, Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany .
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation Tools for Game Design
Mokhtar Beldjehem, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada .
Penny de Byl, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The Netherlands .
Antonio J. Fernandez, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain .
Gregory Paull, The MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA .
Oryal Tanir, Bell Canada, Montreal, Canada .
Christian Thurau, Fraunhofer Institute, Schloss Birlinghoven, Germany .
Learning & Adaptation
Christian Bauckage, Franhofer IAIS, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Adriano Joaquim de Oliveira Cruz, Univ. Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vinicius Fernandes dos Santos, Univ. Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrzej Dzielinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Intelligent/Knowledgeable Agents
Nick Hawes, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Wenji Mao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China .
Scott Neal Reilly, Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, USA
Marco Remondino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Collaboration & Multi-agent Systems
Sophie Chabridon, Institut TELECOM, Evry, France .
Opponent Modelling
Ingo Steinhauser, Binary Illusions, Braunschweig, Germany .
Peripheral
Voice Interaction
TBA
Psychology and Affective Computing
Eva Hudlicka, Psychometrix Associates, Blacksburg, USA .
Artistic input to game and character design
Anton Eliens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands .
Richard Wages, Nomads Lab, Koln, Germany .
Storytelling and Natural Language Processing
Ali Arya, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada .
Jenny Brusk, Gotland University College, Gotland, Sweden .
R. Michael Young, Liquid Narrative Group, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Clark Verbrugge, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Modelling of Virtual Worlds
Rafael Bidarra, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands .
Ruben Smelik, TNO, The Netherlands
Ruck Thawonmas, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan .
Tim Tutenel, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands .
Online Gaming and Security Issues in Online Gaming
Pal Halvorsen, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Andreas Petlund, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Jouni Smed, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Knut-Helge Vik, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
MMOG's
Chris Joslin, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada .
Michael J. Katchabaw, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Alice Leung, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, USA .
Mike Zyda, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Marina del Rey, USA
Serious Gaming
Wargaming Aerospace Simulations, Board Games etc....
Roberto Beauclair, Institute for Pure and Applied Maths., Rio de Janiero, Brazil .
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, United Kingdom .
Henry Lowood, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, USA
Jaap van den Herik, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands .
Games for training
Michael J. Katchabaw, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Gustavo Lyrio, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tony Manninen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Jens Mueller-Iden, Universitaet Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Maja Pivec, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria .
Martina Wilson, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom .
Games Applications in Education, Government, Health, Corporate, First Responders and Science
Paul Pivec, RaDiCAL
Daniela M. Romano, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Russell Shilling, Office of Naval Research, Arlington VA, USA
Games Interfaces - Playing outside the Box
Games Console Design
Chris Joslin, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada .
Anthony Whitehead, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada .
Mobile Gaming
Stefano Cacciaguera, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Sebastian Matyas, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Perceptual User Interfaces for Games
Tony Brooks, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark .
Lachlan M. MacKinnon, University of Abertay, Dundee, United Kingdom
