Conference Committee
General Conference Chair
Anton Eliens, VU University Amsterdam/University of Twente, The Netherlands
General Program Chair
Wim Lamotte, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Local Chairs
TBA
International Programme Committee
Game Development Methodology
Oscar Mealha, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Esteban Clua, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil
Physics and Simulation
Graphics Simulation and Techniques
Ian Marshall, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Facial, Avatar, NPC, 3D in Game Animation
Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Marcos Rodrigues, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Joao Manuel Tavares, FEUP, Porto, Portugal
Rendering Techniques
Joern Loviscach, Hochschule Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation Tools for Game Design
Stephane Assadourian, UBISOFT, Montreal, Canada
Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Patrick Dickinson, Lincoln University, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Antonio J. Fernandez, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Marc-Philippe Huget, University of Savoie, Le-Bourget-du-Lac, France
Joseph Kehoe, Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, Ireland
Tshilidzi Marwala, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South-Africa
David Moffat, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sam Redfern, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Oryal Tanir, Bell Canada, Montreal, Canada
Christian Thurau, Universitaet Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Miguel Tsai, Ling Tung University, Taichung, Taiwan
Learning & Adaptation
Christian Bauckage, University of Bonn, 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
Andrzej Dzielinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Maja Pivec, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria
Intelligent/Knowledgeable Agents
Nick Hawes, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Wenji Mao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China P.R.
Marco Remondino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Collaboration & Multi-agent Systems
Victor Bassilious, University of Abertay, Dundee, United Kingdom
Sophie Chabridon, Groupe des Ecoles de Telecommunications, Paris, France
Opponent Modelling
Pieter Spronck, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Ingo Steinhauser, Binary Illusions, Braunschweig, Germany
Peripheral
Myriam Abramson, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Gianna Cassidy, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, United Kingdom
David Farrell, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Eva Hudlicka, Psychometrix Associates, Blacksburg, USA
Romana Khan, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Brian McDonald, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, United Kingdom
David Moffat, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
Jon Sykes, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
Thomas Welsh, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Voice Interaction
TBA
Psychology, Affective Computing and Emotional Gaming
Myriam Abramson, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Gianna Cassidy, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, UK
David Farrell, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, UK
Eva Hudlicka, Psychometrix Associates, Blacksburg, USA
Romana Khan, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, UK
Brian McDonald, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, UK
David Moffat, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Jon Sykes, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Thomas Welsh, eMotion-Lab, Glasgow, UK
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
Jenny Brusk, Gotland University College, Gotland, Sweden
Ruck Thawonmas, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
Clark Verbrugge, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Modelling of Virtual Worlds
TBA
Online Gaming and Security Issues in Online Gaming
Marco Furini, University of Modena and Reggio Emiliano, Modena, Italy
Pal Halvorsen, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Fredrick Japhet Mtenzi, School of Computing, Dublin, Ireland
Andreas Petlund, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Jouni Smed, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Knut-Helge Vik, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
MMOG's
Michael J. Katchabaw, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Alice Leung, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, USA
Shea Street, Tantrum Games
Mike Zyda, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Marina del Rey, USA
Serious Gaming
Games Analysis
TBA
Wargaming Aerospace Simulations, Board Games etc....
Roberto Beauclair, Institute for Pure and Applied Maths., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jaap van den Herik, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Games for training
Michael J. Katchabaw, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Games Applications in Education, Government, Health, Corporate, First Responders and Science
Russell Shilling, Office of Naval Research, Arlington VA, USA
Games Interfaces - Playing outside the Box
Games Console Design
Chris Joslin, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Mobile Gaming
TBA
Perceptual User Interfaces for Games
TBA