Conference Chairs
Joerg Kienzle, McGill University, Montreal, Canada .
Hans Vangheluwe, McGill University, Montreal, Canada .
Clark Verbrugge, McGill University, Montreal, Canada .
International Programme Committee
Game Development Methodology
Track Chair: Licinio Roque, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Esteban Clua, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil .
Gabriele D'Angelo, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy .
Óscar Mealha, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Eija Karsten, University of Turku, Finland
Jari Multisilta, University of Tampere, Finland
Erick Passos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Marcelo Zamith, From Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Physics and Simulation
Graphics Simulation and Techniques
Stefano Ferretti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy .
Yan Luo, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA .
Ian Marshall, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom .
Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy .
Facial, Avatar, NPC, 3D in Game Animation
Marco Gillies, University College 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
Sushil Bhakar, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada .
Joern Loviscach, Hochschule Bremen, Bremen, Germany .
Frank Puig, University of Informatics Sciences, Havana, Cuba .
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation Tools for Game Design
Stephane Assadourian, UBISOFT, Montreal, Canada .
Mokhtar Beldjehem, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Michael Buro, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada .
Penny de Byl, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia .
Abdennour El-Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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, Technical University Dortmund, Germany .
Hans Vangheluwe, McGill University, Montreal, Canada .
Learning & Adaptation
Christian Bauckage, Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, Germany .
Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Adriano Joaquim de Oliveira Cruz, Univ. Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Chris Darken, The MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA .
Andrzej Dzielinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland .
Pascal Estrallier, Universite de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France .
Martina Wilson, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom .
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
Victor Bassilious, University of Abertay, Dundee, United Kingdom .
Sophie Chabridon, Groupe des Ecoles de Telecommunications, Paris, France .
Opponent Modelling
Ingo Steinhauser, Binary Illusions, Braunschweig, Germany .
Peripheral
Voice Interaction
Bill Swartout, USC, Marina del Rey, USA
Artistic input to game and character design
Anton Eliens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands .
Olli Leino, IT-University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark .
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 .
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 .
Online Gaming and Security Issues in Online Gaming
Pal Halvorsen, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway .
Timo Knuutila, University of Turku, Turku, Finland .
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 .
Paul Fishwick, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA .
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, United Kingdom .
Henry Lowood, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, USA
Jaap van den Herik, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands .
Games for training
Ahmed BinSubaih, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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 Müller-Iden, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
Maja Pivec, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria .
Roger Smith, US Army, Orlando, USA .
Games Applications in Education, Government, Health, Corporate, First Responders and Science
Nicholas Graham, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada .
Benjamin Lok, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA .
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 .
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, Norway .
Michael Haller, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg, Austria .
Lachlan M. MacKinnon, University of Abertay, Dundee, United Kingdom
