This page provides a list of conferences that policy makers, academics and industry professional interested in virtual worlds may find interesting. Broadly speaking the events cover the following areas:
- ♦ Policy & Law
- ♦ Academic – Game Studies
- ♦ Industry
Archives
2008 Conference Archive
2010
January
♦ 2009, January 19: EuroDIG Prep Meeting, Madrid, Spain (http://www.gdconf.com/)
February
♦ 2010, February 9, IGF 2010 1st Round Consultations, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.intgovforum.org)
♦ 2010, February 10 – 12, IGF MAG (Multistakeholder Advisory Group) Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.intgovforum.org)
March
♦ 2009, March 9 – 13: GDC – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA (http://www.gdconf.com/)
♦ 2009, March 12 – 16: SXSWi – South by South West Interactive, Austin, TX, USA (http://sxsw.com/interactive)
April
May
♦ 2009, May 7 10:00 – 13:00 , GDC Canada , Vancouver, Canada (http://www.gdc-canada.com/)
♦ 2010, May 10 – 11, IGF Open Planning meeting 2, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.intgovforum.org)
June
♦ 2009, June 9 – 11, GLS 6.0: Games+Learning+Society, Madison Wisconsin, USA (http://www.glsconference.org)
♦ 2010, June 28 – 29, IGF Open Planning Meeting 3, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.intgovforum.org)
July
♦ 2009, July 23 – 26, ChinaJoy, (http://en.chinajoy.net/) Shanghai, China
August
♦ 2009, August 17 – 19, GDC Europe , Cologne, German (http://www.gdceurope.com/)
♦ 2009, August 12 – 13, Edinburgh Interactive Festival, Edinburgh, UK (http://www.edinburghinteractivefestival.com/)
September
♦ 2010, September 14 – 17, IGF: UN Internet Governance Forum, Vilnius, Lithuania (http://www.intgovforum.org)
♦ 2010, August 17 – 19, GDC Austin, Austin, TX, USA (http://www.gdcaustin.com/)
October
♦ 2009, July 24 – 26, GDC China, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China (http://www.gdcchina.com/)
November
December
2009
March
2009, March 23 – 29: GDC, San Francisco, CA, USA (http://www.gdconf.com/)
tVPN: 2009, March 11: BERR-OECD A Workshop on Governance and Innovation in Virtual Worlds
April
2009, April 24 – 25, Play-Machinima-Law, Stanford University, CA, USA (http://www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/invitation.asp?id=/m2c523-2ECPZ9889OE4)
May
2009, May 6, Council of Europe: Workshop on evaluation and implementation of human rights guidelines for online games providers and Internet service providers, Strasbourg, France (http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/News/6MAY2009_en.asp)
2009, May 7 10:00 – 13:00 , 4th Annual Apply Serious Games & Virtual Worlds Forum, Society for Chemical Industry, London (http://www.applyseriousgames.com/)
2009, May 7, 14:00 – 17:00, Low Carbon Learning and Communications Forum, Society for Chemical Industry, London (http://www.lowcarbonlearning.com/)
2009, May 11 – 14, LOGIN 2009, Seattle, WA, USA (http://www.2009.loginconference.com/)
2009, May 27 – 29, Games for Change – Parsons, The New School for Design, NYC (http://www.gamesforchange.org/fest2009)
2009, May 28 – 29, A New Notion of Media: Council of Europe Ministerial Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland (http://www.ministerialconference.is)
June
2009, June 10 – 12, GLS 5.0: Games+Learning+Society, Madison Wisconsin, USA (http://www.glsconference.org/2009/index.html)
2009, June 11, EU Kids Online, London School of Economics, London, UK (http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EUKidsOnline/)
2009, June 11 – 22, Games for Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (http://www.gamesforhealth.org)
2009, June 19 – 20, State of Play, New York Law School, USA.
July
2009, July 24 – 26, 2nd China Game Developers Conference, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China (http://www.chinagdc.com.cn/en/index.asp)
2009, July 27 – 29, FAVE 09, Berlin, German (http://fave-conference.org/)
August
2009, August 10 – 16, Edinburgh Interactive Festival, Edinburgh, UK (http://www.edinburghinteractivefestival.com/)
2009, August 13 – 15, The Philosophy of Computer Games 2009, Oslo, Norway (http://www.gamephilosophy.org/)
September
2009, September 1 – 4, DiGRA 2009 (Digital Games Research Association) Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory, Brunel University, UK (http://digra2009.newport.ac.uk)
October
2009, October 7 – 11, AoIR (Association of Internet Researchers) Internet Research 10.0 – Internet: Critical, Milwaukee, WI, USA (http://ir10.aoir.org/)
November
2009, November 14, GigaNet (Global Internet Governance Academic Network) – Annual Symposium 2009, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (http://giganet.igloogroups.org/2009annual)
2009, November 15 – 18, IGF: UN Internet Governance Forum, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/the-meeting)
