Women in Games Conference to be held at the University of Wales, Newport on 19th-21st April 2007

This spring sees the annual Women in Games conference take up residency at the University of Wales, Newport. You are invited to register for this unique opportunity to see some of the best voices in the industry talk of new platforms, players and perspectives in the advent of third generation hardware releases.

Currently in its fourth 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. It has consistently addressed the empowerment and professional development for women working in, and researching into, games and the games industry.

Aims of Women in Games
1. Give a voice to women in the games industry.
2. Analyse and monitor the role of women in the games industry.
3. Provide networking opportunities, especially for women developing and researching games.
4. Support and encourage students, researchers and developers to explore and redress the game industry's gender imbalance.
5. Disseminate research into games (past, present and future), especially (but not exclusively) with reference to the experience of women playing, developing and responding to games and game culture.
6. Disseminate information on the latest technologies and the best design and development practices.

The University of Wales, Newport event will focus on the various issues currently circulating in games development, in particular the changing face of games design and the diversification of forms. Issues of game play; players, performance and agency are circulating around the markedly different platforms commercially available to the gamer. Women in Games 2007 seeks to capture this zeitgeist in a series of academic and industrial panels that profile contemporary issues in development and criticism.

The Women in Games conference is the only conference of it¹s kind in Europe focused at the issues around women and gaming. The keynotes in 2007 have been selected to represent a new generation of thinkers working with the issues at hand.

Further information can be found at http://www.womeningames.com; those interested in the event should contact conference organiser Emma Westecott at enquiries@womeningames.com.