Day 1 - Wed 10 Sep

09:00
Wed 10 Sep

Atrium

Coffee +
Posters

Registration opens &
iGGi PhD Researcher Poster Display

10:00
Wed 10 Sep

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Welcome

Paul Cairns & Peter Cowling

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10:15
Wed 10 Sep

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Keynote 1

Emily Brown - Making Monument Valley 3

11:00
Wed 10 Sep

Atrium

Coffee + Cake

11:45
Wed 10 Sep

RCH/037

Buzz Talks

iGGi PG Researchers

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12:00
Wed 10 Sep

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Talks: Player Experience

‘Idk it’s a stupid game so no thoughts’: Nine days in the life of a depressed gamer. - Laura Helsby

Playing Through Difficult Times: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Games as Dynamic Coping Systems. - Sahar Mirhadi

Lost in Translation: Language, Emotion and the Player Experience. -
Steph Carter and Océane Lissillour

13:00
Wed 10 Sep

Atrium

Lunch

14:00
Wed 10 Sep

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Buzz Talks

iGGi PG Researchers

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14:15
Wed 10 Sep

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Talks: Game Design

Designing for Rule-Making Play: The Responsibility and Freedom of Player Discretion. - Doruk Balcı

Decoding Urban Labor-a-Tree: Envisioning Urban Treescapes through a Boardgame. - Prasad Sandbhor and Joanne Morris

Straight to the Point: this is a talk about gamification. - Océane Lissillour

15:15
Wed 10 Sep

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Buzz Talks

iGGi PG Researchers

15:30
Wed 10 Sep

Atrium

Coffee

iGGi PG Research WiP Display

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16:15
Wed 10 Sep

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Talks: Player Behaviour

You and Me, We Got This! Investigating the relationship between cooperative and competitive presence. - Lauren Winter

What Counts as a Limited-Time Event? Understanding Engagement Design in Live-Service Games. - Tamsin Isaac

Negotiation of play: What factors drive initiation of multiplayer gaming? - Ross Fifield

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17:15
Wed 10 Sep

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Keynote 2

Daniel Hernandez - The Joys and Woes Of Training AI Agents For AAA Games

18:00
Wed 10 Sep

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Closing Remarks

18:05
Wed 10 Sep

Atrium & Other Rooms TBA

Light Buffet, Social + Games

Throughout the Conference RCH/006 is available as The Quiet Room.

Day 2 - Thu 11 Sep

09:00
Thu 11 Sep

Atrium

Posters + Coffee

iGGi PhD Researcher Poster Display

10:00
Thu 11 Sep

Atrium & TBA

Posters + Workshops

Philip Smith - Citizen Science Game Design Framework Workshop

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11:30
Thu 11 Sep

Atrium

Coffee

12:00
Thu 11 Sep

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Keynote 3

Stefano Gualeni - On Games As Conceptual Tools

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12:45
Thu 11 Sep

Atrium

Lunch

13:45
Thu 11 Sep

RCH/037

Talks: Fandom & Random

Beyond the Bechdel Test: Towards a measurement of gender representation quality in RPGs. - Lauren Winter
Objection, Your Honour! Why Court Trials in GTA Roleplay Can’t Pass the Bar. - Alex Flint

Special Relativity in Games. - Cameron Johnston

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14:45
Thu 11 Sep

Atrium

Coffee

15:15
Thu 11 Sep

Atrium

Talks: AI

The Importance and the Challenge of Evaluating Content Generator Diversity. - Oliver Withington

AI vs. the Algorithm: Measuring Success on Twitch. - Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat

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16:00
Thu 11 Sep

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Panel

Overcoming Obstacles Working in Games

Panellists:
- Ben Breen (SightlessKombat Consultancy Services, Accessible Gaming Officer at RNIB),
- Tamsin Isaac (iGGi PG Researcher),
- Sky Tunley-Stainton (Partnerships & Training Manager at Safe In Our World),

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16:45
Thu 11 Sep

RCH/037

Closing Remarks

Please note that all attendees of the iGGi Conference will need to adhere to our Code of Conduct.