My Article Plans for 2009

Although I’m writing my dissertation in a monographic form, I’m still planning to submit two articles in the following months. I’ve noticed that writing an article on the results of my upcoming dissertation is the best way to formulate my thoughts into a coherent whole and to get some feedback on my work. Writing the developers and teams article for DiGRA 2007 Conference was such a positive experience. So why change a winning formula?

For 2009, I have targeted two events: DiGRA 2009 in London and MindTrek 2009 in Tampere, Finland. DiGRA Conference is at the beginning of September and MindTrek starts September 30th.

The article for DiGRA Conference will discuss process control models in learning game development, especially whether to use a traditional process control model or an empirical one like Scrum. This corresponds to the third result chapter in my dissertation.

The MindTrek article will focus on defining the overall process of learning games development as well as identifying key tasks (most risky, most impactful) and defining processes models for carrying them out based on our case projects at Agora Game Lab. This is the subject I have set for my second result chapter in my dissertation.

The DiGRA abstract deadline being on April 17th, the full paper deadline at the end of June and the MindTrek paper deadline being on May 31st, my schedule for the Spring and early Summer is nicely laid out. I’m pretty excited about writing these papers; I’m sure I have a lot to offer the community with them.

CfP: Game in’ Action

The Game in Action conference that will take place in Göteborg on13-15 June this summer seems like a good fit for learning game researchers. The abstract deadline is March 15th. Here are the details on the call.

FuturePlay 2007 CfP

FuturePlay 2007 conference will be on November 15th-17th in Toronto, Canada. From the website:

The FuturePlay conference focuses on three main themes. The first theme, future game development, addresses academic research and emerging industry trends in the area of game technology and game design. The second theme, future game impacts and applications, includes academic research and emerging industry trends focused on designing games for learning, for gender, for serious purposes, and to impact society. Finally, the third theme, future game talent, is designed to provide a number of industry and academic perspectives on the knowledge, skills, and attitude it takes to excel in the games industry.

The conference call for papers is out and the paper submission deadline is June 30th. I plan to apply with my third (or second, if the NSG network project goes through) paper this year. Let’s see how it works ou, it would seem like the game design/deevlopment process theme is one of the key elements of this conference so I hope I can attend.

CFP: DigRA 2007 Conference

The Digital Games Research Association’s third international conference takes place from September 24th to 28th in Tokyo. The theme of the conference is situated play. The call for full papers is out; the deadline is February 14th, 2007. See the call text for more information.

I was just starting to make plans for before the holidays and the next year. Seems like I still have enough time to write a paper. It woud be very cool to be able to participate and the preceeding Tokyo Game Show 2007, which is currently scheduled from September 21st to 23rd as well. But we’ll see

CFP: Agile 2007

Agile 2007 Conference takes place August 13 to 17 in Washington, D.C. The Call for Proposals is out. The deadline for submissions is January 26th. I’m not sure if I can submit a paper this year but as my Ph. D. thesis has been turning more and more towards discussing and perusing agile methods, this could be a very good opportunity. Maybe next year. If you hear about European (or even Nordic) conferences about agile methods in software engineering, please let me know.

EDIT: There seems to be XP Days in England, Germany and the Benelux countries this month. I’ll try to stay informed on their plans for the next year.

CFP: Gamers in Society Seminar (UTA, Tre)

CFP: Gamers in Society Seminar
Gamers in Society, Play in Culture
The Third Annual Game Studies Seminar
organised by the University of Tampere Game Research Lab
April 17-18, 2007, Tampere, Finland

The Call for Papers can be found here. The seminar concentrates on the social aspects of digital games. The abstract deadline is January 15th.