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Future Play 2010 Speaker List Online!

Apr 26 2010 12:00 AM | Events For Gamers in Future Play

There are less than 2 weeks to go until Future Play 2010, and the program schedule and list of speakers is now available on our website. Please take a look at the wide range of speakers and topics that are being presented.

If you are one of those who are speaking at Future Play, or if your submission was not successful and you still would like to attend, you should have received an email with instructions with a promo code that will get you a discount on your registration fee. If so, please register for Future Play as soon as possible. If you require the promo code, please contact us at futureplay@algomau.ca.

The annual Future Play computer gaming conference will be held May 6-7th, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Future Play once again brings you a series of influential speakers, panels and sessions to foster thought-provoking and industry-changing ideas. Our objective is to provide an atmosphere for discussion and networking between researchers, educators, industry professionals, government representatives, and students to advance the game industry by focusing on three main themes:

Over the years the Future Play conference has featured many renowned keynote speakers from the gaming field, including: Don Daglow of Stormfront Studios; Academy Award winner and inventor of Perlin Noise, Dr. Ken Perlin; and John Lester, the creator of Second Life. This year's conference speakers will include researchers from a number of universities from across North America and around the world.

Future Play is an annual conference hosted by Algoma Universityof Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with support from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, located in Oshawa, Ontario.

This year Future Play takes place at the same time and in the same venue as GDC Canada. GDC Canada, May 6-7 in Vancouver, is the premier event for industry professionals managing established franchises, developing new global titles, or looking to take advantage of new distribution models. Learn more about GDC Canada here: www.GDC-Canada.com

Online registration for Future Play 2010 is available now on the Future Play website at www.futureplay.org.