April 27-28, 2012 The HUB Events

April 27th 9:30 – 19:00

Gaming Forum Convention Gaming Contest Awards Ceremony Games for Good Xbox & Kinect corner Angry Birds arena

April 28th 12:00 – 20:00

Gaming arena:

League of Legends

Street Fighter X Tekken

FIFA12 Games for Good Xbox & Kinect corner Angry Birds arena

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April 27 – Gaming Forum Convention Agenda

Time Session Speakers

9:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Convention Opening Dr G. Yovanof, AIT, Greece

A. Andritsou, British Council, Greece

10:15 -11:30 Session 1: Gaming Research Session Chair: Dr G Yovanof (AIT)

Violence as engagement factor in MMOs

Dr Y. Skarpelos, Elina Roinioti, Eleanna Pandia, New Media Lab, Panteion University, Greece

Learning in a gaming environment: from e-learning to serious games

Dr Costas Mourlas, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Blending virtual and imaginary spaces together: How to support multiplayer online games with pretend play activities

Dr Anthony Papargyris, Research Officer, ISTLab/OIS, Department of Management Science and Technology Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Games for Good at Microsoft Microsoft Research

Knowledge transfer in serious games

Dr Pappas, PROMEA - Hellenic Society for the Promotion of Research and Development Methodologies, LUDUS Project, Greece

11:30- 11:45 Discussion – Questions

11:45 -12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-13:15 Session 2: Gaming Industry Perspectives

Session Chair: Dr X. Ziouvelou (AIT)

Gaming in Social Venues: Enabling the delivery, display and management of rich Multimedia Content

Dr. Babis C. Karathanasis, Director, Multimedia Systems, INTRALOT, Greece

Future City Game – Social Games and/or Games as an Educational tool

Jacob Urup Nielsen, Consultant at CKO - Center of Culture and Experience Economy, Denmark

Security and Privacy as a business enabler: Do’s and don’ts towards creating player trust & confidence

Dr. Christos Dimitriadis, Head Information Security, INTRALOT, Greece

The Greek game development landscape: Present and Future

Ioannis Koumaras, Board Member, Hellenic Game Developers Association, Greece

A volunteer effort to enhance the presence of Greece in the field of Gaming

Marios Bikos, IEEE Chapter of University of Patras, Greece

13:15-13:30 Discussion – Questions

13:30-14:30 Lunch Break

14:30-15:45 Session 3: All about Games Session Chair: Dr F. Talatzis (AIT)

Gaming is not a crime Andreas Derdemezis, CowboyTV, Greece

The Hive3D Development Platform

Joseph Psistakis, Eyelead, Greece

"Παιχνίδι Γνώσης": an insight into a popular social game

Argyris Stasinakis, Chairman, WOW Group, Greece

'Here there be dragons': the uncharted areas and opportunities in modern games

Eric Parks, CEO, member of the founding team of gipht.me, Greece

Keep Calm And Start Playing; Reclaiming The City As A Game Space

Chloe Varelidi & Maria Saridaki, Athens Plaython, Greece

15:45-16:00 Discussion – Questions

16:00-16:15 Coffee Break

16:15-16:50 Session 4: Funding Games

Moderator: Y. Rizopoulos

Spyros Trachanis, Odyssey Venture Partners, Greece Arnaud Henin, Piraeus Equity Advisors, Greece

Dr Antonis Livieratos, BIC of Attica, Greece

16:50- 17:00 Discussion – Questions

17:00- 18:00 Session 5: The Gaming Forum 2012 Contest

Presentations of the Gaming Forum 2102 Finalists for Game Prototypes & Game Ideas

18:00–18:15 Discussion – Questions

18:15- 19:00 Gaming Forum 2012 “Award Ceremony”

April 28 – Gaming arena Agenda

League of Legend Tournament

10:30: LoL Tournament Check-In Opens

11:30: LoL Tournament Check-In Closes (Hard Deadline)

12:00: Doors for the Public Open

12:00 – 14:00: Registrations Street Fighter x Tekken & FIFA 2012

17:00 – 19:00: Grande Final tournaments

19:00 – 19:30: Award

19:30 – 20:00: Outro show and final prize draws

20:00: Game Over

Tournaments

Street Fighter x Tekken (1vs1, Open to the public) - registrations will begin at 12:00 at the

venue.

FIFA12 (1vs1, Open to the public) - registrations will begin at 12:00 at the venue.

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