1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games | June 26-28, 2006, Preston, England
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Programme

Day 1

10:00 - 17:00

WORKGROUP

Designing and deploying games for learning
Niall Winters - University of London
Yishay Mor - University of London

13:00 - 15:00
DADAIC design competition final

Day 2

09:30 - 09:15

INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE

Janet Read - Conference Chair

09:45 - 10:45

PAPER SESSION 1
Chair: Stuart MacFarlane

A Surrealist Inspired Mobile Multiplayer Game: Fact or Fish?
Will Bamford - Lancaster University ( UK)
Paul Coulton - Lancaster University ( UK)
Reuben Edwards - Lancaster University ( UK)

A half baked Juggler game in use
Chronis Kynigos - University of Athens ( Greece)
Nikoletta Yiannoutsou - University of Athens ( Greece)
Efi Alexopoulou - University of Athens ( Greece)

10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:15

SHORT PAPERS
Chair: Emanuela Mazzone

3D Exploration of Interaction Principles for Fun
Cathy Grundy - University of Brighton
Andrew Blake - University of Brighton

Using Speech Technology to Provide Help in Games
Aidan Kehoe - University College Cork
Ian Pitt - University College Cork

Debunking the Myth: Accessible Websites = Boring Websites!
Nicky Danino - UCLan
Josh Catone - Section8 Networks (USA)

Bluebells - Designing and Fun
Janet Read - UCLan
Rebecca Kelly - UCLan
Matthew Horton - UCLan
Emanuela Mazzone - UCLan

12:15 - 12:45

INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES

Body Factory
Ian Crook - Showme Multimedia Ltd

12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00

PAPER SESSION 2
Chair: Matthew Horton

Making the Mainstream Accessible: More Than A Game
Matthew Atkinson - Loughborough University ( UK)

Mobslinger: The Fastest Mobile in the West
Helen Clemson - Lancaster University (UK)
Paul Coulton - Lancaster University (UK)
Reuben Edwards - Lancaster University (UK)
Fadi Chehimi - Lancaster University (UK)

15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00

PAPER SESSION 3
Chair: Ian Crook

Running with the Pac
Paul Coulton - Lancaster University (UK)
Omer Rashid - Lancaster University (UK)
Will Bamford - Lancaster University (UK)
Reuben Edwards - Lancaster University (UK)

Playware: An Innovative Platform for Comparitive Fun Analysis
Georgios N. Yannakakis - University of Southern Denmark
John Hallam - University of Southern Denmark
Henrik Hautop Lund - University of Southern Denmark

Geek Culture: The 3rd Counter-Culture
Lars Konzack - VR Medialab ( Denmark)

DAY 3

09:30 - 10:30

PAPER SESSION 4
Chair: Nicky Danino

Continuous and Unobtrusive Capture of User-Player Behaviour and Experience to Assess and Inform Game Design and Development
Tim Marsh - University of Southern California (USA)
Shamus P. Smith - Durham University (UK)
Kiyoung Yang - University of Southern California (USA)
Cyrus Shahabi - University of Southern California (USA)

Splashball: Throwing reality at the virtual world
Jettie Hoonhout - Philips Research ( Holland)
Willem Fontijn - Philips Research ( Holland)
Lotte Smets - Philips Research ( Holland)

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00

KEYNOTE
Chair: Janet Read

Measuring Fun
Andrew Monk - University of York

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and Conference End!!!

Session Rooms

Below is a list of the rooms where different parts of the conference will be taking place. BB stands for Brook Building which is situated on the corner of Victoria Street and Adelphi Street next to Harrington Building

Paper Sessions: BB013
Workgroup: BB014
DADAIC Design Competition: BB213
Coffee Breaks & Lunch (and posters): BB016
Computer Suite all the time: BB018

Social Programme

We will be holding a welcoming reception at The Guild at 6:00pm on 26th June (meeting up at the pub) which is situated on Fylde Road about 100 metres from the Computing & Technology Building. A map to the pub will be provided in your conference bag.

The conference dinner will take place on 27th June from 7:30pm - late. It will be located in Foster Building on the main campus.

Conference Committee

General Chair:
Janet Read - University of Central Lancashire
Assistant Chair:
Matthew Horton - University of Central Lancashire
Programme Co-chairs:
Alan Dix - Lancaster University
Mark Blythe - York University
Tony Hall - Nottingham University
Jason Rutter - Manchester University
Proceeding Chair:
Rebecca Kelly - University of Central Lancashire
Website & Publicity:
Matthew Horton - University of Central Lancashire
Graphics:
Ian Crook - University of Central Lancashire
Technical Chair:
tba
International Programme Committee:

Panos Markopoulos - Technical University of Eindhoven
Stuart MacFarlane - University of Central Lancashire
Olav Bertelsen - University of Aarhus
Lachlan MacKinnon - University of Abertay Dundee
Barry Brown - University of Glasgow
Carl Gavin - Lateral Visions (UK)
Stephen Clibbery - Lateral Visions (UK)
Paul Coulton - Lancaster University
Andrew Williams - University of Bolton
Joe Finney - Lancaster University
Rebecca Kelly - University of Central Lancashire
Kiel Gilleade - Lancaster University

 

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