Culture

“The Summit will focus on how interactive media and converging technologies are revolutionizing the way we live, learn, communicate and transact business.”

“The FaVE conference seeks to address [relevant research topics] and provide a venue to research related to the many facets of persistent virtual environments. We therefore welcome diverse contributions covering the entire range of subjects around the vision of present and future persistent virtual environments. This includes both the underlying technology and the resulting, emergent aspects. As such, FaVE is an interdisciplinary academic conference connecting lawyers, engineers, and social scientists. We welcome previously unpublished work relating to virtual environments, from all fields.”

“Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup is where top brand, corporate and social marketers, media professionals, educators and non-profit organizations gather to share best practices, research and latest strategies on marketing to youth with technology.”

This four-day event focuses on “what’s new in popular culture scholarship” and “includes special topics presentations, area-specific invited speakers, social receptions, tours, film presentations, and area get-togethers.”

"The time has never been more right for the Games+Learning+Society Conference! The world is finally beginning to catch on: Great videogames can be great learning tools.: This conference is about “exploring the impact of games and game culture on learning and society. The conference — [is] now three days long and at UW’s historic Memorial Union, overlooking downtown Madison’s beautiful Lake Mendota.” Discussions involving researchers, designers, and educators are among the many features of this conference.