General Audience

The Chicago Convergence is a conference, festival, and exhibit that brings together performers and presenters focusing on interactive media, social change, user-generated content, and innovative ideas.

This is an “annual event for the games industry in Asia-Pacific …. GCA is the only true international event for the digital interactive media industry in Singapore combined with a unique conference dedicated to topics covering the entire value chain of computer games.” The conference offers “lectures, workshops and master classes. GCA attracts international visitors to Singapore to meet, update and discuss the latest challenges and opportunities in the industry.” In 2010 it was announced that this convention would no longer be held.

This conference “offers you a variety of featured program activities that are designed to provide you with key information and ideas that you can immediately put to work to improve your organization's e-Learning efforts.”

“The conference aims to be a platform for innovative research in game design and technologies and to focus on the multi-disciplinary aspects of the subject and make it more accessible to researchers and practitioners from different disciplines in academia and industry. High quality papers, abstracts, competitions, tutorials and demos from researchers and developers in academia and industry are invited. We especially invite the games industry to participate through exciting keynotes and help to disseminate use of advance tools by practical sessions and demos.”

First held in 2009, GamesCom is a trade fair that is open to all visitors interested in the newest and most innovative in interactive entertainment. The event features numerous activities including lectures, game zones, outdoor sports entertainment, and awards.

“The aim of the conference is to bring academic and industry researchers together with practitioners… The conference will address current and future trends in simulation techniques, models and practices, and foster interdisciplinary collaborative research in this area. … the conference also encourages the submission of broader theoretical and practical research contributions.“

“SXSW® Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer.”

"The ISAGA Conference each year brings together academics, trainers, game designers and business professionals from across the continent and worldwide.  It’s an international platform for networking, knowledge exchange and inspiration for people active in the wide area of serious gaming."

VS-Games “is the primary conference dedicated to serious games and virtual worlds presenting state of the art methods and technologies in the multidisciplinary fields outlined above. The aim of this international conference is to encourage an exchange of knowledge and experience in this cross-disciplinary area and its application to all aspects of the use of games and virtual worlds in serious applications.”

“Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. LA Games Conference … features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond.”