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2008
Future Play – The International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology – Toronto (Canada) 3-5 November 2008
Montreal International Games Summit – Montreal (Canada), 18-19 November 2008
Living Game Worlds IV: Interplay Multiplayer Games & Virtual Worlds – Georgia Tech University Atlanta, GA (USA) 1-2 December 2008
The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC)– Orlando (USA) 1-4 December 2008
Machinima Symposium – Singapore 12-13 December 2008
2009
Mardi Gras Conference 2009: Virtual Worlds: New Realms for Culture, Creativity, Commerce, Computation and Communication – Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA) 19-21 February 2009
eLearning 2009 – Portland, Oregon (USA) 21-24 February 2009
Engage! Expo (former Virtual Worlds Conference) – New York (USA) 10-11 March 2009
IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2009 (3DUI 2009) – Lafayette, Louisiana (USA) 14-15 March 2009 – part of VR 2009
IEEE Virtual Reality conference (VR 2009), Lafayette, Louisiana (USA) 14-18 March 2009
1st International Conference in Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications 2009 – Coventry (UK), March 23-24 2009
The First International Workshop on Learning with Games – IWLG 2009 – Lisbon (Portugal) 25 March 2009 (part of 5th International conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies 23-26 March, 2009)
Game Developers Conference – San Francisco (USA) 23-27 March 2009
Defence Academies & Colleges International eLearnign Conference (DACeL 2009) – Stellenbosch (South Africa) 25-27 March 2009
3D Training, Learning and Collaboration (3D TLC) – Washington DC, April 20-21, 2009.
Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference – Washington, DC (USA) 23-24 April 2009
The 4th Plymouth e-Learning Conference: Boundary Changes: Redefining Learning Spaces – Plymouth (UK) 23-24 April 2009
The Fourth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG ’09) – Cruise ship departing from Port Canaveral, Florida (USA) 26-30 April 2009
GameNets 2009: International Conference on Game Theory for Networks – Istanbul (Turkey) 13-15 May 2009
The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2009) – Como (Italy) 3-5 June 2009
Games + Learning + Society – Maddison, WI (USA) 10-12 June 2009
Simulation – Concepts, Capability and Technology (SIMTECH 2009) – Adelaide (Australia) 15-18 June 2009
22nd Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2009) – Amsterdam (the Netherlands) 17-19 June 2009
“Learn to Game, Game to Learn” International Simulation And Gaming Association 40th Annual Conference – Singapore June 29-July 3 2009
Games, Education & Enterprise Conference (G.E.E.C. 2009) – Christchurch (New Zealand) 15-17 July 2009
13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2009) San Diego, CA (USA) 19-24 July 2009
The 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) – New Orleans (USA) 3-7 August 2009
The 4th International Conference on E-Learning and Games – Banff (Canada) 9-11 August 2009
3rd European Conference on Games Based Learning – Graz (Austria) 12-13 October 2009
The 6th Annual Games for Change Festival – 27-29 May 2009 New York
Game Based Learning 2009 – 19-20 March 2009, The Brewery, London, UK.
Interacting with Immersive Worlds – Brock University, St. Catharines (Canada) 15-16 June 2009
2010
Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, Hong Kong, January 11-14, 2010 (http://hktoyfair.hktdc.com/dm/201004/Potential/index_e.htm)
Design for Children, Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), February 2-6, 2010 (http://www.designingforchildren.net/)
The Art History of Games – A Symposium High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA, February 4-6, 2010 (http://arthistoryofgames.com/)
GottaCon Gaming Convention, Victoria B.C. Canada, February 5–7, 2010 (http://www.gottacon.com/)
Engage! Expo 2010, New York City, USA, February 16-17, 2010 (http://www.engageexpo.com/ny2010/index.html)
i3D: ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and games, , Washington, DC, USA, February 19-21, 2010 (http://graphics.cs.williams.edu/i3d10/)
The iGaming Asia Congress, Macau, China, February 23-25, 2010 (http://www.beaconevents.com/2010/iGamingAsiaCongress/en/Home/index.jsp)
The Game Developers Conference, San Francisco CA, USA, March 9-13, 2010 (http://www.gdconf.com/)
12th Annual Independent Games Festival, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 9-13, 2010 (www.igf.com)
Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education, 2010, SL Conference, March 12-13, 2010 (http://www.vwbpe.org/)
IEEE Virtual Reality, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, March 20-24, 2010 (http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/)
2nd International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, Braga Portugal, March 25-26, 2010 (http://www.vsgames2010.org/index.php)
GameDays: Serious Games for Sports and Health, Darmstadt, Germany, March 25-26, 2010 (http://www.innogames-forum.de/gamedays/gamedays.html)
Women in Games, Bradford, United Kingdom, March 25-26, 2010 (http://www.womeningames.com/)
ThaiSim 2010: Learning from experience through games and simulations, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Thailand, March 25-27, 2010 (http://www.thaisim.org/en/thaisim_2010.htm)
7th Guangzhou Entertainment Leisure Expo & China Game Amusement Exhibition, Guangzhou, China, March 30-April 1, 2010 (http://www.chinaamusement.com)
Game Studies: 2010 PCA/ACA National Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA, March 31-April 3, 2010 (http://www.pcaaca.org/areas/games.php)
3rd Annual International Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology (CGAT 2010), Singapore, April 6-7, 2010 (http://www.cgames.com.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=3)
Triangle Game Conference, Raleigh, NC, USA, April 7-8, 2010 (http://www.trianglegameconference.com/content/speakers.php)
Game Design Research Seminar, The University of Tampere, Finland, April 8-9, 2010 (http://gamesmethods.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/call-for-papers-games-research-methods-seminar/)
DiGiTel 2010 – IEEE 3rd International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, Kaohsiumg, Taiwan, April 12-16, 2010 (http://digitel2010.cl.ncu.edu.tw/)
Nordic Game, Malmö and Copenhagen, April 27-29, 2010 (http://www.nordicgame.com/)
FMX 2010, the 15th Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Interactive Media, Stuttgart, Germany, May 4-7, 2010 (http://www.fmx.de/home.E.1.html)
The Game Developers Conference® Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 6-7, 2010 (http://www.gdc-canada.com/conference/c4p10/index.html)
Future Play 2010, Vancouver, BC, May 6-7, 2010 (http://www.futureplay.org/)
LOGIN Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, May 10-13, 2010 (http://2010.loginconference.com/)
Behavioral and Quantitative Game Theory: Conference on Future Directions, Newport Beach, CA, USA, May 14-16, 2010 (http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/BQGT2010/)
Computers and Writing 2010: “Virtual Worlds” @ Purdue Onsite: May 20 – 23, 2010 | Online: April 15 – May 13, 2010 (http://www.digitalparlor.org/cw2010/)
The 7th Annual Games for Change Festival, May 24-26, 2010 (http://www.gamesforchange.org/main/newentry-features/announcing_the_7th_annual_games_for_change_festival_-_may_24-26_2010/)
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
Thanks for this list! Awesome.