[chisigmail] Public Lecture -- A Box of Chocolates: Designing for the Wii -- Wed 05-Dec, 6:00 p.m.

[Sandrine Balbo]

> From: "Gibbs, Martin" <martin.gibbs at unimelb.edu.au>

> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:40:38 +1100

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> Public Lecture and Industry Night

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> A Box of Chocolates: Designing for the Wii

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> Speaker: Robin Hunicke, Lead Game Designer, Electronic Arts

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> The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) ­ Melbourne, the Fourth

> Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment (IE2007) and The

> Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne are please to

> invite you to a Public Lecture and IGDA chapter meeting

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> Robin Hunicke is the Lead Game Designer at Electronic Arts, within the Sims

> Division. She is working on a new game built exclusively for the Nintendo Wii.

> An active member of the International Game Developer's Association, she

> participates in several of its community efforts. Through public speaking,

> industry and academic work, she seeks to evangelize fresh perspectives and

> cross-disciplinary thinking. This includes promoting student, female,

> independent, and international developers, as well as facilitating

> collaborations between the games industry and academia. Her research interests

> are in Artificial Intelligence and Video Games and she is currently completing

> a PhD in Computer Science at Northwestern University.

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> When: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 5th of December 2007

> Where: Theatre 1 (ground floor) ICT Building, 111 Barry Street, South Carlton

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> This event is proudly supported by The Department of Information Systems, The

> University of Melbourne

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> Entry is free

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