Planning for The Interacting With Immersive Worlds 2011 conference (to be held in the spring of 2011) is underway. “Serious Play” will be the theme of the conference. One keynote speaker has already been booked: Jon-Paul Dyson, Director of the National Center for the History of Electronic Games (NCHEG) at New York, USA. Dyson is also the vice president for Exhibit Research and Development at Strong National Museum of Play. You can expect a call for papers to be announced soon.
The Interacting With Immersive Worlds 2009 conference was a great experience for me, as the Conference Coordinator, as I had the opportunity to interact with world-class scholars. The conversations I had with Espen Aarseth and Janet Murray were very exciting, which makes me feel truly privileged – as a PhD candidate – to be able to discuss in person some theoretical issues that are part of my doctoral work with their original authors. I invite other faculty and graduate students to join us in 2011.