Wednesday, November 1, 2006
State of Play gaming con in Singapore seeks sponsors
The State of Play conference on gaming has moved to the Far East for 2007 -- Singapore. I'm one of the keynoters, as is Neal Stephenson. Virtual worlds "play" very differently in the East, and this is the first major event to put together gaming scholars from both sides of the Pacific. But because this event is a little bit of both, the con is running into problems finding the sponsorship that came more readily when it was a more parochial US event. Con organizer Aaron Delwiche has posted a long message about this on the Terra Nova blog -- this is a great opportuntity to sponsor a first-of-its-kind gaming event.
Neal Stephenson will be on hand to help us make sense of global developments, as will Dr. Jane McGonigal, Cory Doctorow, and Julian Dibbell. They will be joined by an extraordinary slate of speakers including Funmi Iyanda (Nigeria), Sue Yang (Shanghai), Judge Unggi Yoon (Korea), Frank Yu (Beijing), Joey Alarilla (Philippines), and danah boyd (Berkeley). These are remarkable voices that deserve to be heard. We’ve put together a conference program that will make it possible for them to do this (http://www.nyls.edu/stateofplay).LinkState of Play IV: Building the Global Metaverse will also feature two workshops. The first is devoted to virtual tax law -- a topic that has captured the attention of legislators throughout the world. The second workshop, sponsored by The Escapist, explores global games journalism and virtual worlds reporting.
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