On Wednesday 25th May, we will be holding a mini-conference on software development in the computer games, media and entertainment industry. There will be presentations throughout the day by people working in these industries. There will be plenty of opportunities for discussion between staff, students and guests. There will also be demonstrations of Imperial's research work in relevant areas.
Provisional timetable:
Time | Speaker | Company | Topic |
---|---|---|---|
from 9:00 | arrival and coffee | ||
9:30 | David Braben | Chairman - Frontier Developments | The Challenges and Thrills of a Young Industry |
10:20 | Chris White | Senior Developer - MacroSpace | Mobile Gaming: What's it all about? |
10:45 | Rajan Tande | Senior Developer - Electronic Arts | This is work...? |
11:10 | break | ||
11:40 | Sarah Ewen | Technology Group - Sony | Skillsets: what you need and how to get it |
12:05 | Mark Morris and Thomas Arundel | Introversion Software | How to leave Imperial and not become a Banker... |
12:30 | Mark Baker | Lead Developer - Climax Action | Large Multiplayer Games and Communities on XBox Live |
13:00 | lunch break* | ||
14:30 | Peter Molyneux | Chief Executive Officer - Lionhead Studios | Next Generation Computer Entertainment |
15:20 | Constant Tedder and Simon Seedfeldt | Jagex | The challenges of developing and operating a MMORPG that runs in the browser |
15:45 | Mike Lewin | AI developer - Sony | Don't Fake It: AI in Games and Academia |
16:10 | break | ||
16:40 | Allan Jaenicke | Managing Director - Imagineer Systems | |
17:05 | Mark Tucker | Senior Software Engineer - Nucoda | Previewing and Finishing Digital Film in Real-time |
17:30 | Paddy Eason | VFX Supervisor - Moving Picture Company | It takes all kinds |
17:55 | Jeff Magee | Head of Computing - Imperial College | Closing remarks |
Systems Engineering Studio A:
Sam Clegg | IdeaWorks3D | 3D technology for mobile systems |
Ray Cheung | Custom Computing Group - Imperial College | FPGA based platforms for games |
Dorian Gaertner | AI Group - Imperial College | The genetically modified ant system |
Theo Papatheodorou | Visual Information Processing group - Imperial College | 3D face modelling |
Marc Hull | Computing undergraduate - Imperial College | 3D space trader game |
*Unfortunately, due to the large numbers of people wanting to attend this event, we are now no longer able to provide lunch for all attendees. The organisers apologise for this.