Scope of the Conference

The FuturePlay conference focuses on three main themes. The first theme, future game development, addresses academic research and emerging industry trends in the area of game technology and game design. The second theme, future game impacts and applications, includes academic research and emerging industry trends focused on designing games for learning, for gender, for serious purposes, and to impact society. Finally, the third theme, future game talent, is designed to provide a number of industry and academic perspectives on the knowledge, skills, and attitude it takes to excel in the games industry.

FuturePlay addresses these issues through exciting and thought-provoking keynotes from leaders in academia and industry, peer-reviewed paper sessions, panel sessions (including academic and industry discussions), workshops (including design, technology, and career workshops), and exhibitions of posters, games, and the latest game technologies and supports from industry-leading vendors. Continuing with the tradition established by CGT and improved upon by last year's conference, the highlight of the games exhibition is a peer-reviewed competition of games in three categories: Future (experimental) Games, Serious Games, and Student Games.

Topics of interest to FuturePlay include, but are not restricted to, the following:

• Game and game engine design
  
• Artistic design for games
  
• Game project management and processes
  
• Software engineering for games
  
• Artificial intelligence in games
  
• Graphics modeling and rendering in games
  
• Animation and motion capture for games
  
• Networking and multiplayer support for games
  
• Sound and music for games
  
• Human factors in games
  
• Game asset creation and management
  
• Cross disciplinary issues in game development
  
• Gender issues in game development
  
• Serious games
  
• Applications of game technologies
  
• Games and learning (educational games)
  
• Social and ethical issues in games
  
• Game development curriculum
  
• Academic issues in gaming education
  
• Bridging the academia-industry gap
  
• Experiences and lessons learned from game development in academia and industry

Call for Papers

Submission deadline: June 30, 2007
Notification: August 3, 2007

Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged to be submitted to FuturePlay.

Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to FuturePlay.

Authors are requested to submit papers of up to 8 single-spaced two-column pages in 10 or 11pt font. Submissions exceeding this paper size will not be reviewed. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format. Full paper submissions are preferable, but we will consider all submissions, including extended abstracts. All submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to the conference, contributions, and readability.

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present a 20 minute individual presentation at the FuturePlay conference. Individual presentations will be grouped by topic into sessions by conference organizers. Accepted papers will also be included in the distributed and online proceedings.

Please upload your paper submission directly into our paper review system. This is accessible at http://continue.cs.brown.edu/servlets/futureplay07/continue.ss. You may also direct questions on paper sessions to futureplay@auc.ca.

Call for Posters

Submission deadline: June 30, 2007
Notification: August 3, 2007

Poster submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged to be submitted to FuturePlay.

Posters under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to FuturePlay.

To submit to the poster session, please provide an abstract of the research or experiences that you wish to present during the poster session (500 words maximum.) Abstracts must be submitted electronically in PDF format. Detailed instructions on electronic submission will be made available through the FuturePlay website in the near future.

Please upload your poster submission directly into our poster review system. This is accessible at http://continue.cs.brown.edu/servlets/futureplay07/continue.ss. Questions regarding poster sessions can be directed to futureplay@auc.ca.

Accepted posters will be exhibited during selected poster session times at the FuturePlay conference.

Conference Chairs

• Bill Kapralos, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• Mike Katchabaw, The University of Western Ontario
• Jay Rajnovich, Algoma University College

Program Committee

• Miguel Ángel García Ruiz, University of Colima, Mexico
• Katrin Becker, University of Calgary, Canada
• Dave Brodbeck, Algoma University College, Canada
• Mia Consalvo, University of Ohio, USA
• Drew Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Beth Dillon, Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Khalil El-Khatib, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
• Abdennour El Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, England
• Jing Feng, University of Toronto, Canada
• Susan Gold, IGDA Education SIG, USA
• Scott Goodwin, University of Windsor, Canada
• Nicholas Graham, Queens University, Canada
• Mark Green, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
• Kathleen Harmeyer, University of Baltimore, USA
• Michelle Hinn, University of Illinois, USA
• Andrew Hogue, York University, Canada
• Stephen Jacobs, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Michael Jenkin, York University, Canada
• Jennifer Jenson, York University, Canada
• Chris Joslin, Carleton University, Canada
• Bill Kapralos, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• Mike Katchabaw, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
• Jochen Lang, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Brian Magerko, Michigan State University, USA
• Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan, USA
• Louis Natanson, University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland
• Michael Nitsche, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Ian Palmer, University of Bradford, England
• Yusuf Pisan, University of Technology, Australia
• Jay Rajnovich, Algoma University College, Canada
• Mike Reddy, University of Wales, Wales
• Magy Seif El-Nasr, Penn State University, USA
• Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
• Miguel Vargas Martin, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
• Brian Winn, Michigan State University, USA
• Simon Xu, Algoma University College, Canada
• Jose Zagal, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA