Field Overview

FIELD OVERVIEWINDUSTRIES, ROLES, CONFERENCES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND MORE…

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

• Games, Animation, Theme Park Rides, Museum Installations, Augmented Reality, Mobile Devices, Robotics, Interactive Performances, Websites, Film, Cross-Media…

• Education, Business, Medical, Civics, Entertainment…

• And More…

DIFFERENT ROLES

• Technical, Artistic, Design, Audio…

• Production, Entrepreneur, Educational…

• Mix & Match…

• And More…

VARIOUS CONFERENCES

• Serious Play, DiGRA, PAX (East), XOXO, MakerCon, MakerFaire, VIA, TGS, IndieCade (East), SATE, AIIDE, TEA, Grace Hopper, Captivate, Produced By, Dust or Magic, iDMAa, Practice, Global Game Jam, DRAW, SxSW, GDC, Sandbox, Storyworld, G4C, FMX, HASTAC, SIGCHI, CHI Play, SIGMM, Two5Six, Eyeo, GLS, Games for Health, Come Out & Play, SIGGRAPH, Gen Con, Thrival, Gaming in Ed, Fantastic Arcade, Inst-Int, Meaningful Play…

• And More…

http://www.seriousplayconference.com

http://www.digra.org/conference/

http://east.paxsite.com

http://xoxofest.com

http://makercon.com

http://makerfaire.com

http://via-pgh.com

http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/

http://www.indiecade.com/east/

http://www.teaconnect.org/sate-conference

http://www.aiide.org

http://www.teaconnect.org/tea-summit

http://gracehopper.org/

http://captivateconference.com

http://producedbyconference.com/

http://dustormagic.com

http://idmaa.org

http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/practice/

http://globalgamejam.org

http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2014/winter/draw2014.shtml

http://sxsw.com

http://www.gdconf.com

http://sandboxsummit.org

http://storyworldquest.com

http://www.gamesforchange.org

http://www.fmx.de

http://www.hastac.org

http://www.sigchi.org

http://chiplay.org

http://www.sigmm.org

http://www.two5six.com

http://eyeofestival.com

http://glsconference.org/

http://gamesforhealth.org

http://www.comeoutandplay.org

http://www.siggraph.org

http://www.gencon.com

http://thrivalfestival.com

http://gamingined.com

http://fantasticfest.com/arcade

http://inst-int.com

http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Get Involved…

• ACM, IGDA, TEA, IEEE, HEVGA…

• SiGs…

• And More…

http://www.acm.org

http://www.igda.org

http://www.teaconnect.org

http://www.ieee.org/index.html

http://higheredgames.org

SCHOLARSHIPS & VOLUNTEERING

• AIAS, ESA, Penny Arcade, Google, Microsoft, Sony, EA, Disney…

• GDC, IGDA, SIGGRAPH, SIGCHI, SIGMM, IEEE…

• And More…

http://www.interactive.org/foundation/scholarships.asp

http://www.esafoundation.org/scholarship.asp

http://www.penny-arcade.com/scholarship

http://www.google.com/edu/students/scholarships.html

http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/university-programs.aspx#tab_scholarship-program

https://www.soe.com/girl/

http://careers.ea.com/students

http://cp.disneycareers.com/en/default/

http://www.gdconf.com/attend/volunteer.html

http://scholars.igda.org

http://www.siggraph.org/participate/volunteer

http://www.sigchi.org/connect/volunteers

http://www.acm.org/sig_volunteer_info/opportunities.html

http://www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/volunteer_index.html

CAREER PATHS

• Industry, Academic, Public, Non-Profit…

• Independent, International…

• In Between, a Journey…

• Transformational…

• And More…

FIT

• Culture, Lifestyle, Field, Career…

• Location, Company, Team, Job…

• And More…

CHANGES

• New Industries, New Roles, New Challenges, New Opportunities…

• And More…

ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES

• Opportunities, Changes…

• Get Involved…

• Yes and…

• And More…

Field Overview

Education

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