News and events

The partners of Centre for Contemporary Play are involved in running a number of exciting events listed below.

GameCityNights Season One, Episode Five
GameCity returns with the fourth of its monthly GameCityNights events on Friday 25 June at Antenna. Find out more about GameCityNights Season One, Episode Five.

Survey of research into gaming and contemporary play at NTU
The centre is conducting a survey of the NTU to identify new areas for partnerships across the University with the intention of forming relationships that will extend our existing research in the area of gaming and contemporary play. It seeks to stimulate innovation across the area of digital play, encompassing computer and videogames. If you have an interest in this area please fill in the survey, or email us for further information.

Date: 26 - 27 October 2010
Event: Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability
Details: The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners working with interactive technologies to explore and innovate within the areas of education, health and disability. We have a particular focus on the use of gaming hardware and software to implement accessible solutions, interaction design using new input/output devices and the increasing impact of ubiquitous computing on our everyday well being. Find out more about the conference.

Date: October 2010
Event: GameCity festival 2010
Details: Details of the GameCity 2010 event will be released on the GameCity website.