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Organization committee

General Chairs

  • Phil Lopes, Lusófona University
  • Filipe Luz, Lusófona University

Program Chairs

  • Antonios Liapis, University of Malta
  • Henrik Engström, University of Skövde

Track Chairs

Track Chair Affiliation
Technical Game Development, Novel Controllers Shuichi Kurabayashi Director of CyGames Research
Game Design, Studio Practices, Novel Mechanics, Novel Experiences Petri Lankoski Södertörn University
Game Analytics and Visualization Simone Kriglstein Masaryk University & AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Game Artificial Intelligence Raluca Gaina Queen Mary University of London
Game Criticism and Analysis Katta Spiel TU Wien – Vienna University of Technology
Games Beyond Entertainment Rafael Bidarra TU Delft – Delft University of Technology
Late Breaking Short Papers Laura Levy Georgia Institute of Technology
Henrik Warpefelt Kennesaw State University

Keynote Chair

  • Mike Cook, Kings College London

Local Chairs

  • Pedro Neves, Lusófona University
  • Nuno Fachada, Lusófona University
  • Micaela Fonseca, Lusófona University
  • Anna Coutinho, Lusófona University

Competition Chair

  • Rui Prada, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

Workshop & Panels Chair

  • David Melhart, University of Malta

Doctoral Consortium Chair

  • Amy Hoover, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Christoph Salge, University of Hertfordshire

PC members

PC members with Exceptional Service are marked with ☆

  • Adam Clayden, University of Suffolk☆
  • Agata Waszkiewicz, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
  • Ahmed Khalifa, University of Malta☆
  • Alan Mattiassi, University of Udine
  • Alberto Alvarez, Malmö University☆
  • Alesha Serada, University of Vaasa
  • Alexander Dockhorn, OvGU Magdeburg☆
  • Ali Arya, Carleton University
  • Amogh Joshi, Purdue University☆
  • Anastasios Bakaoukas, University of Northampton
  • Andrea Giaime Alonge, University of Turin
  • Andrew Phelps, University of Canterbury & American University
  • Anna Sapienza, Technical University of Denmark
  • Anna-Sofia Alklind Taylor, InGaMe Lab, University of Skövde
  • Anne-Gwenn Bosser, ENIB, Lab-STICC☆
  • Antonio Coelho, University of Porto☆
  • Antonio José Planells, Tecnocampus - Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Antonios Liapis, Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta☆
  • Anurag Sarkar, Northeastern University☆
  • Aparna Pathak, Jamia Millia Islamia
  • Arduino Viola, tuomuseo
  • Bart Simon, Concordia University
  • Beatriz Pérez Zapata, Tecnocampus (Pompeu Fabra University)
  • Ben Samuel, University of New Orleans
  • Björn Strååt, Stockholm University☆
  • Bobby Schweizer, Texas Tech University
  • Brent Harrison, University of Kentucky☆
  • Carlos Martinho, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Casey O'Donnell, Michigan State University
  • Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University
  • Charlotte Pierce, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Clara Fernandez-Vara, New York University
  • Clark Verbrugge, McGill University
  • Costantino Oliva, University of Malta☆
  • Damon Daylamani-Zad, Brunel University London☆
  • Daniel Karavolos, University of Malta☆
  • Dave Hawey, NAD / UQAC
  • David Melhart, Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
  • Davide Gadia, University of Milan☆
  • Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Maastricht University
  • Diego Perez Liebana, Queen Mary University of London☆
  • Diogo Andrade, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia
  • Dom Ford, IT University of Copenhagen
  • Doris C. Rusch, Uppsala University
  • Edirlei Soares de Lima, Universidade Europeia - IADE
  • Elin Carstensdottir, University of California Santa Cruz
  • Elina Roinioti, Panteion University of Social and Political Studies
  • Emmanoel Ferreira, Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Emmanuel Guardiola, CNAM
  • Enrica Loria, Graz University of Technology
  • Erica Kleinman, University of California Santa Cruz
  • Erik Harpstead, Carnegie Mellon University☆
  • Erik Van Der Spek, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Eva Fotiadi, avans university of applied sciences☆
  • Fabio Petrillo, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Canada
  • Fernando De Mesentier Silva, Game Innovation Lab - New York University☆
  • Florian Gnadlinger, University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin; Masaryk University
  • Florian Richoux, AIST
  • Fotis Liarokapis, CYENS - Centre of Excellence
  • Gabriella Barros, Modl.ai
  • George Koutromanos, Department of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens☆
  • Gianmarco Giuliana, Università degli studi di Torino
  • Guenter Wallner, Johannes Kepler University Linz☆
  • Hamna Aslam, Innopolis University☆
  • Henrik Warpefelt, Kennesaw State University
  • Henrique Galvan Debarba, Aalborg University Copenhagen
  • Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Tokyo University of Science
  • Ioannis Vrellis, University of Ioannina☆
  • Iro Voulgari, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Early Childhood Education☆
  • Isaac Karth, Department of Computational Media, UC Santa Cruz☆
  • J. Timothy Balint, Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Jakub Kowalski, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Wrocław☆
  • James Goodman, Queen Mary University of London☆
  • James Patten, Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software
  • Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik /University of Bremen
  • Jasmine Otto, University of California Santa Cruz
  • Jean-Baptiste Hervé, University Hertfordshire
  • Jeff Howard, Falmouth University
  • Jenny Brusk, University of Skövde
  • Jessica Hammer, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Joao Madeiras Pereira, IST/INESC-ID
  • João Sousa, Universidade Lusófona Centro Universitário do Porto☆
  • Johannes Pfau, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Johnathan Harrington, Hong Kong Baptist University☆
  • Jonathan Lessard, Concordia University
  • Joris Dormans, Unexplored
  • Jose Font, Malmö University
  • Joseph Alexander Brown, Thompson Rivers University☆
  • Jussi Holopainen, City University of Hong Kong☆
  • Justyna Janik, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
  • Koji Mikami, Tokyo University of Technology
  • Kosuke Takano, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, University of Malta
  • Krzysztof Walczak, Poznań University of Economics and Business
  • Kutub Gandhi, Northeastern University
  • Lakshmi Menon, University of Kerala
  • Leonel Morgado, INESC TEC / Universidade Aberta
  • Licia Calvi, Breda University of Applied Sciences
  • Licinio Roque, University of Coimbra
  • Lisa Soros, New York University
  • Lissa Holloway-Attaway, University of Skövde
  • Lucas N. Ferreira, University of Alberta☆
  • M Charity, New York University☆
  • Mads Haahr, Trinity College Dublin
  • Mads Johansen, IT University of Copenhagen
  • Magnus Johansson, Uppsala University, Department of Game design
  • Manuel Ninaus, TU Graz
  • Marçal Mora-Cantallops, University of Alcalá
  • Marcello Gómez-Maureira, University of Twente☆
  • Marco Scirea, University of Southern Denmark
  • Marco-Benoît Carbone, Brunel University, London
  • Marcus Toftedahl, Science Park Skövde
  • Marianthi Grizioti, University of Athens
  • Mariët Theune, University of Twente☆
  • Mark H. M. Winands, Maastricht University
  • Mark J. Nelson, American University
  • Mateo Terrasa-Torres, Independent Scholar
  • Matthew Guzdial, University of Alberta☆
  • Matthew Stephenson, Maastricht University
  • Max Kreminski, Santa Clara University☆
  • Maxim Mozgovoy, University of Aizu
  • Michael Cook, Queen Mary University of London
  • Michael Green, New York University
  • Michael Mccreery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Michal Mochocki, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz☆
  • Michela Mortara, CNR imati Ge☆
  • Miguel Ehécatl Morales Trujillo, University of Canterbury
  • Miguel Sicart, IT University of Copenhagen
  • Mike Preuss, Universiteit Leiden☆
  • Mikołaj Dymek, Södertörn University☆
  • Munehiro Takimoto, Tokyo University of Science
  • Nathan Partlan, Northeastern University
  • Nelson Zagalo, University of Aveiro
  • Nestor Z. Salamon, Appus HR Analytics
  • Nic Junius, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Nicolas A. Barriga, Universidad de Talca
  • Nuno Fachada, Lusófona University, COPELABS☆
  • Olli Leino, City University of Hong Kong
  • Patrícia Gouveia, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Patricia Tedesco, Center for Informatics / UFPE
  • Pedro A. Santos, Universidade de Lisboa☆
  • Pedro Neves, HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab, Lusófona University☆
  • Per Backlund, University of Skövde
  • Peter Howell, University of Portsmouth
  • Péter Makai, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Universität Duisburg-Essen
  • Peter Xenopoulos, New York University☆
  • Petri Lankoski, Södertörn University☆
  • Phil Lopes, HEI-Lab, Universidade Lusófona☆
  • Pier Luca Lanzi, Politecnico di Milano
  • Pippin Barr, Concordia University☆
  • Poonam Chowdhury, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
  • Prabhash Ranjan Tripathy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Quinn Kybartas, McGill University
  • Radosław Miernik, University of Wrocław☆
  • Rafael Bidarra, Delft University of Technology
  • Raluca Gaina, Queen Mary University of London
  • Ran Zhang, Univeristy of Skövede
  • Renata Ntelia, Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
  • Rens Kortmann, Delft University of Technology
  • Riccardo Berta, University of Genoa
  • Riccardo Fassone, Università di Torino☆
  • Rilla Khaled, Concordia University
  • Rodrigo de Moura Canaan, New York University
  • Rossana Damiano, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino
  • Ruck Thawonmas, Ritsumeikan University
  • Rui Antunes, Universidade Lusófona
  • Rui Prada, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Saeed Safikhani, TU Graz
  • Sam Earle, New York University
  • Sam Snodgrass, modl.ai☆
  • Samuel Poirier-Poulin, Université de Montréal
  • Sander Bakkes, Utrecht University
  • Sebastian Cmentowski, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Sebastian Möring, University of Potsdam
  • Sebastian von Mammen, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg
  • Seth Cooper, Northeastern University☆
  • Shuichi Kurabayashi, Cygames, Inc.
  • Simon Hoermann, University of Canterbury
  • Simone Bassanelli, Università di Trento
  • Sofia Dias, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Staffan Björk, University of Gothenburg
  • Stefan Brückner, Toyo University☆
  • Stefano Caselli, University of Malta
  • Stefano Gualeni, Institute of Digital Games (University of Malta)
  • Steve Dahlskog, Malmö University☆
  • Thomas Terkildsen, Aarhus University
  • Thomas Westin, Stockholm University☆
  • Tiago Machado, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Tom Brock, Manchester Met
  • Torill Mortensen, Nord University
  • Ulf Wilhelmsson, University of Skövde
  • Victor Navarro-Remesal, Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra☆
  • Vincenzo Idone Cassone, University of Turin, CIRCe
  • Wei Cai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
  • Yingrong Chen, N/A
  • Yun-Gyung Cheong, SKKU
  • Zahra Rizvi, Jamia Millia Islamia
  • Zhiyu Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology