IGDA Ottawa Meet-up presents:
Come PLAY with IGDA!

- RSVP Required -

To closeoff on 2008 … We've decided to combine all of our favourite things under roof:Gaming, gamers, beer, amazing speakers, and prizes!

Come joinus at Ottawa's premiere gaming hall to hear two great speakers, play in a mini multi-player gaming tournament, and meet-up with Ottawa's gaming community!

You willhave the opportunity to hear great keynote topics from two of Ottawa's gamecompanies, TransGaming & Fuel Industries:

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Keynote 1:TransGaming

Speaker:Gavriel State, CEO

Title:Bringing EA's SPORE to the Mac using Cider

Quick Sum: TransGaminghas been developing portability solutions for the games industry since early2000. In this presentation, Gavriel will explore their portability approaches with us and share insight into whatis was like to apply these techniques to the fan favourite, SPORE!!

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Keynote 2:Fuel Industries

Speakers: JesseHenderson, Producer and Jean-Sylvain Sormany, Lead Programmer

Title: Tinker,a Post Mortem

Quick Sum: MicrosoftTinker was a product developed by Fuel Industries for Microsoft. Come listen toJesse Henderson Jean-Sylvain as they share Post Mortem results of this project,highlighting the importance of collaborating with the client, agile management,and changes in design. This presentation will include demonstrations and willbe very interactive!

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When:               

Wed.December 3, 2008
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm          Mini Gaming Tournament on State of the Art Equipment!!
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm          Keynote Speaker Presentations + Q&A

8:30 pm –8:40 pm           TournamentWinners Announced & Prizes!

8:40 pm –10:00pm          Free Access toGaming Facilities and Networking

Where:
Virtual Reality Game Hall

1652 BankStreet, Ottawa
Map & More Info:  http://www.virtualrealitygh.com/ 

Busing: The No. 1 bus stops right in frontof VRGH. OC Transpo Trip Planner: http://www.octranspo.com/intro_trip_planner.htm  

Driving: Parking is available in front,behind and beside VRGH.

For moreinformation see below, or check out the invitation attached.

RSVP REQUIRED!
Space is limited …

To RSVPplease reply to this email, OR

Send yourRSVP to jean-sylvain.sormany@..., OR

RSVP to theFacebook Event (search for IGDA Ottawa to find our page)  

Lookingforward to seeing you there!

Cheers,
Jean-Sylvain Sormany

Ottawa IGDA, Chair

www.igda.org/ottawa  

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This event is sponsored by:

Distil Interactive

Fuel Industries