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

- RSVP Required -

 

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

 

Come join us 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 will have the opportunity to hear great keynote topics from two of Ottawa's game companies, TransGaming & Fuel Industries:

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Keynote 1: TransGaming

Speaker: Gavriel State, CTO and Founder

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

Quick Sum: TransGaming has been developing portability solutions for the games industry since early 2000. In this presentation, Gavriel will explore their portability approaches with us and share insight into what is was like to apply these techniques to the fan favourite, SPORE!!

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Keynote 2: Fuel Industries

Speakers: Jesse Henderson, Producer and Jean-Sylvain Sormany, Lead Programmer

Title: Tinker, a Post Mortem

Quick Sum: Microsoft Tinker was a product developed by Fuel Industries for Microsoft. Come listen to Jesse 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 will be 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           Tournament Winners Announced & Prizes!

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

                       

Where:
Virtual Reality Game Hall

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

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

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

 

For more information see below, or check out the invitation attached.

 

RSVP REQUIRED!
Space is limited …

To RSVP please reply to this email, OR

Send your RSVP to jean-sylvain.sormany@..., OR

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

 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

 

Cheers,
Jean-Sylvain Sormany

Ottawa IGDA, Chair

www.igda.org/ottawa  

 

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This event is sponsored by:

• THQ Wireless
• Distil Interactive
• Fuel Games