The Game Initiative will host the Women's Game Conference (WGC), a new conference focusing on women in the computer and videogame industry. The conference will focus on a variety of women's topics in the computer and videogame industry including examining career paths for women in the industry and issues related to working in the industry as women as well as how women are portrayed in games and women and girls as consumers of games.
The Women's Game Conference also announced a Steering Committee comprised of leading women in the game industry, including Ellen Guon Beeman, live team producer, THE MATRIX ONLINE, Monolith Productions; Mia Consalvo, assistant professor in the School of Telecommunications, Ohio University; Laura Fryer, director, Advanced Technology Group, Microsoft Corp.; Sheri Graner Ray, senior game designer, Sony Online Ent.; and Kathy Schoback, vp of content strategy, Infinium Labs.
For more information, visit www.WomensGameConference.com.
