3G Public Forum August 12, 2010

Columbia College Chicago is the host of the 3G Summit: The Future of Girls, Gaming, and Gender; a three-day conference that brings together where leading female game designers, gaming and scholars come together withand 50 Chicago young womenhigh school girls from Chicago-area high schools to look at the female voice in the digital gaming industry.

The 3G Public Forum features presentations and conversations with five leading women gaming scholars and designers.

Panelists: Mary Flanagan (artist and scholar, author of “Critical Play”), Tracy Fullerton (game designer, educator and writer; “Cloud;” “flOW;” “The Night Journey”, Jennifer Jenson (scholar of gender and technology, York University), Susana Ruiz (independent game designer“Darfur is Dying” and “Finding Zoe”), and Erin Robinson, Indie Game Designer “PuzzleBots” and “Nanobots”

Official Website: http://colum.edu/specialevents/3G_Summit/index.php