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September 17, 2004
Serious Games Summit
Out of 45 speakers at the Serious Games Summit in Washington next month, there are four women. Heck, it's not just games conferences are the problem: even our little class of seven new grad students this year has exactly 0 women in it. The lads are lovely, but it is so nice to have other women around too.
Posted by Jill Walker at 07:37 AM in SpeakerWatch | Permalink
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Apparently some women game designers are trying to buck the trend:
"Five female software executives and educators, a tiny minority in the video-game industry, have banded together. Last week, in Austin, Texas, they held the first women's gaming conference and created a steering committee on women in video gaming.
Although they have not yet named themselves and have no base of operations, they have a well-defined objective: to coax more women to join their male-dominated ranks."
From: Designing Women on Alternet.org
Posted by: tiffany at Sep 23, 2004 10:16:47 AM
Jill...stumbled upon this site and it raised my curiosity. Read that you're from Norway a place I'd like to visit. In search of a mutual topic maybe you could advise me on touring that beautiful country. Hope to hear from you.
Posted by: william at Sep 23, 2004 3:11:32 PM
Well, I'm one of the 41 guys, and FWIW, they did run a student sponsorship drive focused specifically on women. Also, it's worth noting that the GDC this year also enjoyed many more women than ever before. Hopefully it will keep growing.
Posted by: Ian Bogost at Sep 24, 2004 4:32:34 PM
