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Marketing For A Start Up

Speaker: Peter Nolan, Managing Director True North Topic: What a start-up needs to know about marketing? Date: 25th January 2006 Time: 6.00 pm sharp

Start Up Marketing, Dcu.

Speaker: Peter Nolan, Managing Director True North Topic: What a start-up needs to know about marketing? Date: 25th January 2006 Time: 6.00 pm sharp see news for contacts

Marketing For A Start Up – 2

Speaker: Peter Nolan, Managing Director True North Topic: What a start-up needs to know about marketing? Date: 25th January 2006 Time: 6.00 pm sharp

Deadline For Gdc Student Scholarships

We have a good record to keep up this year so get applying for the IGDA GDC scholarships. Deadline is Feb 15th. More info, application form and details on how to apply can be found at http://www.igda.org/scholarships/

Speakers For Game Marketing Conf.

The Game Marketing conference is looking for speakers for its forthcoming conference, March 8-9, 2006, in San Francisco, California.

Replay 2005

It is time to look back before we make those resolutions and plans for 2006. These reflections are based on the features and news carried on gd.ie and gossip I happen to come into contact with in various public houses around the country!

Midem 2006

Dates: Sunday 22nd – Thursday 26th January 2006 Location: Cannes Description Enterprise Ireland will participate at MIDEM 2006 in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, from 22-26 January 2006. Enterprise Ireland will host the “Music from Ireland” stand at this important music trade fair, with an industry attendance of 12,000[...]

E3

The interactive entertainment event of the year. May 10-12, 2006 Los Angeles Convention Center Conference Program: May 9th—11th Expo: May 10th—12th More info: http://www.e3expo.com/

Game Developers Conference 2006

March 20-24 San Jose, California @ the San Jose Convention Center GDC Serious Games Summit Independent Games Festival Game Developers Choice Awards Mobile Conference all under one roof.. More info: http://www.gdconf.com/

Replay 2005 – 2

It is time to look back before we make those resolutions and plans for 2006. These reflections are based on the features and news carried on gd.ie and gossip I happen to come into contact with in various public houses around the country!

Pervasive Games 06 In Dublin

The 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on May 7th 2006 in conjunction with 4th Intl. Conf. on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2006.

Workshop On Pervasive Games

PerGames 2006 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications held in Dublin, Ireland, on May 7th 2006 in conjunction with 4th Intl. Conf. on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2006. http://www.pergames.de

Pervasive Games 06 In Dublin – 2

The 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on May 7th 2006 in conjunction with 4th Intl. Conf. on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE 2006.

Play.Ie Launched

Eirplay games today launched play.ie, a digital media entertainment portal. The portal features both web and mobile entertainment content for the Irish market.

Play.Ie Launched – 2

Eirplay games today launched play.ie, a digital media entertainment portal. The portal features both web and mobile entertainment content for the Irish market.

Workshop On Player-Centered Game Design Cfp

A call for position papers is out for a workshop on Player Centered Game Design to take place in Montreal, Canada on the 23rd of April. Deadline for proposals is 15th of Dec.

Chi Workshop

CHI 2006 Workshop: Player-Centered Game Design Venue: Montreal, Canada http://www.chi2006.org/ Dates: 23 April 2006

Broadband In Ireland Report

Forfás today published its report, Benchmarking Ireland’s Broadband Performance, which assesses Ireland’s competitiveness in terms of broadband availability, take-up, quality and choice.

Broadband In Ireland Report – 2

Forfás today published its report, Benchmarking Ireland’s Broadband Performance, which assesses Ireland’s competitiveness in terms of broadband availability, take-up, quality and choice.

Demonware Nomination – 2

DemonWare has been selected as a finalist for the Game Developer Magazine Frontline award in the middleware category.

Demonware Nomination

DemonWare has been selected as a finalist for the Game Developer Magazine Frontline award in the middleware category.

Cgames’ 07 Programme

The provisional programme for CGAMES’2005 the 7th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational and Serious Games forthcoming in Angouleme, France from the 28-30th November 2005 has been announced.

Cgames’2005

CGAMES’2005, the 7th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational and Serious Games will be held in Angouleme, France from the 28-30th November 2005. To register see: www.cgames.org

Cgames’ 07 Programme – 2

The provisional programme for CGAMES’2005 the 7th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational and Serious Games forthcoming in Angouleme, France from the 28-30th November 2005 has been announced.

Upstart Win Games Award

Tis the season - the IIA & CheetahMail Net Visionary Awards took place on November 17th at a Gala Black Tie Ball in the Clontarf Castle Hotel.

Upstart Win Games Award – 2

Tis the season - the IIA & CheetahMail Net Visionary Awards took place on November 17th at a Gala Black Tie Ball in the Clontarf Castle Hotel.

Golden Spider Nomination

gamedevelopers.ie has been nominated for a golden spider award in the best community/charity website.

Christmas Shindig

Yes it is tonight!! Meet outside Yamamori on South Great George’s street at 7.30pm. Moving on from there to find somewhere to eat. Drinks after 9pm in Mahaffys pub behind Trinity College and just off Pearse Street. Has become the usual spot again. See http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/forums/viewforum.php?f=18

Iia And Cheetahmail Net Visionary Awards

Speaking of awards the Irish Internet Association awards will be announced at a black tie reception at The Clontarf Castle Hotel. There are eleven individual categories and an overall Net Visionary Award winner. Table of 12 seats: 1800 Euro (no VAT) Half table of 6 seats: 1000 Euro (no VAT)[...]

Digital Media Awards

More info on entering and categories at http://www.digitalmedia.ie/submit.html

Gd Shindig

We haven’t had one now in about two months so time to put names to faces, drink and be merry. Venue: Mahaffys pub on Pearse Street near the dart station at the back of Trinity College in Dublin. Time: after 7.30pm Map http://www.dublinpubscene.com/thepubs/mahaffys_map.html

Alias Showcase

“bluegfx” and “Alias” are bringing Alias Maya 7 and Motionbuilder to Belfast, W5 @ Odyssey, 2 Queen’s Quay. 2.30pm start To register, please go to: http://www.alias.com/eng/about/events/emea_roadshow/index.shtml If anyone has any questions contact neilp@bluegfx.com

Alias Showcase – 2

“bluegfx” and “Alias” are bringing Alias Maya 7 and Motionbuilder to Dublin and the Clarence Hotel. 2.30pm start To register, please go to: http://www.alias.com/eng/about/events/emea_roadshow/index.shtml If anyone has any questions contact neilp@bluegfx.com

Alias Maya 7 Showcase

"bluegfx" and "Alias" are showcasing Alias Maya 7 and Motionbuilder in Belfast and Dublin next week.

Rising Stars In Galway

StarCave Studios in Galway recently awarded 6 interns with certificates on completion of their summer internship programme. 15 interns started the programme in late June and this was whittled down to 6 in the final stages.

Rising Stars In Galway – 2

StarCave Studios in Galway recently awarded 6 interns with certificates on completion of their summer internship programme. 15 interns started the programme in late June and this was whittled down to 6 in the final stages.

Deadlines For Indep Game Festival

Deadlines are fast approaching for modding and student sections of the Independent Games Festival to be held in San Jose, CA in March 2006.

Cfp – Games And Learning

Call for Papers: Special issue on Digital Games and Learning "Learning, Media and Technology" Guest Edited by Liam Murray (University of Limerick) and Cathlena Martin

Cfp – Games And Learning – 2

Call for Papers: Special issue on Digital Games and Learning "Learning, Media and Technology" Guest Edited by Liam Murray (University of Limerick) and Cathlena Martin

Teaching Game Design

A one day course on teaching game design will be held at the University of Abertay, Scotland on the 3rd of November.

Getting A Job In The Games Industry

Time: 6pm Venue: Lecture Room TBA, Central Buildings, University of Ulster, Coleraine Tony Kelly talk on game development and how to get started in the industry, placing particular emphasis on the local possibilities. Tony is the founder & co-ordinator of the Irish chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA),[...]