The Edinburgh Interactive Festival is back for 2009 and it's promising to be longer and stronger than ever before.
This year's event will take place from the 10th - 16th of August in 'Edinburgh's City Centre'.
Dare to be Digital's Protoply event will be part of the lineup, as will the trade conference. The event is already calling for content for the conference AND screenings.
Chris Deering makes a return as chairman and had the following to say:
EIF Chairman, Chris Deering said: “Edinburgh is electric with creative
energy at during the Festival, which enhances the spirit of networking
that attendees always cite as their reason for returning to EIF each
year. The Content Committee is organizing the most creative and
enlightening line-up of Conference Sessions in EIF history, looking at
new frontiers in game design, and new mobile game devices as well as
the expanding role of community in on-line gaming. There will be some
amazing demonstrations as part of the ever popular and unique EIF
Screenings and the some new business issues discussed in panels.
Edinburgh attracts "thinkers" and the "vision seekers" from all facets
of the interactive industry and stimulates ingenuity, which is critical
in the new 'post bubble' age”.
We're not sure what 'Post Bubble' is exactly, but it sounds like a great idea for an exciting new iPhone game!
If you have an awesome idea for Edinburgh, get in touch with the snappily named edinburghinteractivefestival.com.
wonder if they will provide some signage this year? :)
Posted by: Lol | February 03, 2009 at 05:29 PM
Chances are -NOT GOOD! LETS ASSUME THEY LEARNT NOTHING FROM LAST YEAR AND WILL SCREW UP AGIN THIS YEAR. THEY COULDNT HANDLE 3 DAYS SO SIX DAYS WILL BE A DISASTER! ONLY GOOD BIT LAST YEAR WAS GRID!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Magic 8 Ball | February 03, 2009 at 09:01 PM
I enjoyed it last year except for the bit where I was the only person asking questions... Why so shy, people???
Also, the speaker asked who was working in the games industry (I left my hand down), he asked if anyone was a student (I bit my lip and didn't respond) and then asked if anyone had just wandered in because the door was open! He left out "handsome, struggling graduates with great ideas"!
Shameful! >.<
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