Computer Space 2008 Festival Programme Print
Thursday, 13 March 2008 14:26

For all the Computer Space friends - "My Computer Space with Apple" competition.

Show us the most professional short video! Come in the lobby of the Czech centre /100, G.S. Rakovski Str./ on November, 1st from 10 a.m. till 15 p.m. to take part in the "My Computer Space with Apple" competition - organizied by BBS - Apple VAD for Bulgaria.

The prize is fantastic - an iPod nano!

FRIDAY (October, 31st)
Central Military Club (concert hall), 7 Tsar Osvoboditel Boul.

16:00

Awarding Ceremony (enter with invitations)

SATURDAY (November, 1st)
Czech Center, 100 G.S. Rakovski Str.

E-GAMES

10:00 – 10:10

Opening of the seminar part

10:10 – 10:55

“Uncanny space – the unconscious becomes playable reality”
Rene Bauer – University of Arts Zurich
Beat Suter, Dr. Phil. - University of Arts Zurich

10:55 – 11:30

“Whose Computer Space? Human Values and the Design of Computational Worlds”
Mary Flanagan, Dr. – Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital
Humanities; Professor, Film and Media Studies Director, Tiltfactor Laboratory at Dartmouth College (USA)

11:30 – 12:05

“Playing Music”
Fares Kayali – Institute of Design and Assessment of Technology (Austria)

12:05 – 12:40

“Online Gaming’s Impact on Real Life”
Jeffrey Wimmer, Dr. Phil. - University of Bremen, Faculty of Cultural Studies Institute of Media, Communication & Information

12:40 – 13:40

Lunch break

13:40 – 14:15

“Game Art. Strategies and Methods of an Expressive Genre.”
Michael Liebe – Research Assistant, Digital Games Research Centre, University of Potsdam (Germany)

14:15 – 14:50

“E-games and Education”
Catherine Geeroms – Games and Education Project Manager, Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) (Belgium)

14:50 – 15:25

“Turning The Game Research On – Vol.2: On Past And Perspectives of East European Game Studies”
Patrik Vacek – Department of Film and Audiovisual Culture, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (Czech Republic)

15:25 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 16:20

“Ten years after – Online Gamers’ Social Networks, Integration and Lifestyles in Austria. A Follow up Study”
Margarita Koehl – Lecturer and Project Coordinator, University of Vienna/
Department of Communication Science

NEW TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY

16:20 – 17:05

“Harnessing Apple Technology in support of the 21st Century Learner”
Steve Molyneux – Apple Educator Professor

17:05 – 17:35

“The Latest from Adobe - Adobe Creative Suite 4 and more...”
Paul Costea - Channel Sales Manager, Adobe Systems Inc.

17:35 – 18:10

“ArsElectronica achievements during the years”
Manuela Pfaffenberger – a representative of the ArsElectronica festival in Linz (Austria)

SUNDAY (November, 2nd)
Czech Center, 100 G.S. Rakovski Str.

COMPUTER ANIMATION

10:00 – 10:10

Opening of the Sunday seminar session

10:10 – 10:40

“Musicotherapie - The Making of”
Amael Isnard – animator (France)

10:40 – 11:15

“Polynoid – Digiworks. Making 458 nm / mindplotter / dead bloom”
Ilija Brunck & Tom Weber – Polynoid – Digital Works (Germany)

11:15 – 11:45

“To Illustrate the Imagination”
Piotr Dworaczynski – animator (Poland)

11:45 – 12:05

Coffee break

WEB DESIGN

12:05 – 12:40

“Shifting Perceptions of the Capabilities of HTML”
Soma Ray & Miah Morshed – ProjectMiso (USA)

12:40 – 13:15

“WDF - Expect Interaction”
Vladimir Barcak - Client Service Director, Web Design Factory (Czech Republic)

13:15 – 14:15

Lunch break

E-GAMES IN THE YOUTH WORK

14:15 – 14:45

“Implementation of training e-games in youth work”
Rosen Petkov - Chairman of SCAS

14:45 – 15:15

“When Two Worlds Collide…Youth Work & The Technological Revolution”
Christopher Herriot (UK)

SOCIAL NETWORKS

15:15 – 15:50

“My Top-Friend is Nike”
Andreas Klinger – Lead Developer die.socialisten.at (Austria)

15:50 – 16:25

“Wikipedia and the social networks”
Vassia Atanasova & Grigor Gachev – Bulgarian version of Wikipedia (Bulgaria)

16:25 – 16:45

Coffee break

NEW TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY

16:45 – 17:20

“Microsoft Internet Explorer 8: Developer Overview”
Deyan Varchev – WPF developer at Telerik (Bulgaria)

17:20 – 17:55

“Microsoft XNA - A New Generation Of Game Development
Milan Nankov – Microsoft (Bulgaria)

17:55 – 18:25

“nanoo.tv – virtual video libraries
Henning Timcke (Switzerland)

* There might be slight changes in the programme.

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