Registration opens for ICIDS 2010

Early registration deadline Sept 7th

3rd International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling

01-03 November 2010, Edinburgh, UK

http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/icids2010

ICIDS is the premier international event on Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS), showcasing work that seeks to redefine the experience of narrative through interactive simulations of computer-generated story worlds in interactive entertainment, computer games, education, therapy and other interactive digital applications.

You are invited to come to Edinburgh in November and participate in a stimulating programme of papers from leading researchers, with three contrasting invited speakers: 

• Michael Mateas (University of California at San Diego): one of the authors of the interactive narrative Façade and leading researcher in the overlap of intelligent interactive technology and artistic expressiveness
• Alex Whittaker (We R Interactive, UK): experienced developer of narratively-driven computer games
• Carl Heath (GR Experiental Learning, Sweden): long-term work in Live Role-Play for education, interactive narrative with non-actors

There will also be a special session for demos and posters

The conference (Nov-1st-3rd) is preceded by a programme of workshops and tutorials:

• Users and Evaluation of Interactive Storytelling
• Introduction to Interactive Story Creation
• Education in Interactive Storytelling
• Towards a Shared Vocabulary for Interactive Digital Storytelling
• Interactive Stories for Health Interventions
• Storytelling Within an Internet of Things

On the evening Sunday October 31st – the festival of Halloween – there will be a special digital text in perfomance event:
‘Inspace Nobody Can Hear you Scream’ to be held at the University of Edinburgh’s unique interactive space
http://inspace.mediascot.org/

Registration is now open at http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/icids2010/Registration.html

Sign up before September 7th for an early registration discount