Date: Friday-Sunday, September 13-15
Time: Various (Schedule)
Venue: Conference Center

This event was free and open to the public. 

A festival of Interactive and Digital Media

Friday, Saturday, Sunday
September 13-15, 2002

The three-day festival featured presentations, panels, discussions, exhibitions, and demonstrations with professional experts in computer animation, game design/development, and computer/human interaction

Lectures and presentations were by leaders from major animation studios and game design my companies and were followed by a question and answer sessions with the experts.

All sessions were free to students and the General Public.

Schedule of Events:
UTD Conference Center:

Friday, Sept. 13
5:30 - 7:30 pm: Meeting of Student Game Developers Group
7:30 - 8:45 pm: SPEAKER John Romero, Monkeystone, Inc.
8:45 - 9:15 pm: Reception for all in the lobby: Meet John Romero

Saturday, Sept. 14
1:30 - 3:00 PM "The Business of Gaming"
      Panel:
          Stevie Case (Panel Chair) COO, Monkeystone
          John Fowler, CEO of Magic Lantern/ Gold Creek
          Steve Nix, CEO of Ritual Entertainment
3:30 - 4:45PM: SPEAKER Dean Terry, assistant professor at UTD, formerly with Atom Films
7:30-8:45 pm: SPEAKER Craig Hammack of Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic
8:45-9:15 pm: Reception for all in the lobby: Meet and Craig Hammack

Sunday, Sept 15
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Panel: Teaching Gaming and Animation
3:30-5:00 pm: Magic Lantern Playware: Writing for New Media


For more information on our new Institute of Arts and Engineering, visit http://iiae.utdallas.edu or contact Dean Terry at dean.terry@utdallas.edu.