The George Hotel, Edinburgh, 9 August 2016

Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival - Gaming - Day 2

11:00 WHERE THE FUTURE LIES…HOW DIGITAL BROADCAST IS CHANGING

Bianca Barker, Director – Steadipix. Huw Marshall, Chair – Games Wales (Chair).Donal Phillips, Interactive Content Executive – Northern Ireland Screen.

12:00 FROM GENERATION NINTENDO TO GENERATION MINECRAFT : THE CHANGING FACE OF GAME EDUCATION

Gareth Cavanagh, Director, Irontown Interactive and William Huber, Head of Centre of Excellence in Game Education, Abertay University.

14:00 PLAYFUL LEARNING GAMES IN EDUCATION

Stuart Ball - Program Manager for Education – Microsoft. David Farrell, Game Designer, Researcher and Lecturer – Glasgow Caledonian. University. Kate Ho, Managing Director – Tigerface Games. David Whelan - CEO Immersive VR education.

15:00 JOINING THE DIGITAL DOTS: HOW CELTIC GAMES COLLABORATION CAN WORK ACROSS SECTORS AND LOCATIONS

Donal Phillips, Interactive Content Executive – Northern Ireland Screen. Iain Tweedale, Head of Interactive and Learning – BBC Cymru Wales. Stephen Reid, Creative Director - Immersive Minds (Chair). Huw Marshall, Chair – Games Wales

16:00 SHOW ME THE MONEY: FUNDING FOR GAMES

Mike Enoch, Head of Account Management – UK Game Fund. Tony Gowland, Founder – Ant Workshop. Dave Sharp, Managing Consultant – Binary Asylum.

17:00 SHOWCASE: THE BEST OF PROTOPLAY AND DARE TO BE DIGITAL

William Huber, Head of Centre of Excellence in Game Education - Abertay University