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Associate Producers…

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Running Freeplay is a big task, and this year we’ve been thinking about the best way to make the event bigger while still retaining both our sanity and also the general vibe. We have plans, but we need some help pulling it together so for the first time we’re looking on bringing in some associate producers.

The role of an associate producer will be to help us co-ordinate and direct some of our expanded events program, including what we’re hoping will be a bigger public program that will expand out from the 2 days at the State Library. Where our conference program is looking to focus on more on the dev side this year, the public program aims to look at music, art, play, and the intersection of the digital and the real-world. Continue reading

Expo projects…

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Last year, over 1000 people came through our expo space in Experimedia. This year, we’re expecting that to be an even bigger number – and we have even more space available due to how we’re laying out the room.

We’re looking for the quirky, the experimental, the commercial, the finished and unfinished, the polished and the unpolished. All we really ask is that it’s playable and will be interesting to a wide audience that will include developers, educators, students, and the general public. Continue reading | 3 Comments

Speakers…

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Over the next few days, we’ll be going into a little bit more detail about exactly what we’re looking for from our speakers, sessions, expo projects, and associate producer roles. First up, is our call for speakers & session ideas.

Last year we had 65 speakers over our 29 sessions. These were mostly panels, with as diverse a range of people covering topics from licensing issues to prototyping & polishing to play and culture.

This year we want to mix up the format a little bit and while we have some ideas for how to do that, we’re open to new ones.

This year we want to mix up the format a little bit and while we have some ideas for how to do that, we’re open to new ones. Continue reading

Freeplay 2011 – Handmade

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We’re very happy to announce that Freeplay will be returning to the State Library of Victoria on August 20 & 21, 2011. Click here for the media release.

One of the things an event like Freeplay encourages you to do is to reflect on the shifts going on around its existence.

Here’s what we wrote in the leadup to 2009:
The first Freeplay took place Continue reading | 1 Comment