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Panels

 Working with AI 

 TRACK 1 
 Tue 15 Sep 14:30-15:30 
 Panel chair: 
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 Charlie Ringer 

 Senior AI Research Engineer @ Alpine Racing Formula One Team ​​

 Panellists: 
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 Piers Williams 

 Senior Software Engineer @ Redgate Software ​​

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 Sokol Murturi 

 Lecturer of Computer Science @ Falmouth University ​​

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 Duygu Çakmak 

 Co-Founder @ Second River Games ​​

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 Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat 

 Postdoctoral Research Associate @ CoSTAR Live Lab // University of York ​​

 Responsible Game Design 

 TRACK 1 
 Wed 16 Sep 16:45-17:45 
 Panel chair: 
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 Catherine Flick 

 Professor of Ethics and Games Technology @ University of Staffordshire ​​

 Panellists: 
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 Sebastian Deterding 

 Chair of Design Engineering @ Imperial College London ​​

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 Sky Tunley-Stainton 

 Head of Programmes @ Safe In Our World ​​

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 Kyle Worrall 

 Ethical Music AI Founder & Lecturer @ University of Liverpool ​​

 Careers in the Games Industry 

 TRACK 2 
 Wed 16 Sep 16:45-17:45 
 Panel chair: 
 Panellists: 
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 Alex Whittaker 

 Software Engineer @ Cooperative Innovations ​​

Mini-bio: A software engineer and gamer, Alex has been making games for a living on most gaming platforms since 1998. ​​

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 Sam Hughes 

 Head of Growth and Partnerships @ Tonally/Voice Actor ​​

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 Zoë O'Shea 

 Games Awards Manager @ BAFTA ​​

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 Colm Seeley 

 Insight and Innovation Manager @ Ukie ​​

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 Gwaredd Mountain 

 Independent ​​

Organisers:
  • General Chairs: Laurissa Tokarchuk, Jeremy Gow

  • Programme Chair: Filip Sroka, Toby Best, Ruizhe "Jay" Yu Xia

  • Outreach & Marketing Chair: Prakriti Nayak

  • Poster & Workshop Chair: Dien Nguyen

  • Local Chair: Karl Clarke

  • Tech/Media Chairs: Karl Clarke, Prakriti Nayak

  • Alumni Chair: Nicole Levermore

  • General Management: Susanne Binder, David Hull

  • Admin Support: Shopna Begum, Helen Tilbrook, Oliver Roughton

  • Website/Industry Liaison: Susanne Binder
     

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