{"id":1981,"date":"2015-06-07T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T14:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:44:57","slug":"speakers-announced-for-the-european-gamesur-conference-tickets-on-sale-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/07\/speakers-announced-for-the-european-gamesur-conference-tickets-on-sale-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers announced for the European #GamesUR conference &#8211; Tickets on sale now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I&#8217;ve been working with a team of other researchers to create Europe&#8217;s first Games User Research Conference, due to be held in London on the 17th of July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This event hopes to be a great opportunity for European based researchers to get together, share new ideas and collaborate, and recreate the success of the GUR-SIG conferences held annually in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Support from the Games User Research community has been fantastic, and we were overwhelmed with the amount of applications to speak we received. We&#8217;re really happy with the final line-up, which has now been announced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Harley, Riot Games on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/riot-games-austin-harley\/\">overhaul of the main map of League of Legends: Summoner\u2019s Rift.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Dankoff, Ubisoft on getting <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/ubisoft-jonathan-dankoff\/\">useful feedback on the narrative of a game.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tori Leonard, Big Fish Games on <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/big-fish-games-tori-leonard\/\">mixing methods for longterm engagement &amp; competitor research.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Matthew M. White, Ph.D., Deep-Silver Volition on <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/volition-matthew-white\/\">data analysis for Saints Row.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mark Friend, SCEE, and Ian Hamilton, on<a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/scee-mark-friend-ian-hamilton\/\"> accessibility at SCEE.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Debray and Hugo Wyler, Ubisoft on <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/ubisoft-jonathan-debray-hugo-wyler\/\">developing and expanding user research at Ubisoft<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lennart Nacke, University of Waterloo on <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/event\/uni-of-waterloo-lennart-nacke\/\">getting player insights from biometric measures<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also received fantastic support from the industry, and sponsors for the event include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotless.co.uk\/\">Spotless Interactive<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerresearch.com\/\">Player Research<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstationjobs.co.uk\/working-at-SCEE.html\">Sony Computer Entertainment Europe<\/a>, who are generously sponsoring the networking event after the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Full details on the #GamesUR sessions, tickets, and (most excitingly of all) the after-party are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesurconf.eu\/\">#GamesUR website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I&#8217;ve been working with a team of other researchers to create Europe&#8217;s first Games User Research Conference, due to be held in London on the 17th of July 2015. 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