Donnerstag 03.November 2011, 19h

Schooling - Codeveloping innovating European ecospheres in the field of game design & development

Prof. Jeroen van Mastrigt
Utrecht School of the Arts / Dutch Game Garden

Vortrag in Englisch

Jeroen van Mastrigt ist Professor an der Utrecht School of the Arts und leitet das Forschungsprogramm für angewandtes Game Design, das von der holländischen Regierung, der EU-Kommission und lokalen und internationalen Firmen gegründet wurde. Er hat 2002 Europas erstes Bachelor- und Masterprogramm für Game Design entwickelt und fungiert als Vorstand des „Dutch Game Garden“ als Inkubator der holländischen Spieleindustrie.
Prof. van Mastrigt stellt die Niederlande mit seinen Game-Festivals, -Konferenzen, Ausbildungs-, Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprogrammen und Regierungsinitiativen als Vorzeigeland in Sachen Akzeptanz und Unterstützung von digitaler Spielkultur vor.
Ausgehend von diesen EU-weit einzigartigen Strukturen analysiert er den europäischen Kontext und gibt Einblick in die Zukunft der europäischen Spieleindustrie und die wichtige Rolle von Ausbildung und Forschung bei der Mitentwicklung von europäischen Beiträgen zum globalen Spielemarkt.

As the video game revolution took off, so did academic interest in games & play. Since the turn of the millennium several European universities have started game related educational and r&d programs. In some cases this has led to the emergence of a local innovative game design & development ecosphere in which local academia, cultural institutions, creative industries, other sectors (such as marketing & communication, ICT, Healthcare) governments and players interact, innovate and create ‘value’. The recent trends in the game industry (online production, online distribution and the rise of mobile-, casual-, and serious games) have had a positive impact on the establishment of these ecospheres.
In 2002 Jeroen van Mastrigt established Europe’s first full time bachelor and master programs in game design (in the Netherlands). At that time there where hardly any game companies in the Netherlands. This has changed. At the moment over 150 Dutch game companies exist emplyoing over 3000 people. Numerous Dutch game festivals, game conferences, educational and r&d programs and government initiatives have emerged. One of these initiatives is the Dutch Game Garden. An Utrecht based incubator program facilitating the Duth game ecosphere, linking academia with industry, and helping new startups to grow.
Drawing on his vast experience in both academia and industry Jeroen will sketch the emergence of Dutch game education and the Dutch Game ecosphere. Based on this case he will then analyse the European context. He will share his insight in the future of the European game industries and the important role of education and R&D in the codevelopment of European value creating ecospheres in the field of game design & development.
 

Kurzbiographie Jeroen van Mastrigt

Jeroen van Mastrigt (1971) works a professor at the Utrecht School of the Arts. He heads the research program on applied game design. The group works on several game design research projects funded by the Dutch national government, the European commission and (inter)national companies. Jeroen is board member of the GATE research program (Game research for Training and Education). GATE is a national Dutch game research program and is carried out by several Dutch universities and companies. Jeroen is chairman of the Dutch Game Garden a game development incubator and ‘hub’ within the Dutch game industry. In the past Jeroen has developed Europe’s first bachelor and master programs in Game Design (for the HKU). He also was co-founder and partner of GX, a multinational internet software company.
 

Die Veranstaltung findet im Museumsquartier / quartier21 / Raum D, 1070 Wien statt.

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