FDG24 Organizers and Committee

General Chairs

Gillian Smith

she/they

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Jim Whitehead

he/him

University of California, Santa Cruz

Program Chairs

Ben Samuel

he/him

University of New Orleans

Katta Spiel

they/them

Vienna Institute of Technology (TU Wien)

Organization Committee

Proceedings Chair

Riemer van Rozen

he/him

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Amy K. Hoover

she/her

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Christoph Salge

he/him

University of Hertfordshire

Local Chair

Max Chen

she/her

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Industry Chair

Tim Loew

he/him

MassDigi @ WPI

Workshops Chair

Seth Cooper

he/him

Northeastern University

Competitions Chair

Lucas N. Ferreira

he/him

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Keynotes Chair

Max Kreminski

they/them

Santa Clara University

DEI/Accessibility Chair

Anne Sullivan

she/they

Georgia Institute of Technology

Web Chair

J. Edward Carrotta

he/him

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Track Chairs

Technical Game Development

Kendra M.L. Cooper

Design, Studio Practices, Novelty

Eddie Melcer

he/him

University of California, Santa Cruz

Game Analytics and Visualization

Erica Kleinman

she/her

Northeastern University

Game Artificial Intelligence

Matthew Stephenson

he/him

Flinders University

Game Criticism and Analysis

Anastasia Salter

they/she

University of Central Florida

Games Beyond Entertainment

Micaela Fonseca

she/her

Universidade Lusófona

Sarah Schoemann

she/they

College of Charleston

Games Pedagogy

Joseph C. Osborn

he/they

Pomona College

Abstract Only

Sabine Harrer

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University of Uppsala

Late-Breaking Short Papers

Sander Bakkes

he/him

Utrecht University

Games and Demos

Mike Treanor

he/him

American University

Program Committee

Nathan Altice

Virginia Commonwealth University
Alberto Alvarez

Malmö University
Rui Antunes

Universidade Lusófona
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik / University of Bremen
Per Backlund

University of Skövde
Sander Bakkes

Utrecht University
J. Timothy Balint

Battelle Memorial Institute
Pippin Barr

Concordia University
Nicolas A. Barriga

Universidad de Talca
Staffan Björk

University of Gothenburg
Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone

University of Malta
Anne-Gwenn Bosser

École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest, Lab-STICC
Stefan Brückner

Toyo University
Jenny Brusk

University of Skövde
Wei Cai

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Marco-Benoît Carbone

Brunel University, London
Elin Carstensdottir

University of California, Santa Cruz
Stefano Caselli

University of Malta
M Charity

New York University
Yun-Gyung Cheong

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
Adam Clayden

University of Suffolk
Seth Cooper

Northeastern University
Conceição Costa

Universidade Lusófona
Damon Daylamani-Zad

Brunel University London
Fernando De Mesentier Silva

New York University, Game Innovation Lab
Sofia Dias

Universidade de Lisboa
Alexander Dockhorn

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OvGU Magdeburg)
Duarte Duque

2Ai, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave
Nuno Fachada

Universidade Lusófona, COPELABS
Pedro M. A. Fernandes

Universidade Lusófona, HEI-Lab
Emmanoel Ferreira

Universidade Federal Fluminense
Jose Font

Malmö University
Eva Fotiadi

Avans University of Applied Sciences
Davide Gadia

University of Milan
Raluca Gaina

Queen Mary University of London
Kutub Gandhi

Northeastern University
Manuel Gentile

National Research Council of Italy
Barbara Göbl

University of Vienna
James Goodman

Queen Mary University of London
Jeremy Gow

Queen Mary University of London
Michael Green

New York University
Stefano Gualeni

Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
Matthew Guzdial

University of Alberta
Jessica Hammer

Carnegie Mellon University
Johnathan Harrington

Hong Kong Baptist University
Brent Harrison

University of Kentucky
Simon Hoermann

University of Canterbury
Jussi Holopainen

City University of Hong Kong
Amy K. Hoover

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Peter Howell

University of Portsmouth
Chu-Hsuan Hsueh

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Justyna Janik

Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Nic Junius

University of California, Santa Cruz
Melissa Kagen

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Daniel Karavolos

University of Malta
Rilla Khaled

Concordia University
Ahmed Khalifa

University of Malta
Max Kreminiski

Santa Clara University
Jonathan Lessard

Concordia University
Antonios Liapis

Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
Zhiyu Lin

Georgia Institute of Technology
Phil Lopes

Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
Naemi Luckner

Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
Tiago Machado

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Péter Makai

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Universität Duisburg-Essen
Sai Siddartha Maram

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Óscar Mealha

University of Aveiro
David Melhart

Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
Lakshmi Menon

University of Kerala
Radoslaw Miernik

University of Wrocław
Koji Mikami

Tokyo University of Technology
Michal Mochocki

Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
Marçal Mora-Cantallops

University of Alcalá
Leonel Morgado

Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) / Universidade Aberta
Maxim Mozgovoy

University of Aizu
Lucas N. Ferreira

Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Uttkarsh Narayan

Northeastern University
Victor Navarro-Remesal

Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Mark J. Nelson

American University
Renata Ntelia

Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
Casey O'Donnell

Michigan State University
Constantino Oliva

University of Malta
Jasmine Otto

University of California, Santa Cruz
Aparna Pathak

Jamia Millia Islamia
James Vincent Patten

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software
Beatriz Pérez Zapata

Tecnocampus, Pompeu Fabra University
Simone Petrosino

Technische Universität Graz
Charlotte Pierce

Monash University
Samuel Poirier-Poulin

Université de Montréal
Mike Preuss

Universiteit Leiden
Florian Richoux

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan
Zahra Rizvi

Jamia Millia Islamia
Licinio Roque

University of Coimbra
Rebecca Rouse

University of Skövde
Ben Samuel

University of New Orleans
Pedro A. Santos

Universidade de Lisboa
Anna Sapienza

Technical University of Denmark
Anurag Sarkar

Northeastern University
Miguel Sicart

IT University of Copenhagen
David Simkins

Rochester Institute of Technology
Aubrey Simonson

Northeastern University
Adam M. Smith

University of California, Santa Cruz
Gillian Smith

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Olli Sotamaa

University of Tampere
Carla Sousa

Universidade Lusófona
Katta Spiel

Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
Matthias Steinbock

Vienna Institute of Technology
Björn Strååt

Stockholm University
Elif Surer

Middle East Technical University
Kosuke Takano

Kanagawa Institute of Technology
Zhaoqing Teng

University of California, Santa Cruz
Mateo Terrasa-Torres

Universidad Católica de Valencia
Ruck Thawonmas

Ritsumeikan University
Mariët Theune

University of Twente
Marcus Toftedahl

Science Park Skövde, Sweden Game Arena
Julian Togelius

New York University
Mike Treanor

American University
Clark Verbrugge

McGill University
Sebastian von Mammen

Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg
Iro Voulgari

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Early Childhood Education
Ioannis Vrellis

University of Ioannina
Krzysztof Walczak

Poznań University of Economics and Business
Guenter Wallner

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Henrik Warpefelt

Kennesaw State University
Thomas Westin

Stockholm University
Jim Whitehead

Dept. of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jennifer R. Whitson

University of Waterloo
Peter Xenopoulos

New York University
Georgios N. Yannakakis

Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta
Nelson Zagalo

University of Aveiro
Loutfouz Zaman

Ontario Tech University
Ran Zhang

Univeristy of Skövede