Field Overview

1. FIELD OVERVIEW
INDUSTRIES, ROLES,
CONFERENCES, ORGANIZATIONS,
AND MORE…

2. CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
• Games, Animation, Theme Park Rides, Museum
Installations, Augmented Reality, Mobile Devices,
Robotics, Interactive Performances, Websites, Film,
Cross-Media…
• Education, Business, Medical, Civics,
Entertainment…
• And More…

3. DIFFERENT ROLES
• Technical, Artistic, Design, Audio…
• Production, Entrepreneur, Educational…
• Mix & Match…
• And More…

4. VARIOUS CONFERENCES
• Serious Play, DiGRA, PAX (East), XOXO, MakerCon,
MakerFaire, VIA, TGS, IndieCade (East), SATE, AIIDE, TEA,
Grace Hopper, Captivate, Produced By, Dust or Magic,
iDMAa, Practice, Global Game Jam, DRAW, SxSW, GDC,
Sandbox, Storyworld, G4C, FMX, HASTAC, SIGCHI, CHI
Play, SIGMM, Two5Six, Eyeo, GLS, Games for Health,
Come Out & Play, SIGGRAPH, Gen Con, Thrival, Gaming
in Ed, Fantastic Arcade, Inst-Int, Meaningful Play…
• And More…

5. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Get Involved…
• ACM, IGDA, TEA, IEEE, HEVGA…
• SiGs…
• And More…

6. SCHOLARSHIPS & VOLUNTEERING
• AIAS, ESA, Penny Arcade, Google, Microsoft, Sony,
EA, Disney…
• GDC, IGDA, SIGGRAPH, SIGCHI, SIGMM, IEEE…
• And More…

7. CAREER PATHS
• Industry, Academic, Public, Non-Profit…
• Independent, International…
• In Between, a Journey…
• Transformational…
• And More…

8. FIT
• Culture, Lifestyle, Field, Career…
• Location, Company, Team, Job…
• And More…

9. CHANGES
• New Industries, New Roles, New Challenges,
New Opportunities…
• And More…

10. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES
• Opportunities, Changes…
• Get Involved…
• Yes and…
• And More…