[game_edu] Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University

[drew davidson]

On behalf of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon  
University, it is with great pleasure that we invite you to The Future  
of Interactive Technology for Peace Conference on April 2 & 3, 2008 in  
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information regarding the  
conference and to register, please go to http://www.etc.cmu.edu/peace2008/

The theme of the conference is exploration of the impact that  
interactive technology has on peace, peacemaking, and diplomacy. The  
conference will bring together professionals from the entertainment  
industry, academia (faculty and students), and government and  
foundation personnel.

This conference will provide an opportunity for participants to learn,  
share and discuss what the future holds for the use of interactive  
technology in peace and peacemaking. Key aims of the conference it to  
hear from researchers and professionals in the field on the  
opportunities for how interactive technology can impact education and  
training in the areas of diplomacy and peace and increase  
participants’ awareness of the role that technology has for peacemaking.



Conference speakers and workshop leaders include:

Lucas Welsh, President and Founder, Soliya

Luis Von Ahn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie  
Mellon

Mary Flanagan, Professor, Department of Film and Media Studies, Hunter  
College

Jesse Schell, Faculty, Entertainment Technology Center and Founder and  
CEO, Schell Games

Robert Cavalier, Ph.D., Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy,  
Carnegie Mellon
Cleotilde (Coty) Gonzalez, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor,  
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon
Eric Brown, Chief Executive Officer, & Asi Burak, Chief Product  
Officer, Impact Games

Robert Creo, Board Member, and Sandi DiMola, Board Member, Mediators  
Beyond Borders



As you can see, we have a wonderful line-up of speakers and workshop  
leaders! Please join us April 2 & 3, 2008. For additional questions  
and comments, please send email to Anne Humphreys at ah34 at andrew.cmu.edu



Sincerely,



The Entertainment Technology Center







  
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