[games_access] GDC 2007: Accessibility Idol and other sessions

[d. michelle hinn]

Just a quick follow up to my own email... ;)

In case people were wondering how the email campaign to find 
contestants for Accessibility Idol went...it went really well. I'm 
still talking with a few more celebs and I heard back from a whole 
bunch of them -- even Will Wright! They were all super positive about 
the event but had conflicting conferences and/or they were caught in 
the PS3 and/or Wii crunch and/or just plain VERY busy. But a few 
asked me to ask them again for GDC 2008 and I think that, if 
anything, just getting the word out that the SIG's here and raising 
awareness about accessibility has been a success. So everyone -- we 
should be feeling GREAT about all the positive responses and just 
responses in general. We're getting there!

The coolest thing? Is that our confirmed contestants are REALLY 
genuinely pumped for this and I don't think we can ask for better 
luck than that! Last year we had the tutorial...this year? Center 
stage! GDC 2007 is gonna rock!

Michelle

>Hi everyone,
>
>Well, the GDC schedule is getting finalized and although we did not 
>get the one day tutorial this year, we've got some really cool 
>sessions onto the schedule! We've gotten old enough that we had to 
>put most of the proposals through the official submission system 
>rather than get our sessions through the IGDA so I think we did 
>pretty well!
>
>(1) As you know, our "big session" this year is Accessibility Idol:
>https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=3887
>
>Confirmed contestants include some very interesting characters who 
>know each other well so it should help a lot with how smoothly 
>things go (ie, lessen awkward pauses):
>
>* Ernest Adams (http://www.designersnotebook.com/)
>* Sheri Graner Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheri_graner_ray)
>* Sam Lewis (https://www.cmpevents.com/GD06/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=240132)
>
>and I'm waiting for final confirmation of two other contestants, who 
>I don't want to announce publicly until it's official
>
>(2) Then we also have the Game Accessibility Arcade:
>https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=3759
>
>CMP thought that this was a great idea to feature this.
>
>(3) Then...there's the Game Accessibility Group Gathering that IGDA 
>is sponsoring:
>https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=3892
>
>(4) I just learned that our annual roundtable has been accepted with 
>a twist by GDC Mobile (which is held at the beginning of GDC like 
>the tutorials are) who would like to hear what we have to say about 
>the latest rage in mobile gaming: one button gaming...or as we say 
>"switch" gaming. :)
>
>(5) I'm waiting on our final proposal for a panel to talk about 
>accessibility and serious games.
>
>Also...I know that the "who" part of each session isn't complete yet 
>and I'm working with them to update that and get everyone I know 
>that's participating in one or more sessions onto the website. So 
>fear not. :) Get me your bio's and contact info ASAP if you know 
>that you are supposed to be on a session and are not yet. Thanks!!!
>
>BTW, hotels are SELLING OUT FAST!!! I got one of the last rooms at 
>the hotel I'll be at and, while they only list that one is sold out, 
>the Argent Hotel is sold out as well and the Westin is getting 
>close! So check out the hotel list at:
>http://www.gdconf.com/travel/hotels.htm
>
>PS -- I'm trying to figure out a time next week for an online 
>meeting so rest assured...we will meet soon!
>
>Michelle
>
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