HUGE Conferences List - Game Focus - Help Needed!

OK...here is a HUGE list of conferences, primarily developed with a focus on games, simulations etc. I am in the process of developing travel funding and requests for the next year and need your input! I've been to GDC for about 4 years running, love the e-Learning Guild events and have been to IITSEC about 8 or 9 times.

I need your feedback on conferences I have missed, reviews of conferences, etc. I'm also working with some folks to make this list live and editable and will get back with the link to that as soon as we get that created.

Thanks!!

Game Developers Conference 2009
March 23-27, 2009
www.gdconf.com

Defense GameTech User's Conference
April 29-30, 2008
?? 2009
Orlando, PEO STRI & ADL sponsored

Games + Mobile Forum @ LA Games Conference 2008
May 21-22, 2008

Army DL & Gaming Working Group at Fort Eustis
May 28-29, 2008
Rob Bowen, Chief TCM Gaming, NSC, Futures Division

Medical Technology, Training and Treatment (MT3)
Jun 1-3, 2008
Lake Buena Vista, FL

Games for Change
June 2-4, 2008
http://www.gamesforchange.org/conference/2008/index.php

Innovations in Elearning
June 3-5, 2008
http://innovationsinelearning.gmu.edu/index.html

AUSA Medical
Jun 9-12, 2008
San Antonio, TX

Game Education Summit
June 10-11, 2008
http://www.gameeducationsummit.com/

ITEC Conference 2008
Jun 10-12, 2008
Stockholm, Sweden

MORS Symposium
June 10-12, 2008
New London, CT
http://www.mors.org/

Social Gaming Summit
June 13, 2008
http://www.socialgamingsummit.com

2008 Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS)
Jun 18-19, 2008
Orlando, FL

Flash in the Can (FITC)
June 22-23, 2008
Chicago, IL
http://www.fitc.ca

Digital Media Conference
June 26, 2008
Washington, DC,
http://www.digitalmediaconference.com

Games, Learning, Society +Academic Fest
July 8-11, 2008
Academic Co-Lab, Madison, WI
http://glsconference.org/

Apply Serious games
July 10, 2008
http://www.applyseriousgames.com/

12th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational & Serious Games
July 30-Aug 2, 2008http://www.cgamesusa.com

SIGGRAPH Sandbox
Aug 9, 2008
Emerging Serious Games from the Graphics
Aug 12, 2008
http://sandbox.siggraph.org/about.html
http://www.web3d.org/events/details/2008-web3d-symposium-on-3d-web-technology/

Flashforward2008
Aug 20-22, 2008
San Francisco
http://www.flashforwardconference.com

Joint ADL Co-Lab Implementation Fest 2008
Aug 25-28, 2008
Orlando, FL

Virtual Worlds Expo
September 3-4, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.virtualworldsexpo.com/

Austin Game Developers Conference
Sep 15-17, 2008
Austin, TX
http://www.austingdc.net

MODSIM 2008
Sep 16-19, 2008
Virginia Beach, VA
http://www.modsimworld2008.com

The Millennials Conference
Sep 25-26, 2008
New York, NY
http://www.millennialsconference.com

Learning 2008
Oct 26-29, 2008
Orlando, FL
http://www.learning2008.com/

DevLearn 2008 Conference & Expo
Nov 11-14, 2008
San Jose, CA
http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.24

IITSEC
Dec 1-4, 2008
Orlando, FL

Living Game Worlds
Dec 1, 2008 
Atlanta, GA
http://gameworlds.gatech.edu/

e-Learning Guild Annual Gathering 2009 Conference & Expo
March 9-12, 2009
Orlando, FL
http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.24

DevLearn 2009 Conference & Expo
Nov 9-13, 2009
San Jose, CA
http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.24

Additional Conferences:
*INTERGEO Geodesy, geoinformation, and land management (Germany).

*ISAGA International Simulation and Gaming Association annual conference.

*Learning Futures The future of organizational learning in a changing global context

*Ludium Arden Institute's academic conference on synthetic worlds, with components built as a  live-action game. (Ted

Castronova, Indiana U)

*Massive Future of networked multiplayer games. 

*Medicine Meets Virtual Reality

*MODSIM World  For the international modeling and simulation community (business, industry, academic, governmental).

*NAB World's largest electronic media show.

*NASAGA North American Simulation and Gaming Association annual conference.

*O'Reilly ETech

*Serious Games Summit

*SLCC Second Life Community Convention

*Supernova

*SXSW Interactive

*Virtual Worlds. Produced by Chris Sherman.

Comments

[Tom]

VizThink '09 in San Jose should definitely be on your list.

[Ada]

Thanks for the list! Really helpful :)

[Ron Edwards]

Hi Mark,
Our second annual European conference 'Serious Virtual Worlds 08' will be in Coventry (an hour north of London) on September 11,12. Here's an overview:
http://www.seriousvirtualworlds.net

Building on the real success of first Serious Virtual Worlds conference in 2007 this is your chance to be a part of the newly emerging professional community for the serious uses of virtual worlds. Serious Virtual Worlds’08 is the only event focussing on the serious uses of these environments.

SVW’08 will address the live issue of how virtual worlds will cross boundaries both between the real world and virtual worlds and between virtual worlds. As people spend increasing time in virtual worlds, how will they interoperate between these virtual and real spaces? SVW’08 is the only international event that takes these leading edge issues and addresses them in a compact 2 day event.

Hope to see you there!

[Ben Hamilton]

Hmmm...I wonder if there is such as thing as too many conferences :-)

[Shai]

Mate are you up for another "bourbon pitcher" at DevLearn '09? :)