Program Overview

ICIDS is a single-track conference. Paper sessions will run from Monday 3 November through to Wednesday 5 November, followed by workshops on Thursday 6 November. The accompanying art exhibition will be held at ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, from Sunday 2 November thorugh to Wednesday 5 November.

Note that the program details are still tentative at this point, and may change.

Day 0: Sunday 2 November

ICIDS 2014 Art Exhibition Sunday Showcase
Location: ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands
Time: 1pm to 7pm
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Day 1: Monday 3 November

Keynote talk, paper presentations and conference reception
Location: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS
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7:30am: Bus departs from Studio M (for hotel guests only)
7:40am: Bus departs from Grand Copthorne Waterfront (for hotel guests only)
8:30am: Registration
9:15am-9:30am: Opening address
9:30am-10:30am: Keynote: Emily Short
10:30am-11am: Coffee break
11am-12:30pm: Paper session: Story Generation
12:30pm-2pm: Lunch (provided)
2pm-3pm: Paper session: Authoring 1
3pm-3:30pm: Poster and demo madness
3:30pm-4pm: Coffee break
4pm-5:15pm: Paper session: Authoring 2
5:30pm-6pm: Poster and demo session (continues throughout reception)
6pm-7:30pm: Conference reception

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Day 2: Tuesday 4 November

Invited talk, paper presentations, gallery visit and conference dinner
Location: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS
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8:00am: Bus departs from Studio M (for hotel guests only)
8:10am: Bus departs from Grand Copthorne Waterfront (for hotel guests only)
8:30am-9:30am: Registration
9:30am-10:30am: Keynote: William Uricchio
10:30am-11am: Coffee break
11am-12:30pm: Paper session: Evaluation and Analysis
12:30pm-2pm: Lunch (provided)
2pm-2:30pm: Paper session: Theory
2:30pm-3:30pm: Artists' panel
3:30pm-4pm: Coffee break
4pm-4:45pm: Paper session: Retrospectives
5pm: bus to Marina Bay Sands
6pm-7pm: Art exhibition gallery visit
7pm-8pm: River cruise
8pm-10pm: Conference dinner

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Day 3: Wednesday 5 November

Invited talk and paper presentations
Location: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS
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8:00am: Bus departs from Studio M (for hotel guests only)
8:10am: Bus departs from Grand Copthorne Waterfront (for hotel guests only)
8:30am-9:30am: Registration
9:30am-10:30am: Keynote: Bruce Nesmith
10:30am-11am: Coffee break
11am-12:30pm: Paper session: User Experience
12:30pm-2pm: Lunch (provided)
2pm-3:00pm: CUTE Center demo visit
3pm-3:30pm: Coffee break
3:30pm-4:30pm: Expert panel
4:30pm-5pm: Closing address and discussion
7pm-9pm: IGDA talk: Bruce Nesmith (optional)

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Day 4: Thursday 6 November

Workshops
Location: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS

8:00am: Bus departs from Studio M (for hotel guests only)
8:10am: Bus departs from Grand Copthorne Waterfront (for hotel guests only)
9am-10:30am: Morning workshop session (part 1)
10:30am-11am: Coffee break
11am-12:30pm: Morning workshop session (part 2)
12:30pm-2pm: Lunch (on your own)
2pm-3:30pm: Afternoon workshop session (part 1)
3:30pm-4pm: Coffee break
4pm-5:30pm: Afternoon workshop session (part 2)

Full-day:

9am-5:30pm: Workshop #1
An Introduction to Game Mastering
Shao Han Tan

Half-day (morning):

9am-12:30pm: Workshop #2
Managing Informational Interactive Digital Storytelling Projects
Deborah Elizabeth Cohen

9am-12:30pm: Workshop #3
Narrative Analysis of Interactive Digital Storytelling
Colette Daiute

Half-day (afternoon):

2pm-5:30pm: Workshop #4
Future Perspectives for Interactive Digital Narrative
Hartmut Koenitz, Mads Haahr, Gabriele Ferri, Tonguc Ibrahim Sezen and Digdem Sezen

2pm-5:30pm: Workshop #5
Story Modelling and Authoring
Ulrike Spierling and Alex Mitchell

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