I’m excited! The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment is calling for papers at the mo and will be held November this year, in Sydney. The themes they posit that are relevant to me are:

Advanced/Innovative Interaction Design
Art, Design and Media
Cultural
and Media Studies on Computer Games
Interaction design
Interactive
Digital Storytelling
Media Theory
Mobile Entertainment
Networking (technical and social)
New Genres, New Standards

What I’m really excited about is the Program Committee, in particular:

Marc Cavazza, University of Teesside, UK
Chris Chesher, University of Sydney, Australia
Chris Crawford, Erasmatazz, USA
Magy Seif El-Nasr, Penn State University, USA
Michael Mateas, Georga Institute of Technology, USA
Marie-Laure Ryan, Independent Scholar, USA
Liz Sonenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia
Nicolas Szilas, Macquarie University, Australia
R. Michael Young, North Carolina State University, USA

Marie-Laure Ryan! Wow! I cannot wait!