Schedule

• 9:30am Registration Grab your camp knapsack + badge, and enjoy some delicious coffee and treats from Simit & Chai!
• 10:00am Welcome! With Lauren Howes (CFMDC executive director and TMAC advisor), Jennie Robinson Faber (DMG executive director), and Damage Camp team
• 10:15am – 10:45am Meagan Byrne Between Two Worlds: How Wanisinowin|Lost Navigates Cultural Belonging Through Video Game Mechanics
• 10:50am – 11:20am Emily Flynn-Jones This talk is co-authored by my anxiety and agoraphobia: getting to grips with mental illness while making things and playing stuff
• 11:40am – 12:10pm Osama Dorias The 'Slims: A How-To Guide to Representing Muslims in Video Games
• 12:15pm – 1:00pm Rachel Kahn & Daniel Kwan Why You Should Be Using Tabletop RPGs in Your Classroom (and Beyond!)
• 2:05pm – 2:30pm Rokashi Edwards & Liesl A. Speed Talk! Let's👏🏾Talk👏🏾Fast👏🏾: Sonic and Speed Culture
• 2:30pm – 2:55pm Alex Zandra Van Chestein Speed Talk! What Speedrunning Taught Me About Game Design
• 3:00pm – 3:45pm Mic Fok, Alex Bull + Kim Koronya Panel Consider Your Viewers - How Can Esports Be Viewer Friendly? Moderated by Jonathan Levstein.
• 3:50pm – 4:20pm Derek Quenneville The "Golden" Age of Localization aka Wait, Which of the Three Completely Different Bubble Bobble Twos Are You Talking About?
• 4:25pm – 4:55pm Harriet Horobin-Worley Grand Gamers: Design, Accessibility and Community Management for Older Gamers
• 5:10pm – 5:40pm Gabriela Aveiro-Ojeda Refining an Art Style to Reflect Character Diversity
• 5:45pm – 6:30pm Cindy Poremba, Peter Kingstone + Kim Gibson Panel Not Even Your Final Form: Positioning Your Game For Funding, Festivals and GrantsModerated by Henry Faber.
• 6:45pm – 7:00pm Closing Remarks 👋 A few words from the Damage Camp team.
• 7:00pm – 9:00pm Arcade + Goodbyes! Hang out with new and old pals, play some games in the arcade, then head over to the Gladstone Hotel to check out DMG co-director Yifat Shaik's installation, FAKE VR, for Fly By Night – part of Nuit Blanche!