Evelyn Richardson explains how important industry-education collaboration and the Forum are for the growth of the industry….

Evelyn Richardson has over ten years experience in the IT and new media industries working in Government and the private sector. Prior to joining the GDAA, she provided strategic advice to the film, television and new media industries. This recently included a review of Opportunities for Motion Capture for the Victorian Computer Game Industry and facilitating a cross-industry networking forum for games and post production companies. She was formerly General Manager of Grey Interactive and Director, Industry and Community Development, Multimedia Victoria. She supported the creation of Cinemedia’s Digital Media Library and in conjunction with the National Gallery of Victoria developed their multimedia strategy to digitise 20 000 images, develop infrastructure for the Federation Square and St Kilda Road sites, including upgrade their website.

She has managed successful e-commerce trials in metro and regional Victoria and was appointed to the IT and Multimedia Strategy Review Team, in conjunction with McKinsey/Cutler and Co – producing the final report to the Victorian Government.

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PRESENTATION

The GDAA is an important peak body for the games industry in Australia with corporate and individual membership across the game industry and education.

This session overviews of the GDAA’s role in furthering the games industry in Australia, services it provides, how it views the games industry, and opportunities.

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