{"id":15,"date":"2016-03-14T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T18:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2016\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:51:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2016\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16\" src=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/GGC2015_Header-Image_About.png\" alt=\"GGC2015_Header-Image_About\" width=\"530\" height=\"371\" \/>Uppsala University, campus Gotland have been <a href=\"http:\/\/game.campusgotland.se\/\">teaching game development<\/a>\u00a0since 2001. The GGC is an annual (<em>very public!<\/em>) evaluation of our work. International industry, academia and press are invited to help scrutinize our output, hone our process and celebrate our results.<\/p>\n<p>Students kick start the event with presentations of their projects; exposing themselves and the university to insightful critique from an experienced panel of industry personas.<\/p>\n<p>We then proceed with a two day conference; talks on a wide range of topics are interspersed with networking on the show floor, amongst the student\u2019s games.<\/p>\n<h2>Press Material<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2016\/Presskit.zip\">GGC 2016 banners, posters &amp; logos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See contact info in the bottom of this page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Location<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisbystrand.se\/\">Wisby Strand<\/a> is one of the most modern conference centers in Europe and is located next to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hgo.se\/\">Uppsala University, campus Gotland<\/a> in the the medieval city of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visby\">Visby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Wisby+Strand,+Strandv%C3%A4gen+4,Visby,+Sweden&amp;aq=&amp;sll=57.637545,18.289747&amp;sspn=0.01082,0.033023&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=Wisby+Strand,&amp;hnear=Strandv%C3%A4gen+4,+621+55+Visby,+Sweden&amp;t=h&amp;cid=6289864025756383940&amp;ll=57.640302,18.288717&amp;spn=0.016079,0.043774&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A&amp;output=embed\" width=\"512\" height=\"217\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Wisby+Strand,+Strandv%C3%A4gen+4,Visby,+Sweden&amp;aq=&amp;sll=57.637545,18.289747&amp;sspn=0.01082,0.033023&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=Wisby+Strand,&amp;hnear=Strandv%C3%A4gen+4,+621+55+Visby,+Sweden&amp;t=h&amp;cid=6289864025756383940&amp;ll=57.640302,18.288717&amp;spn=0.016079,0.043774&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A\">View larger map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Wisby+Strand,+Strandv%C3%A4gen+4,Visby,+Sweden&amp;aq=&amp;sll=57.637545,18.289747&amp;sspn=0.01082,0.033023&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=Wisby+Strand,&amp;hnear=Strandv%C3%A4gen+4,+621+55+Visby,+Sweden&amp;ll=57.64029,18.288739&amp;spn=0.010819,0.033023&amp;t=h&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A&amp;cid=6289864025756383940\" target=\"_blank\">Wisby Strand Congress &amp; Event<\/a><br \/>\nStrandv\u00e4gen 4<br \/>\n621 55 Visby, Sweden<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Information<\/h2>\n<p>Gotland Game Conference 2016 is hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusgotland.uu.se\/\">Uppsala University, campus Gotland<\/a>.<br \/>\nEvent Producer is H\u00e5kan Mattsson\u00a0at the department of Game Design.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span class=\"gray\"><small>Email:<\/small><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span class=\"gray\"><small>Phone Number:<\/small><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"white\">hakan.mattsson@speldesign.uu.se<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"white\">+46\u00a018471 8261<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uppsala University, campus Gotland have been teaching game development\u00a0since 2001. 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