New education symposium for digital games

Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) will be bigger and better this year, with a free education symposium that will highlight career opportunities in the industry.

The new Games Education Symposium has been developed as a collaboration between MIGW and the Department of Education. The free event will be held on 3 and 4 October as part of MIGW 2024.

Taking place at Fed Square’s ‘The Edge’, day 1 of the symposium will focus on the secondary school sector. This will include talks, panels and mentoring events aimed at teachers, career counsellors, students, parents or anyone wanting to find out more about pursuing a games career.

Day 2 at ACMI will invite the broader industry to engage with tertiary institutes to talk about growing the workforce and fostering the next generation of talent.

Both days will be packed with talks and panels featuring local and international experts and will be a chance to network with local studios, tertiary providers and games leaders.

International speakers include UK games whiz George Osborne of UK Association of Interactive Entertainment and Dries Deryckere, Director of Digital Arts and Entertainment at Belgium’s Howest University.

Local speakers include the team from career pathways organisation Year13, experts from Australia’s biggest games studio Playside Studios and Massive Monster.

Digital games is a fast growing, global industry with lucrative and diverse career pathways on offer, and Victoria is Australia’s games heartland with more than half of the industry based across the state.

From VFX to animation, artificial intelligence, games design, music composition, screenwriting, programming and development, the education symposium will be a deep dive into the many options and pathways available for people looking for a career in digital games.

For more information about the symposium and MIGW, visit: Careers and Frontiers:
MIGW24 Games Education Symposium.