Committee

April 15 – 18 2025 // Vienna & Graz

General Chairs

Johanna Pirker

© TU Graz / Lunghammer

Johanna Pirker 

 

she/her

TU Graz

Fares Kayali

© University of Vienna / derknopfdruecker.com

Fares Kayali 

 

he/him

University of Vienna

Programme Chairs

Katta Spiel

Katta Spiel 

 

they/them

TU Wien

Sabine Harrer

Sabine Harrer 

 

they/them

University of Vienna & Uppsala University

Organization Committee

Doctoral Consortium Chair

Simone Kriglstein

Simone Kriglstein 

 

she/her

Masaryk University & AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Sven Charleer

Sven Charleer 

 

 

AP University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Anwerp, Belgium

Industry Chair

Simone Kriglstein

TBA 

 

Local Chair Vienna

Alexandra Miltner

Alexandra Miltner 

 

she/her

University of Vienna

Local Chair Vienna

Selina Gartner

Selina Gartner 

 

she/her

University of Vienna

Local Chair Graz

Michael Holly

Michael Holly 

 

he/him

TU Graz

Local Chair Graz

Georg Ablasser

Georg Arbesser-Rastburg 

 

he/him

TU Graz

Workshop & Competitions Chair

Christoph Salge

Christoph Salge 

 

University of Hertfordshire

Workshop & Competitions Chair

Ralucca Gaina

Raluca Gaina 

 

she/her

Queen Mary University of London

DEI/Accessibility Chair

Chris Poglitsch

Chris Poglitsch 

 

he/him

TU Graz

Data Analytics Chair

Max Kreminski

Enrica Loria 

 

she/her

Keen Software House, independent scholar

Web Chair

Petra Francesca Weixelbraun

© Petra Weixelbraun

Petra Francesca Weixelbraun 

 

she/her

University of Vienna

Web Chair

Florian Rott

© University of Vienna / derknopfdruecker.com

Florian Rott 

 

he/him

University of Vienna

Track Chairs

Technical Game Development and Hardware

Petra Francesca Weixelbraun

TBA 

 

Game Design, Studio Practices, Novel Mechanics, Novel Experiences

Rilla Khaled

Rilla Khaled 

 

she/her

Concordia University

Enric Llagostera

Enric Granzotto Llagostera 

 

independent researcher

Game Analytics and Visualization

Petra Francesca Weixelbraun

TBA 

 

Game Artificial Intelligence

Max Kreminski

Max Kreminski 

 

they/them

Game Criticism and Analysis

Carly Kocurek

Carly Kocurek 

 

she/her

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chris Hanson

Chris Hanson 

 

Games Beyond Entertainment

Eddie Melcer

Eddie Melcer 

 

he/him

Carleton University

Katelyn Grasse

Katelyn Grasse 

 

University of California, Santa Cruz

Games Pedagogy

Joseph C. Osborn

Joseph C. Osborn 

 

Naemi Luckner

Naemi Luckner 

 

she/her

TU Wien

Late-Breaking Short Papers

Michael Lankes

Michael Lankes 

 

Linda Graf

Linda Graf 

 

she/her

University of Duisburg-Essen

Games and Demos

Rafael Bidarra

Rafael Bidarra 

 

 

Delft University of Technology

Amy Hoover

Amy Hoover 

 

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Lightning Talk Track

Anastasia Salter 

 

they/she

University of Central Florida

PB Berge 

 

they/she

University of Alberta

Anniversary Chair

TBA