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Jason G. Reitman

Informatics Department, Bren School, UCI
Graduate Researcher, UCIESC2019 Student Co-chair
Thursday, October 10
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Gallery

9:00am PDT

Keynote: Diversity and Esports: Video Game Culture, Collegiate Play, and Live Streaming (Bo Ruberg) Crystal CoveBo Ruberg Opening Comments (Marios Papaefthymiou) Crystal CoveMarios Papaefthymiou

10:30am PDT

Panel: College Esports Programs and How to Build Them Emerald Bay BKathy Chiang • Kurt Melcher • Justin Thomas • Heath Price • Brian Marcotte Continuing the Conversation: Leveraging Platforms for Marginalized Voices in Esports Emerald Bay AAlexandra Cata Living by the Code: Drafting and Enacting Community Guidelines for a More Inclusive Esports Environment Emerald Bay AMatthew Knutson • Amanda Cullen • Evan Conaway

11:30am PDT

Lunch Gallery

12:30pm PDT

Cheating, Consequence, and Performance in Professional Esports Emerald Bay AAlexander Williams Miller From Artifact to Auto Chess: Valve’s Growing Ecology of Dota 2 Esports Emerald Bay AStephanie Boluk • Patrick LeMieux The Meta: Esports, Optimization, and Setting Limits Emerald Bay AChris Paul Microsoft Education: Building a School to Career Pipeline with Esports and Gaming Concepts Emerald Bay BBrooke Haag So you Want to Teach an Esports Class: Lessons and Strategies from the Front Lines Emerald Bay BPhill M Alexander

2:00pm PDT

Panel: Navigating University Stakeholders Emerald Bay BGlenn Platt • Mark Deppe • AJ Dimick Early Television Video Game Tournaments as Sports Spectacles Emerald Bay ATero Kerttula Esports and Platform Studies: An Integrated Perspective Emerald Bay AWilliam Clyde Partin iii

3:30pm PDT

Panel: High School Esports State of the Union Emerald Bay BSamantha Anton • James O'Hagan League of Legends: An Advancement of Lavian Communities of Practice Emerald Bay AAndrew Cochran More Than a Tournament: Grassroots Play and Participation at Esports Events Emerald Bay AYing-Ying Law • Joshua Jarrett

4:30pm PDT

Posters Reception & Heavy Hors D'oeuvres (Gallery) GalleryRick Menasce • Kyle Nolla • Raine Koskimaa • Hannah Wang • Abbie Rappaport • Craig G. Anderson • Jason Reitman • Minerva Wu • Je Seok Lee • Josef Spjut • Luis Perez Cortez Smash Ultimate, Melee, TFT Tournaments, Overwatch Workshop Games, and Free Play Arena

6:00pm PDT

Keynote: University Esports Governance/Leadership (Kurt Melcher) Outdoor TerraceKurt Melcher

7:00pm PDT

LoL Invitational Outdoor Terrace
 
Friday, October 11
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Gallery

9:00am PDT

Keynote: Player Dynamics: The future of playing together (Kim Voll) Crystal CoveKim Voll

10:30am PDT

A Stakeholder Journey Through The Business Ecosystem Of the Esports Industry Emerald Bay ATobias M. Scholz • Bastian Kordyaka Collegiate Esports Landscape Analysis Emerald Bay AKevin O’Hanlon The Challenge of Collegiate Esports Institutionalization Requires Partnerships between Students and Universities Emerald Bay ASamantha Close • Quentin Griffin Gamers are less susceptible to a cognitively fatiguing task compared to age-matched controls Emerald Bay BAdam J Toth • Niall Ramsbottom • Mark J Campbell Holistic Player Support Emerald Bay BMilo Dodson • Haylesh Patel • Hillary Phan Is Cognitive Inhibition an Indicator of Expertise among Competitive Esports Gamers? Emerald Bay BAdam J Toth

12:00pm PDT

Panel: Collegiate Esports Governance Emerald Bay BMichael Sherman • Billy Sprout • Greg Adler Esports online viewership: The influence of push and pull factors Emerald Bay ATyreal Yizhou Qian • James Zhang Fandom Culture & Identity in Esports Emerald Bay AMaria J. Anderson-Coto • Christine Tomlinson Insights into the Esports Consumer: Explaining Consumer Engagement from a Dual Systems Perspective Emerald Bay ABastian Kordyaka • Tobias M. Scholz • Katharina Jahn • Bjoern Niehaves

1:00pm PDT

Lunch Gallery NASEF High School Esports Meetup Emerald Bay A

2:00pm PDT

Special Event Eureka!