Public Application for CEDEC 2011 Sessions has closed.

Thank you very much for your interest in lecturing at CEDEC 2011.

CEDEC aims to bring together professionals engaged in development of computer entertainment including games and those involved in associated work, allow them to exchange their information and opinions to improve their development capabilities, and advance the industry as a whole.

• Message to those hesitating to apply
  • Impressions expressed by previous lecturers include: “The lecturing experience gave me an opportunity to change myself” and “Lecturing changed my perspective as a developer (i.e. providing me overlooking capabilities)”. We hope you give positive consideration for your own future progress.
  • If you are feeling that your company is too small or your effort will probably not be useful, that is not true. 60% of CEDEC participants are from small-to-medium-sized developers. CEDEC is *not* a conference designed only for major developers. Any of your ideas and efforts will make a great theme for a CEDEC lecture.
• Message to those who are considering applying for the first time
  • We welcome your transformation from a “listener” to a “speaker”. We are certain that such transformation will benefit you.
  • Please read “How to Apply” carefully and submit your form.
• Message to those who have lectured at CEDEC before
  • Thank you for considering applying again.
  • We often hear people say they want to know what might have happened “afterwards” regarding past popular lectures. If you are considering presenting something that will extend your previous lecture, you can add current trends, which will further increase the value of the lecture.
  • If you apply with a new theme, your past performance will not be examined. In such cases, you are expected to refresh your mind and commit yourself as a new challenger to compete with other applicants through open application.
• Message to those who applied for CEDEC but was not accepted in the past
  • Thank you very much for considering your second challenge.
  • You can certainly apply with a new theme or even choose your once rejected application theme by refining it.
  • CEDEC examines applicants only using data provided for the current application, regardless of their past performance. Your spirit of revenge will be much appreciated.

In view of these objectives, we ask that proposals for sessions be submitted according to the guidelines outlined below.

• Please complete all sections from page 4 onwards in the application form , before attaching the file to an email and forwarding it to cedecspeaker@cesa.or.jp
• Applications close March 31, 2011
• Closing date has been changed to April 7, 2011
  Public application for CEDEC2011 sessions has been closed.

Please be mindful of the following points when submitting your application.

• Please send a separate file for each application. You may, however, attach multiple files to a single email.
• You do not need to specify the genre.
  • Your applications will be allocated to genres by the Steering Committee.
  • The final sessions will be classified into the following genres. (A session may be allocated to more than one genre.)
    PG (Programming), VA (Visual Arts), GD (Game Design), SND (Sound), NW (Online / Network), PD (Production), BM (Business & Management), AC (Academic), BoF (Birds of Feather; new genre), MX (Special Category; non-genre)
  • Production technologies, software development methods and so forth which are related to the above, will also be appreciated.
    (For example: tool development technology used in VA, the agile development method in PG)
• Please complete each section as clearly and in as much concrete as possible.
  • At CEDECs in the past, there has been a strong tendency for sessions to be rated more highly when their actual content has matched the expectations formed by participants based on the description in the program. In particular, “Session title,” “Ideas take away” and “Expected skills/experience” are extremely important.
  • For example: “Expected skills/experience”
    No good: Anyone involved in game development
    Better: Graphic developers
    Best: Persons with experience in GPU programming
• If at all possible, please keep your “Session description” to within one page, and please make your description concise and yet concrete.
  • If illustrations or other figures are needed for reason of explaining your session proposal, you may add them, but try to keep them around 3 pages.
  • Supplemental reference materials such as video files can also be attached to your proposal.
  • If you have any information that cannot be stated explicitly when submitting this form due to confidentiality or other such reasons, you may keep the information confidential.
• If it is determined that the content of your proposal is for the purpose of promoting a commercial technology, we may instead present you with a proposal for the Sponsorship Program.
  • Commercial technology is an important element in modern-day game development, and therefore it is not our policy to exclude applicants who are offering such technology. If it is determined that promotion is not the primary objective, and that it could contribute to improving the development capabilities of the audience, we will proceed to examine your application as a regular candidate for the sessions.
• The content of your application will not be used for purposes other than the administration of CEDEC.
  • Although the Steering Committee, which examines the applications, is comprised of persons from the gaming industry, we assure you that the content of your application will in no way be misappropriated for the benefit of an organization to which the Program Committee members belong.
• Please complete the application form in either Japanese or English.

The proposals we receive for sessions will be judged according to the following process.

• A) Review based on the content described in the submission form
  • The CEDEC Steering Committee will review the content, and decide whether the proposal is accepted.
  • The CEDEC Office will contact the submitters of accepted session proposals, and will commence discussions for session details. Contact is scheduled to be made in April or May, 2011.
• B) Review based on the submission with additional information
  • The CEDEC Steering Committee may, where necessary, ask for further information to be provided in addition to that contained in this submission. Contact will be made by the CEDEC Office, who will request that materials explaining the session in more detail be provided We will review your application based on this material, and decide whether the proposal is accepted.
  • In cases where we request additional information, contact is scheduled to be made in May or June, 2011.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at cedecspeaker@cesa.or.jp.
We look forward to receiving your application.