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DiGRA2007 Conference Organizing Committee General Chair Akira BABA
DiGRA JAPAN Chair

  DiGRA Japan has hosted DiGRA 2007 at the Hongo campus of the Univesity of Tokyo, between Monday, the 24th of September until Friday, the 28th of September. It was a international conference on digital games taken place for the first time in Japan.
  A large number of researchers and developers worldwide, as well as the government personnel have participated in the conference. We would like to show our gratitude for your cooperation, and would like to report that the conference has ended as a success.
  Thank you very much again for your warm support for DiGRA Japan, and we wish we will continue the cooperation in the future.

1. PARTICIPANTS
Participating Nations 29 Participants 355

2. PRESENTATIONS
Keynote 3 Symposium 6
Panel Session 8 Poster Session 16
Paper Session 103 Lightning Talk Session 9
Student Mentoring Round Table 2 Work in Progress 20
Late Breaking Panel 1    
Total 168

3. PRESS VISIT
Newspaper 7 Magazine 5
TV Broadcasting 2 Web Media 3
Total 17

4. ARTICLES

DiGRA2007, an international conference on Digital Game Technology took place CNET Japan Sep. 25th, 2007

Using Wii for overcoming Hikikomori: Using games for psychological treatment

IT media Sep. 28th, 2007

In DiGRA2007, an international conference, the inventor of Family Computer and the creator of Packman came together in the Keynote Panel

famitsu.com Sep. 29th, 2007
We were born to play: the secrets of the success of Family Computer told by its intenvor himself CNET Japan Sep. 30th, 2007

Learning how to make engaging games from the creator of Packman

CNET Japan Sep. 30th, 2007

Special report on DiGRA2007 Keynote History of Japanese Game Industry

GAME Watch Sep. 30th, 2007

Inventor of Family Computer and the creator of Packman came together to present in DiGRA2007!

INSIDE Sep. 30th, 2007

Let's pay attention also to the positive side: the schievements in Game Studies, international conference on Digital Games at the University of Tokyo

asahi.com Oct. 4th, 2007

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