Sydney Workshop on Computer Games

Yusuf posted this in the forum, and I think it's definately worth pasting here...

We (a bunch of academics or is it a school of academic :-) are considering organising a one day research workshop on computer games in Sydney in February 2004. The workshop will have a computer science/artificial intelligence focus with topics ranging from using games in teaching, teaching games design and programming, new techniques that can be used in games, games as simulation environments, exploring interactivity in games, etc. The papers/talks will be similar to the 'AAAI Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Entertainment' series.

I am trying to gauge the level of interest for this workshop beyond the usual academic circle. Would you attend such a workshop and what would you like to get out of that experience? Would you be interested in submitting an abstract/writing a paper/making a presentation about your current "innovative" work?

Cheers,
Yusuf

If you're interested in this, please respond to his post here!