
Keynote speakers
Natasha Schüll
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (USA)

Jennifer Whitson
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Patrick Lagacé
Columnist, La Presse (Canada)

Guests speakers
Maude Bonenfant
Assossiate Professeur, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
Homo Ludens, Groupe de recherche sur les pratiques de jeu et la communication dans les espaces numériques

Mia Consalvo
Director, Concordia University (Canada)
Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design, mLab

Jean-Michel Costes
Scientific Director, Observatoire des Jeux (France)

Magali Dufour
Associate Professor, University of Sherbroooke (Canada)
HERMES Team (Canada)

Sara Eriksén
Professor, Blekinge Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Department of Creative Techonologies

Ingo Fiedler
Researcher, University of Hambourg (Germany)
Division on Gambling, Institute of Law & Economics

Joyce Goggin
Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Department of English Literature

Sylvia Kairouz
Director, Concordia University (Canada)
Research Chair on Gambling Studies

Gerda Reith
Professor, University of Glasgow (Great Britain)
School of Social and Political Sciences

Bart Simon
Director, Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) (Canada)

Jeffrey Snodgrass
Professor, Colorado State University (USA)
Department of Anthropology

Moderators
Martin French
Assistant Professor, Concordia University (Canada)

Chantal Robillard
Associate Researcher, Coordinator, Concordia University (Canada)
Research Chair on Gambling