GALA 2019 is an event organized by the Serious Games Society. The organization structure is the following:
General Chair:
Antonios Liapis (University of Malta, Malta)
Program Chairs:
Georgios N. Yannakakis (University of Malta, Malta)
Manuel Gentile (CNR – ITD, Palermo, Italia)
Manuel Ninaus (Leibniz-Institut fuer Wissensmedien, Germany)
Exhibition Chair:
Elina Roinioti (Panteion University, Athens)
Tutorials & Keynotes Chair:
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge (BIBA, Germany/ KTH, Sweden)
Awards Chair:
Iza Marfisi-Schottman (Univ. Le Mans, France)
Publication Chair:
Riccardo Berta (University of Genoa, Italia)
Communication & Promotion Chair:
David Melhart (University of Malta, Malta)
Administrative & Financial Chair:
Francesco Bellotti (University of Genoa, Italia)
Local Arrangements Chair:
Iro Voulgari (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens)
Program Committee (additions TBD):
- Mario Allegra (Italian National Research Council – ITD)
- Alessandra Antonaci (Welten Institute – Research Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, Open University of the Netherlands)
- Angeliki Antoniou (University of Peloponnese)
- Aida Azadegan (The Open University)
- Per Backlund (University of Skövde)
- Riccardo Berta (University of Genoa)
- Rafael Bidarra (Delft University of Technology)
- Lucas Blair (Little Bird Games)
- Tharrenos Bratitsis (Assistant Professor, University of Western Macedonia)
- Maira B. Carvalho (Tilburg University)
- Giuseppe Città (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) – Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche di Palermo)
- Michael Coovert (University of South Florida)
- Valentina Dal Grande (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
- Teresa de La Hera Conde-Pumpido (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Kurt Debattista (The University of Warwick)
- Michael Derntl (University of Tübingen)
- Joao Dias (INESC-ID)
- Frank Dignum (Utrecht University)
- Jeffrey Earp (ITD-CNR)
- Luis Miguel Encarnacao (Innovation by Design Intl. Consulting)
- Georgios Fesakis (University of Aegean)
- Jan Dirk Fijnheer (Utrecht University)
- Laura Freina (National Research Council (CNR))
- Samir Garbaya (ENSAM Art et Metiers ParisTech)
- Dimitris Grammenos (FORTH-ICS)
- Dirk Ifenthaler (University of Mannheim)
- Carolina A. Islas Sedano (Ubium Oy)
- Kostas Karpouzis (National Technical University of Athens)
- Vlasios Kasapakis (University of the Aegean Department of Cultural Technology and Communication)
- Michael Kickmeier-Rust (Graz University of Technology)
- Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University)
- Georgios Kritikos (University of the Aegean)
- George Lepouras (University of Peloponnese)
- Theo Lim (Heriot-Watt University)
- Sandy Louchart (Glasgow School of Art)
- Heide Lukosch (Delft University of Technology)
- Ioanna Lykourentzou (Utrecht University)
- Katerina Mania (Technical University of Crete)
- Samuel Mascarenhas (Universidade de Lisboa)
- Adam Mayes (Uppsala University)
- Michela Mortara (CNR imati Ge)
- Thierry Nabeth (P-Val Conseil)
- Rob Nadolski (Open University of the Netherlands-Welten Institute)
- Lucia Pannese (Imaginary)
- Davide Parmigiani (University of Genova (Italy))
- Sobah Abbas Petersen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- Petros Petridis (Univeristy of Thessaly)
- Johanna Pirker (Graz University of Technology)
- Yurgos Politis (UCD)
- Maria Popescu (Carol I National Defence University)
- Rui Prada (Universidade de Lisboa)
- Marius Preda (Institut TELECOM)
- Ion Roceanu (National Defence University)
- Margarida Romero (Laboratoire d’Innovation et Numérique pour l’Education. Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
- Pedro A. Santos (Universidade de Lisboa)
- Avo Schönbohm (Berlin School of Esconomics and Lwa)
- Yoones A. Sekhavat (Tabriz Islamic Art University)
- Christos Sintoris (Human Computer Interaction Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department)
- Panote Siriaraya (Delft University of Technology)
- Yannis Skarpelos (Panteion University)
- Heinrich Söbke (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
- Ioana Andreea Stefan (Advanced Technology Systems)
- Krassen Stefanov (Faculty of Math & Informatics, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”)
- Matthias Teine (University Paderborn)
- Maria Tsourma (Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH))
- Pauliina Tuomi (Tampere University of Technology)
- Erik Van Der Spek (Eindhoven University of Technology)
- Herre Van Oostendorp (Utrecht University)
- Spyros Vosinakis (University of the Aegean, Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering)
- Wim Westera (CELSTEC-Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies, Open University of the Netherlands)
- Josef Wolfartsberger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
- Stelios Xinogalos (University of Macedonia)
- Zerrin Yumak (Utrecht University)