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):

Anissa All (University of Gent, Belgium)

Alessandra Antonaci (OUNL, The Netherlands)

Sylvester Arnab (Coventry University, Uk)

Aida Azadegan (The Open University, UK)

Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge (BIBA, Germany/ KTH, Sweden)

Per Backlund (Högskolan i Skövde, Sweden)

Sylvie Barma (Université Laval, Canada)

Francesco Bellotti (University of Genoa, Italy)

Riccardo Berta (University of Genoa, Italy)

Rafael Bidarra (TU Delft, Netherlands)

Staffan Björk (Chalmers, Sweden)

Lucas Blair (Little Bird Games, USA)

Rosa Bottino (ITD-CNR, Italy)

Clint Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA)

Maira Brandao Carvalho (Tilburg University, Netherlands)

Michael Coovert (University of South Florida, USA)

Sylvie Daniel (University Laval, Canada)

Alessandro De Gloria (University of Genoa, Italy)

Kurt Debattista (University of Warwick, UK)

Teresa de la Hera (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Shujie Deng (University of Bournemouth, UK)

Michael Derntl (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

João Dias (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

Frank Dignum (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)

Ioannis Doumanis (University of Middlesex, UK)

Miguel Encarnação (University of Louisvillèe, USA)

Samir Garbaya (ENSAM ParisTech, France)

Manuel Gentile (ITD-CNR, Italy)

Junghyun Han (Korea University, Republic of Korea)

Valerie Hill (Texas Women University)

Carolina Islas Sedano (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)

Michael Kickmeier-Rust (University of Graz, Austria)

Sotiris Kriginas (University of Athens, Greece)

Ralph Klamma (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

Silvia Kober (University of Graz, Austria)

Niki Lambropoulos (Global Operations Division, Greece)

George Lepouras (University of Peloponnese, Greece)

Theo Lim (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

Sandy Louchart (Glasgow School of Art Digital Design Studio, UK)

Katerina Mania (Technical University of Crete, Greece)

Fabrizia Mantovani (Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy)

Iza Marfisi-Schottman (Université du Maine, France)

Michela Mortara (IMATI-CNR, Italy)

Rob Nadolski (Open University, Netherlands)

Manuel Ninaus (Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany)

Jussi Okkonen (University of Tampere, Finland)

Magda Popescu (Carol I Nat. Defence University, Romania)

Rui Prada (INESC, Portugal)

Marius Preda (Institut National des Télécommunications, France)

Matthias Rauterberg (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Ion Roceanu (Carol I Nat. Defence University, Romania, Romania)

Margarida Romero (Université Nice Sophia Antipolis , France)

Pedro A. Santos (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal)

Esther Judith Schek (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy)

Avo Schönbohm (Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany)

Ioana Stanescu (Carol I Nat. Defence University, Romania)

Kam Star (Playgen, UK)

Erik van der Spek (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Herre van Oostendorp (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

Remco Veltkamp (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

Wim Westera (Open University, Netherlands)

Antonie Wiedemann (University of Genoa, Italy)

Josef Wolfartsberger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria)

Stelios Xinogalos (University of Macedonia, Greece)

Su Ting Yong ( University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia)

Zerrin Yumak (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)