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Talk it Up: Video Game Conference Being Held in Rochester

By: Katrina Irwin
Updated: September 7, 2012
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JP Dyson, Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games joined Katrina Irwin for this week's Talk it Up Rochester.

He discussed the importance of video games in today's society and talked about a conference being held in Rochester this weekend.

Rochester has a lot of connections to the video game world. RIT's Game Design program is one of the top ten in the country. The International Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong is one of the world's largest collection of video games.

From September 7-9 the IEEE Internation Games Innovation Conference is being held at The Strong

Participants are coming from around the world.

Full registrants and also single-ticket sales for presentations are available.

Single tickets for keynote presenters are $25 each. Call 585-263-2700 Monday through Friday 8:30 to 5 p.m. for individual tickets.

You can also click here for more information.

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