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Session Name: Ripple Effect: How Women-in-Games Initiatives Make a Difference
Speaker(s): Stephanie Fisher, Sagan Yee, Gemma Thomson, Rebecca Cohen-Palacios, Zoe Quinn
Company Name(s): York University, Hand Eye Society, Diversi, Pixelles, Crash Override Network
Track / Format: Advocacy

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Overview: It goes without saying that women-in-games (WIG) initiatives help to increase diversity in video game industry and culture. Despite the real and positive impacts of WIG programs, they often go unreported, unrecognized, or forgotten by the very industry they've helped change in significant ways.
In this panel, we'll explore 5 years of personal and career trajectories of former participants whose lives were changed by women-in-games initiatives, as well as, the effects rippling out into their games communities.

GDC 2016

Stephanie Fisher

York University

Sagan Yee

Hand Eye Society

Gemma Thomson

Diversi

Rebecca Cohen-Palacios

Pixelles

Zoe Quinn

Crash Override Network

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Advocacy

Advocacy