Mariebeth Aquino

Directing a non-profit and entirely volunteer-driven conference organisation. Managing an international 30 people team, which is based in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia, Hungary and Switzerland.

Association for the Advancement of Game Development in Austria. Business and partner development for Games Austria, Association for the Advancement of Game Developement is the games industry hub in Austria. Researching, analyzing and developing opportunities. Defining strategies. Establishing initiatives and managing projects like Central European Games Conference (CEGC).

Connecting Game Developers in Vienna. Representing the Chapter. Managing organizational operations. Cooperating with multiple stakeholders. Coordinating events, like IGDA Vienna Unity Day 2012 for 220 attendees. Initiated reinstatement.

Conference Manager for all Game-related issues, also Social Media Manager for PIXEL and co-managing operations. I started at PIXEL building up a Volunteer Program and restructuring operations. PIXEL is an annual conference on computer graphics and animation taking place every autumn in the majestic setting of the Academy of Sciences, with ~500 attendees listening to international professionals fascinating insights.

Games Assessor, evaluating and recommending positive games for the federal office for the positive assessment of computer and console games (Bundesstelle für die Positivprädikatisierung von Computer- und Konsolenspielen, BUPP) a service provided by the Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth. Its primary aim is to help parents and other people who buy computer games for children and young people to decide, following the principle of “recommending the good rather than prohibiting the bad”.

Responsible for editorial and operations at Austria's Computer Graphic Magazine.

Conference Associates (CA) play an essential part to enable any GDC to run smoothly. Volunteers help to run the vital functions of the Game Developers Conference by guarding doors, monitoring conference sessions, checking badges and much more. CAs are an important and valued part of the GDC.

Technologie der Medien