Competitive video gaming has become big business and is the fastest growing sport world-wide. The purpose of this summit is to highlight educational and research opportunities around e-sports, and to explore opportunities for making e-sports a varsity sport on our campus. There will be research focused panels, discussion on the business of esports, and interactive displays.
Program
1:30 pm Welcome and Overview of Summit
1:45 pm Keynote Address:
2:15 pm The Student Perspective
3:00 pm The Faculty Perspective
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm The Business of Esports
5:00 pm Varsity Esports
6:00 pm Concluding Remarks and Call to Action
Networking reception with interactive displays directly following
Business Instructional Facility Atrium