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	'''DiGRA''' (Digital Games Research Association) is a non-profit, international association of academics and practitioners (]s) whose work focuses on digital games and associated activities. DiGRA was formally established in 2003 and continues to operate as a non-profit registered in Finland. The first president of DiGRA was professor ] who was followed by professor ] in 2006. DiGRA's president is currently professor Mia Consalvo.		'''DiGRA''' (Digital Games Research Association) is a non-profit, international association of academics and practitioners (]s) whose work focuses on digital games and associated activities. DiGRA was formally established in 2003 and continues to operate as a non-profit registered in Finland. The first president of DiGRA was professor ] who was followed by professor ] in 2006. DiGRA's president is currently professor Mia Consalvo.

	DiGRA ~~claims~~ to coordinate activities related to academic research of games in different disciplines, in different parts of the world. For this purpose, several local chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) have been set up within DiGRA. Together with local organisers, DiGRA has so far produced six bi-annual conferences. DiGRA has also supported smaller regional conferences and, starting in 2014, DiGRA's conference will be run annually. The published papers from these conferences are collected and made available online in the DiGRA digital library.		DiGRA aims to coordinate activities related to academic research of games in different disciplines, in different parts of the world. For this purpose, several local chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) have been set up within DiGRA. Together with local organisers, DiGRA has so far produced six bi-annual conferences. DiGRA has also supported smaller regional conferences and, starting in 2014, DiGRA's conference will be run annually. The published papers from these conferences are collected and made available online in the DiGRA digital library.

	The organization's output is consistent with being a ] ] group masquerading as an apolitical organization -- for example, all trails of connections in the ] game journalism and game development competition scandal point back to DiGRA members and the leftist agit-prop PR firm, ] all of whose related video-game publications published "Gamers are dead" articles and opinion pieces within 24 hours of each other in early September, 2014, but which had been discussed and planned in DiGRA communications in November, 2013.

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DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) is a non-profit, international association of academics and practitioners (Pracademics) whose work focuses on digital games and associated activities. DiGRA was formally established in 2003 and continues to operate as a non-profit registered in Finland. The first president of DiGRA was professor Frans Mäyrä who was followed by professor Tanya Krzywinska in 2006. DiGRA's president is currently professor Mia Consalvo.

DiGRA aims to coordinate activities related to academic research of games in different disciplines, in different parts of the world. For this purpose, several local chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) have been set up within DiGRA. Together with local organisers, DiGRA has so far produced six bi-annual conferences. DiGRA has also supported smaller regional conferences and, starting in 2014, DiGRA's conference will be run annually. The published papers from these conferences are collected and made available online in the DiGRA digital library.

DiGRA Main and Regional Conferences

DiGRA 2003 - "Level Up", Nov 4-6, 2003, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
1. Organizers/Chairs: Joost Raessens
DiGRA 2005 - "Changing Views – Worlds in Play", Jun 16-20, 2005, Vancouver, Canada.
1. Organizers/Chairs: Suzanne de Castell, Jennifer Jenson
DiGRA 2007 - "Situated Play", Sep 24-28, 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
1. Organizers/Chairs: Akira Baba
DiGRA 2009 - "Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory", Sept 1-4, 2009, West London, UK
1. Organizers/Chairs: Tanya Krzywinska, Helen Kennedy, Barry Atkins
DiGRA Nordic 2010 - "Experiencing Games: Games, Play, and Players", Aug 16-17, Stockholm, Sweden
1. Organizers/Chairs: Annika Waern, Petri Lankoski, Harko Verhagen
DiGRA 2011 - "Think, Design, Play", Sep 14-17, 2011, Hilversum, The Netherlands
1. Organizers/Chairs: Marinka Copier
DiGRA Nordic 2012 - “Local and Global: Games in Culture and Society”,Jun 6-8, 2012, Tampere, Finland
1. Organizers/Chairs: Raine Koskimaa, Jaakko Suominen, Frans Mäyrä
DiGRA 2013 - "DeFragging Game Studies", Aug 26-29 2013 ,Atlanta, USA
1. Organizers/Chairs: Celia Pearce, John Sharp, Helen Kennedy
DiGRA Nordic 2014, May 29-30, Visby (Gotland), Sweden
1. Organizers/Chairs: Ulf Benjaminsson, Petri Lankoski, Harko Verhagen
DiGRA Australia 2014 - "What is Game Studies in Australia?", June 17, Melbourne, Australia.
1. Organizers/Chairs: Marcus Carter, Laura Crawford, Martin Gibbs, Bjorn Nansen
DiGRA 2014 - "<Active Noun> the <Verb> of game <Plural Noun>", August 3-6, 2014, Snowbird, Utah
1. Organizers/Chairs: Roger Altizer, Jose Zagal, Annika Waern, Staffan Björk

Executive Board 2013-present

  1. President: Mia Consalvo (Canada)
  2. Vice-President: José P. Zagal (Chile)
  3. Secretary: Thomas Rousse (Denmark)
  4. Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
  5. Media Liaison: Annika Waern (Sweden)
  6. International Chapter Officer: Astrid Ensslin (UK)
  7. Open Seat: Gerald Voorhees (US)
  8. Open Seat: Hanna Wirman (Hong Kong, China)
  9. Open Seat: Lindsay Grace (US)
  10. Student Officer: Ashley Brown (UK)
  11. Student Officer: Rachel Kowert (UK)

Executive Board 2012-2013

  1. President: Mia Consalvo (Canada)
  2. Vice-President: Esther MacCallum-Stewart (UK)
  3. Secretary: Thomas Rousse (Denmark)
  4. Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
  5. Open Seat: Annika Waern (Sweden)
  6. Open Seat: Gerald Voorhees (US)
  7. Open Seat: José P. Zagal (Chile)
  8. International Chapter Officer: Astrid Ensslin (UK)
  9. Student Officer: Ashley Brown (UK)
  10. Student Officer: Rachel Kowert (UK)
  11. Board-appointed officers:
  Webmaster: Petri Lankoski (Finland)

Executive Board 2010-2012

  1. President: Helen Kennedy (UK)
  2. Vice-President: Esther MacCallum-Stewart (US)
  3. Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
  4. Board Secretary: Bob Appelman (US – Indiana)
  5. Gordon Calleja (Denmark)
  6. Annika Waern (Sweden)
  7. Open Seat: Patrick Crogan (Australia)
  8. Open Seat: Marinka Copier (Netherlands)
  9. Open Seat: Dan Pinchbeck (UK)
  10. Open Seat: Torill Mortensen (Norway)
  11. Open Seat: José P. Zagal (Chile)
  12. Open Seat: Jesper Juul (Denmark)
  13. Open Seat: Bart Simon (Canada)

Executive Board 2007-2009

  1. President: Tanya Krzywinska (UK)
  2. Vice-President: Douglas Thomas (US)
  3. Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
  4. Board Secretary: Bob Appelman (US – Indiana)
  5. Liaison Officer: Helen Kennedy (UK)
  6. Dissemination Officer: Tony Manninen (Finland)
  7. Open Seat: Patrick Crogan (Australia)
  8. Open Seat: Marinka Copier (Netherlands)
  9. Open Seat: Esther Macallum-Stewart (UK)
 10. Open Seat: Torill Mortensen (Norway)
 11. Open Seat: José P. Zagal (Chile)
 12. Open Seat: Veronica Zammitto (Argentina)
 13. Open Seat: Akira Baba (Japan)

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