Conference program

DAY 1 – 2 May 2024


08:30 Welcoming and registration - in front of the conference room

09:00 Opening speech – Pierre-Yves Hurel & Sophie Bémelmans (University of Lausanne)

09:30 Opening Keynote:

10:30 Coffee Break - in front of the conference room

10:45 PANEL 1: Local contexts – Host: Guillaume Guenat (University of Lausanne)

12:15 Lunch Break - Amphimax cafeteria

13:45 PANEL 2: Archives & Preservation – Learning Games Initiative Research Archive’s (LGIRA) – Host: Selim Krichane (Swiss Museum of Games)

15:15 Coffee Break

15:30 PANEL 3: Coding & Platforms genealogy – Host: Sophie Bémelmans (University of Lausanne)

DAY 2 – 3 May 2024

09:00 Welcoming - in front of the conference room

09:30 PANEL 4: Within & Beyond borders – Host: Arno Görgen (Bern Academy of the Arts)

10:30 Coffee Break - in front of the conference room

11:00 PANEL 5: Writing of history studies – Host: Eugen Pfister (Bern Academy of the Arts)

12:00 Lunch Break - Amphimax cafeteria

13:30 PANEL 6: Discourses and Paratexts – Host: Aurelia Brandenburg (Bern Academy of the Arts)

15:00 Coffee Break - in front of the conference room


15:30 ENDING KEYNOTE:

16:30 Acknowledgements & Closure speech – Pierre-Yves Hurel & Guillaume Guenat (University of Lausanne)


EXTRA-LIFE : DAY 3 – 4 May 2024


A visit to the Swiss Museum of Games (La Tour-de-Peilz) will be organized on Saturday morning, 4 May. Please contact Pierre-Yves Hurel for further information.