Islamabad: The first-ever Games Emerge Conference (GEC) in Pakistan is scheduled to happen in Islamabad this year in December 2016.

Mainly designed to promote video game development as well as creative industry in Pakistan, GEC will run over three days and include industry conferences, workshops, networking opportunities along with the two-day game jam.

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Games Emerge Conference is organized by Sadia Bashir, the founder and chief Executive Officer of the PixelArt Games Academy (PGA).

PGA is the first institute in Pakistan to provide specialized education and training to the students of games industry.

PGA is funded in part by Pakistan Center, which is in turn sponsored by the US State Department and is targeted to provide support and training for business women.

"The biggest hurdle in the growth of video game development industry of Pakistan is the lack of related education and awareness about the development of video games," Bashir said while giving his recent interview.

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"PGA wishes to overwhelm the educational discrepancy in the video games sector of Pakistan over the next decade however in order to attract the enough pool of talent we believe events like GEC 2016 are necessary for producing awareness."

Other PGA leaders involves Irrational Games co-founders Ken Levine and Jonathan Chey, former Ubisoft Montreal AI programmer Brie Code, and well-known speaker, traveller, and Vlambeer Games co-founder Rami Ismail.

"I really can't wait to watch out what the academy grows into. I cannot wait to meet the people who will get involved in the academy and I cannot wait to see the product they are ultimately going to make," said Levine in a press release.

 

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