Women in Games Virtual Global Conference

Women in Games是游戏行业性别平等的主导力量。十多年来，其欧洲游戏中的妇女会议为妇女提供了一个安全，支持和庆祝的空间，以进行社会联系，交流知识，庆祝女性人才和应对挑战。在这段时间里，会议已成为建立和支持英国和欧洲游戏行业女性实践社区的关键。不幸的是，COVID-19中断意味着我们的会议无法在2020年以实际形式举行。但现有的平等挑战继续影响游戏行业女性的职业生活和个人福祉。与流行病相关的破坏所产生的新问题使这些问题变得更糟-从适应远程工作的女性经历了更多的“数字歧视”到家庭虐待和心理健康挑战的激增。英国政府和联合国都越来越认识到，新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠状病毒病）对女性造成了毁灭性的社会后果。因此，现在比以往任何时候都更需要我们的会议来支持社区。作为回应，Women in Games希望重新定义在线会议。该项目将一个重大挑战转化为一个机会，为虚拟和沉浸式会议体验创新一种令人兴奋的新模式。它利用游戏设计，沉浸式技术和数据科学，以新的方式吸引和连接，娱乐和教育观众，以推动积极的社会变革。它将帮助Women in Games在COVID-19危机中了解、应对和支持女性游戏社区。它将帮助我们继续我们的使命，实现一个没有性别歧视的游戏产业、文化和社区，让所有女性都有平等的机会充分发挥自己的潜力。最终，它将帮助我们、我们的社区和我们的行业从COVID-19中恢复过来。

Women in Games is the leading force for gender equality in the games industry. Its Women in Games European Conference has provided a safe, supportive and celebratory space for women to socially connect, exchange knowledge, celebrate female talent and address challenges for over a decade. In that time, the conference has become pivotal to building and supporting a female community of practice in the games sector across the UK and Europe. Unfortunately, COVID-19 disruption means our conference cannot happen in its physical form in 2020\.But existing equality challenges continue to impact the professional lives and personal wellbeing of females in the games sector. And these are being made worse by new problems emerging from pandemic-related disruption -- from women adapting to remote work experiencing increased 'digital discrimination' to a surge in domestic abuse and mental health challenges. Both the UK Government and United Nations increasingly recognise Covid-19 is having devastating social consequences for females. As a result, our conference is needed now more than ever to support the community.In response, Women in Games wants to redefine the online conference. This project turns a major challenge into an opportunity to innovate a new and exciting model for virtual and immersive conference experiences. It harnesses game design, immersive technologies and data science to engage and connect, entertain and educate audiences in new ways to drive positive social change. It will help Women in Games understand, respond and support the female games community through the COVID-19 crisis. It will help us continue our mission to realise a games industry, culture and community free of gender discrimination, with equality of opportunity for _all_ women to achieve their full potential. And, ultimately, it will help us, our community and our industry bounce back from COVID-19\.