Speakers
Regan Mandryk, Canada Research Chair in Digital Gaming Experiences and Immersive Social Technologies, Professor, University of Victoria
Regan Mandryk is a Canada Research Chair in Digital Games and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. In her research, she innovates games that offer social connections and emotional benefits for players, and combats what undermines those benefits (e.g., toxicity, obsessive passion). Regan teaches game design and player experience evaluation, and led Canada’s first graduate program on games user research. She regularly gives keynotes and presentations at game and technology conferences. She has consulted with various game companies, (e.g., Electronic Arts, Tencent Games, Ubisoft, Roblox), game incubators (e.g., Execution Labs), and indie studios, as she is passionate about making academic research actionable for players, policymakers, and industry professionals.