Speakers
Kathleen Yin, Generative AI Analyst, Nvidia
With a background in pharmacy, academic research, localization, and UX research, as well as being the co-founder of Serious Games Australia New Zealand (now merged with Games for Change Asia-Pacific), Kathleen Yin has been involved in all aspects of serious games ideation, development, and evaluation. She has conducted academic studies on interactive experiences for health and assessed their impact, generating critical evidence on the positive mental health role that games played during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also worked on award-winning Chinese mobile games as a localization specialist, exploring topics ranging from politics to philosophy and acting as the dramaturge in the voice recording booth, bridge cultural differences between the original script and the localized material. She now works in Nvidia to explore narrative design possibilities with AI, and how to construct realistic NPC interactions that allow unprecedented levels of player freedom.