Monash University - Information Technology
Computer Games Boot Camp

Program details

Dates: July 3 - 9, 2010
Time: Start 9:30am, finish 5:30pm (Note: Some days may run later and students/schools will be advised in advance.)
Attendance Registration: 9:30am Saturday July 3 2010
Cost: No cost to students
Location: Building 60, Exam/Engineering Halls (EH2, EH3 and EH4), Clayton campus

Outline for Saturday 3 July

9:30am Student sign-in
10:30am Welcome to CGBG 2010
11:00am Boinx TV - TV Studio in a laptop - Vodcast
11:30am Tour of Clayton Campus
12:00pm Lunch
12:30pm Game Challenge
1:30pm Primal Clarity Production - Imperial League
2:30pm IAH Games (Singapore) Behind the scenes of the Gaming Industry in South East Asia
3:30pm Secondary Presentations, Team activities, Tournaments and more
3:30pm IAHGAMES: passport sign up, Account Management, Items Claim, Top up Account
5:20pm End of day announcements
5:30pm Hometime
6:30pm Level 3 - Night Event (Invite only)

Outline for Sunday 4 July

9:30am Students check in
10:00am Monkey Messiah - Aaron Styles (Independent Game Developer)
11:00am Game Challenge
11:30am Thumbpad & Level 3 Live Podcast
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Creating Interactive TV Prop Technology - Jake Zhivov
2:30pm Green Tube Lan - Matthew Asplin
3:30pm Origin PC - Aron Jackson
3:30pm Secondary Presentations, Team activities, Tournaments and more.
3:30pm FIFA Online 2 Tournament
5:20pm End of day annoucements
5:30pm Hometime
6:00pm Ozbox live night (Invite only)
9:00pm Close.

Outline for Monday 5 July

9:30am Students check in
10:00am Unbelievable Games - Glenn Watson
11:00am Game Challenge
11:30am Stephan Shutze - Australia's principle orchestral composer for the games industry
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Digislide - David Power
2:30pm Michael Woods - eSports media entrepreneur and games journalist
3:30pm IAH Games: Granado Espada Levelution Tournament
3:30pm Secondary Presentations, Team activities, Tournaments and more
5:20pm End of day annoucements
5:30pm Hometime
6:00pm Parent Night

Outline for Tuesday 6 July

9:30am Students check in
10:00am Paul Callaghan - Freelance Games writer and Developer
11:00am Game Challenge
11:30am Comp Now - Rodney Gordon
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Autodesk
2:30pm Ozboxlive - Mark Libman
3:30pm Secondary Presentations, Team activities, Tournaments and more
5:20pm End of day announcements
5:30pm Hometime

Outline for Wednesday 7 July

9:30am Students check in
10:00am Level 3 TV Show
11:00am Game Challenge
11:30am Level 3 TV Show
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm High School E-Sports League Finals
2:30pm High School E-Sports League Finals
3:30pm Pinball - Jason Hiddlestone (Pinball Spare parts)
3:30pm Secondary Presentations, Team activities, Tournaments and more
5:20pm End of day announcements
5:30pm Hometime.

Outline for Thursday 8 July

9:30am Students check in
10:00am Touch my Pixel - Tarwin Stroh-Spijer
11:00am Game Challenge
11:30am Adobe - Brian Chau
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Matthew Cassells, Jarrod Brown, Marcus Geary - Student Developers
2:30pm Frank Thompsen - XNA XBOX 360 Development
3:30pm Secondary Presentations, Team activities, Tournaments and more
5:20pm End of day announcements
5:30pm Hometime
6:00pm Night Event (Invite only)
Late End of activity

Outline for Friday 9 July

9:30am Students check in
10:00am
Special Event (all day)
11:00am  
11:30am  
12:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm  
2:30pm  
3:30pm  
5:30pm
End of Event

Presenters and activities to be revealed each day, on the lead up to CGBC 2010.

Scheduled presentations and showcases are subject to change.

How do I register?

Ask your Careers Teacher to contact us with your details (name, year and school).

or contact us directly

For further information please contact Andrew Owen on (03) 9903 1441 or email

Post address: Office location:
PO BOX 197
Caulfield East
Victoria 3145
Building H Level 6
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East
Victoria 3145

Attendance check

Students will be required to register attendance at 9.30am each day. Attendance will be monitored during the event.

Students will be placed into Groups/Teams for some activities.