Next Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner Event

Simona Tassinari, a Software Engineer in the Shared Technology Group at Rare Ltd, a UK-based videogame developer, will do a short presentation about the development process for games and what it is like to work at Rare.

Over the course of the past two decades, Rare Ltd has grown into a huge creative force behind today’s consoles and become a household name to games players worldwide. After the highly publicised alliance with Microsoft Game Studios, Rare has dedicated its effort to Xbox360 development, and has so far released three Xbox360 titles, the most recent one being the critically acclaimed “Viva Piñata”.

After completing an Honours Degree in Computer Science in Italy at the “Università di Bologna” in 2003, Simona spent over a year in Amsterdam, working on an immersive virtual reality system for medical purposes, implementing the renderer and various modules.

In 2005 Simona joined Rare in the Shared Technology Group, where she works on the R1 SDK, Rare’s internal middleware solution, especially focusing on the math library, the preview pipeline for art content, and supporting games teams. The R1 SDK has been used for the recently released titles “Viva Piñata” and the Xbox360 launch titles “Kameo: Elements of Power” and “Perfect Dark Zero”.

What happens on the night

The night is kept relaxed and informal but the general agenda is:
6:30 - 7:00 - Greeting, drinks, take seats
7:00 - 7:30 - Short talk by speaker and group discussion
7:30 onwards Buffet, drinks and further open discussions (not highly technical just general technology related chats).

Details

DATE: Tuesday 12th February 2008
WHERE: Upstairs at Fat Cat, 2 Chapel Bar, Nottingham, NG1 6JQ
HOW MUCH: £10 per head includes buffet (to be paid on the night). Drinks are to be bought separately from the bar.

Rules of attendance

Girls are welcome to attend however if you are male and wish to attend this event you must bring a female with you or be brought by a female. NO FEMALE, NO ENTRY!!!! Sorry Guys! (We will keep the numbers balanced!)

To attend this event

Please visit the wiki to register for this event. Let us know who you are, what you do, how to contact you, any technology related interests you have and if you are bringing a man with you. Link to http://nottinghamgirlgeekdinner.pbwiki.com/