GEC MISSION STATEMENT:
To help the Puget Sound game community increase future potential through education, reducing risk with our low cost employment events, and help forge new relationships with educational and business institutions to keep Puget Sound
gaming strong, and ahead of the curve!
GEC 2009 OBJECTIVE:
For our first year, GEC will focus on establishing a mutually beneficial environment where game companies can invest their knowledge in the next generation of game developers, and in return for a small amount of their time, game companies get face time with thousands of job seekers!
Refer a friend within 30 days of your purchase and receive an additional $5.oo off your Early Registration purchase!
It's easy! Just have one friend sign up, and you'll be saving a total of $25 off the door price!
1. After your friend signs up, email us at friend(at)geconf.com with the name your friend used in paypal, along with the confirmation number they received with their paypal purchase!
2. You must refer your friend within 30 days of your purchase! But don't wait around and miss the big 35% savings with Early Registration!
3. What's in it for your friend? Well, every person who gets referred to GEC by an existing attendee gets entered into a contest with a special prize awarded when you show up on the day of the event!
1. We provide an annual educational job fair hosted by the leaders of the local game industry.
2. Every GEC job fair and in-class workshop is supported with free educational packets, suggested reading lists, and is reviewed for quality, results, and suggestions for improvement from the public and the game companies involved.
2. GEC is run by volunteer & student staffers, which is why the attendance costs for our events are so cheap. Most of our staffers are employed in the game industry right now, and are just volunteering their time to help keep Puget Sound strong!
4. Between 2008 - 2009 we will offer hundreds of educational waivers and discounts to be distributed by the public education system, and by the teachers themselves.
5. At least 5% of the profits from every educational job fair hosted by GEC will be donated to local non-profit charities such as Child's Play ( responsible for delivering over 1.3 million dollars of easily cleaned, sterile toys to children's hospitals all across the United States ).
1. The game industry made 29 billion dollars in 2007 (Hollywood only made 4.1 billion), and will break 35 billion in 2010.
2. Entry level jobs in the game industry pay $12-$16 dollars per hour, and many of our Puget Sound youth can land jobs that pay
24k - 34k per year within two years!
3. Game industry jobs around Puget Sound have increased annually by 10% - 30% for the last six years and will continue to grow.
4. Currently over 15,000 people are employed throughout the Puget Sound (more than Starbucks and Amazon.com combined).
5. King County has the most game devlopers and publishers located in one area in the entire world.
6. Washington State is the #2 highest employer for games in the Unites States.
7. Seattle is the #1 employer in the United States for casual web games.
Not registered yet?
Look around the site, but don't miss out on the 35% discount on the door price for Early Registration! Attendees who register early will also be eligible for crazy prizes, and receive the chance to get their resume or portfolo seen by local game companies before the conference even begins!
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Productions ©2007 GEEKBot character and designs are the exclusive
property of BrainStorm Productions. GEEKBot and all other art created by Concept Artist Brandon Rodriguez ( brodriguez(at)geconf.com). All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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