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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2017 11 Business Today www.creditinfo.com.mt info@creditinfo.com.mt Tel: 2131 2344 Your Local Partner for Credit Risk Management Solutions Supporting you all the way A weekend to develop an educational game facilitating teaching of A' level computing MITA has last weekend launched its second edition of the Game Jam - a 45-hour event whereby 54 students from different education- al institutions, divided into thir- teen teams got together to create 13 individual educational game prototypes. The students worked assiduously across the weekend until midday of Sunday to compete and secure their winning ticket to Krems, Austria for several educational workshops on game development; as well as a summer student placement at MITA. The topic of this year's Game Jam focused around Computing at Matsec / Advanced level. The aim of the competition was to bring together students from different creative fields to develop a digital serious game within a limited amount of time. The competition tested the students' skill of resilience and determination, their ability to work under pressure and their willingness to work within a team. For the opening event, the keynote speaker Alexander Pfeiffer from the Donau University in Krems, Austria gave an inspiring speech about 'Nudging' – a new concept related to the design elements that should be considered in educational games. Following that, Dylan Seychell from the Google Developers Group and St Martin's Institute, together with pedagogical experts from the G.F. Abela Junior College and St Martin's College guided the students in designing their game. The winning team – The Flying Dutchman with their game Packet Defence were awarded with the opportunity to attend a workshop with Mr Scot Osterweil, Head of MIT Game Lab to be held in July 2018 at the Donau University in Austria. The award therefore includes a cash prize redeemable against flights, and accommodation to attend these lectures for each team member. Furthermore, the Flying Dutchman team and the runner ups – Cipher Yellow with their game Mal War will also win a summer placement at MITA through the Student Placement Programme. This event was organised by MITA, in collaboration with the Department of Intelligent Computer Systems, Faculty of ICT within the University of Malta, St Martin's Institute of Higher Education, Middlesex University and the Google Developers Group, Malta Branch. The Concept Stadium adds resources to Social Media and Design Studio The Concept Stadium, a local boutique marketing consultan- cy fi rm, has boosted its digital, brand and corporate culture communications as well as de- sign studio team with two new additions to the team – Colleen Azzopardi and Ramona Cauchi. Besides taking care of the digital marketing requirements of a number of clients, Colleen will also be in charge of the Concept Stadium's Brand and Corporate Culture Communications, whilst bolstering the firm's creative think-tank. Currently in her final year studying for a Degree in Communications (Hons) at the University of Malta, Colleen has a flair for creativity, social media and digital marketing. She previously held a position as a Digital Marketing Executive with an international beauty brand. Colleen is also keen dancer, baker and loves photography and travelling. With over nine years' experience in design, including working at one of Malta's leading advertising agencies, Ramona is highly experienced and a qualified creative. She specialises in design of brand collateral and marketing / advertising campaigns. Her greatest personal strengths are "the drive and determination in always giving the very best". Welcoming Colleen and Ramona to the team, Jonathan Dalli and Jonathan Chetcuti, Co-Founders & Directors of the Concept Stadium commented: "We're very enthusiastic to have Colleen and Ramona on board not only because we are increasing our digital marketing and studio capabilities through both their creativity and knowledge of the online and design space, but also because of their value-added to our portfolio of clients! Since the company's foundation, we have strived to create a Commercial Creative team to not only remain relevant to our clients, but add value to their marketing initiatives and activations." For more information, please visit https://conceptstadium.com/