The School of Games & Creative Technology at UCA, Farnham, is delighted to be hosting a one-day conference on Friday 18 July 2025, exploring the role of concept art and character design in the culture industries.

This event aims to explore approaches to understanding concept art and character design drawing from multiple critical and creative perspectives. From avatars to animated characters, theme park rides to fast food mascots, these practices combine multiple strands of culture and design. Academics and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for presentations considering the industrial, artistic and political dimensions of these significant features of the contemporary culture industries.

Please send 200-word abstracts for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by 50-word bios, by Wednesday 30 April 2025 to: ewankirkland@uca.ac.uk

Please refer to https://cacd2025.edublogs.org/ for further details.

Join us for a conference showcasing the amazing projects being conducted by UCA's Early Career Researchers!

Featuring academic papers, lightning talks, and an interactive peer mentoring session, this will be a great opportunity to network, share ideas, and collaborate with fellow researchers in a creative and inspiring environment.

All staff and postgraduate students from across UCA are welcome to attend.

The conference will take place at the Wells Building at UCA Epsom.