Speaker profile: Alice Taylor

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This year Lift welcomes Alice Taylor as one of our speakers! We've invited Alice to speak during our session on online communities. She will present various cases showing how the video game environment can be used for public diplomacy, democracy, entertainment, education and experimentation.

Alice works at the UK's Channel 4, and her job is to commission cross-platform educational content for UK-based 14-19 year olds, aiming to get useful, life-helpful information to teens via their most-favored platforms and formats.

She specializes in video gaming and playful experiences, and Channel 4 Education’s 2009 slate includes:

• Routes, a cross-platform game tackling DNA and genetic testing. Winner of Best Content BIMA 2009, nominated for children's interactive BAFTA 2009.
• Smokescreen, a cross-platform game on the subject of privacy, online security and surveillance.
• 1066 The Game, a web game depicting the events of the battles of 1066. Winner, Best Online Game, BIMA 2009, and nominated for children's interactive BAFTA 2009.
• Bow Street Runner, C4 Education’s first game commission, won the children’s interactive BAFTA in 2008.

Alice was a judge for the 2006 & 2007 Independent Games Festival, the D&AD awards 2008, and IndieCade 2009. Alice writes the gamecentric blog Wonderland and occasionally contributes to sites and magazines such as The Guardian or Kotaku. She joined Channel 4 from BBC Worldwide, where she was Vice President, Digital Media for the USA’s west coast operations.