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Huntington, W.Va. – The seventh annual West Virginia Game Developer Expo (WVGDE) has joined forces with the third annual West Virginia Cybersecurity Expo to host a joint virtual event Friday, April 8, 2022.
Registration for the expo is currently open and free. Details can be found online at www.wvsgde.com. Emails will be sent Thursday evening to all registered attendees with instructions on how to view the sessions. Attendees will be able to take part in live Q & A opportunities at the end of each session. The expo will begin Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time Zone). A schedule of sessions is available at www.twitter.com/wvgde.
People from across the country will be attending the virtual event, which has been modeled after major conferences such as GDC Game Development Conference. Speakers this year are from West Virginia exclusively. “This is the seventh year we are hosting this expo, and it was important for us to remind people why ‘West Virginia’ is in our event’s name. Our speakers exemplify that you can have a passion for game development or cybersecurity and still stay close to home.” said Patrick Smith, Associate Professor and Expo organizer.
“Both of these fields are extremely lucrative and in high demand, and we want to make sure everyone knows about the amazing community and job market in our own back yard.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics for Software Developers shows an estimated job growth of 22% in the next ten years. The job outlook for Information Security Analysts will grow by 31% in the next ten years.
For questions, feel free to reach out to info@wvsgde.com.
Mountwest Community & Technical College is a public institution with approximately 1,500 students. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Mountwest offers more than 60 associate degree options and 15 one-year certificates.
Multiple keynote addresses will be given for the different disciplines. Three game development keynotes will take place Friday.
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Mountwest Community & Technical College offers multiple Network Systems & Security degrees that prepare students for industry certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA and EC Council by offering real-world knowledge taught by certified professors.
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The Animation and Game Developer curriculum is designed to provide training in principles and techniques used to create interactive 2D and 3D computer games.
