Christians are gamers, too (apparently)! The community has stepped up since days of old though, and are having their own conference this year, titled the Christian Game Developers Conference. Speakers, workshops, expo time, all that good stuff, you'll see it there. Below you'll find a list of speakers, workshops, and panels.

Speakers

• Jay Moore, The Strategery Group
• Ken Kavanagh, ClickToy Interactive
• Scott Wong, Brethren Entertainment
• Chris Skaggs, Soma Games

Workshops

• Wisdom or Waste?, Tim Reddington
• How We Can Fund Missions Via Entertainment, Ed Armstrong
• Creating AI-Bots in Multiplayer Games, Laurene Wells of Heaven's Blessings Tiny Zoo
• Virtual Team of Volunteers, Charlie Mauck
• The Dev
• Challenge: Quickly Creating Value, Dan Olds
• Creatively Glorifying God
• Jerry Moore - Game Design.

Discussion groups & panels

• Game Evangelism
• The Life Cycle of a Bug
• State of the Industry

Dan Olds' will be showing his latest film at the event, as well, titled "Song Man," which is described as such:

Song Man is the story of a young Jewish man, David, an out of work musician struggling with life, love, and faith, who's unaware that people all over the world are following his music and spiritual journey through the songs he writes; among them, a couple of contract killers trying to prevent him from claiming the inheritance that rightfully belongs to him. The film features the biblical card game "Prophecy", which Dan created and is published by Epos Entertainment.

Registration is still open to anyone who wishes to attend and can be done through the website found below; cost is $75 for two days or less or $90 for all three days. The experience is promised to be 'unique.'

Don’t miss this opportunity to gather with other Christian developers to discuss and pray over the exciting things God is doing in this industry!  July 24-26, 2008, Portland, Oregon.