The Third International Conference of DiGRA Mexico will take place in Mexico City on July 8, 9, and 10, 2025.
Under the theme “RESILIENCE,” this conference explores the ability to adapt and transform within the field of video games.
Today, the video game industry faces a series of challenges that test its capacity for adaptation and transformation, making these issues key research topics. This conference aims to analyze how developers, studios, and academics address these challenges and find innovative solutions. It invites researchers, developers, and other professionals to discuss these topics and explore resilience strategies for an industry in constant transformation.
Venue: SAE Institute México, Campus 2, esquina Zamora / Montes de Oca.
The results will be published in conference proceedings with a DOI, and extended articles (previously selected) in journals.
Thematic Areas
- Adaptation and Transformation of the Industry
- Games and Their Relationship with Society
- eSports
- Serious Games
- Games and Education
- Ludonarratives
- Game Design
- Analog Games
- Industry Relations
- History and Archaeology
- Playful Culture
- Research with Social Impact
- Games and Technology
- Gamification
Keynote Speakers
8th of July
Chris Totten. “Lessons from Games and the Arts”
Mer Grazzini. “Juegos emersivos: una alternativa a la inmersión”
9 th of July
Jonatan Jiménez. “Commodore Odyssey” presentación de libro.
10 th of July
William Huber. “Game Studies and Next Humanities”.
Our 2025 program took place over 5 days and featured both on-site and online activities. The full program for July 8, 9, and 10 can be viewed at the followings links:
DiGRA MX 2025 Program
Scientific Committee
- Dra. Ruth Contreras Espinosa. University of Barcelona
- Dra. Blanca Estela López. Metropolitan Autonomous University
- Dr. Ángel Garfías. National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Dr. Ángel Torres Toukoumidis. Salesian Polytechnic University
- Dr. Romano Ponce Díaz. University of Guadalajara.
- Dr. Roberto Alejandro Novelo. Anáhuac University
- Dr. Ervey Hernández Torres. Autonomous University of Baja California
- Dr. Edgar Meritano Corrales. Metropolitan Autonomous University
- Dr. Jose Luis Eguia-Gomez. Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Dr. Mauricio Rangel Jiménez. Metropolitan Autonomous University
- Dr. Irving Ortiz López. Professional Institute for Creative Innovation
- Dra. Lynn Alves. Federal University of Bahia.
- Dr. Héctor Manuel Gómez Gutiérrez. Michoacana University of San Nicolas de Hidalgo.
- Dra. Maribel Reyes Calixto. Autonomous University of Mexico City
- Dr. Emiliano Labrador. Open University of Catalonia
- Dra. Eva Villegas. CITM- Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Dra. Elisabet Fonts. CITM- Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Dr. Jose Miguel Tomasena. University of Barcelona
- Dr. Hibai López González. University of Barcelona
- Dr. Juan-José Boté. University of Barcelona
- Dr. Vicente Villalba Palacin. University of Barcelona
- Dr. Adrien Faure-Carvallo. University of Barcelona
Conference Chairs
- Dra. Ruth Contreras Espinosa. University of Barcelona
- Dra. Blanca Estela López. Metropolitan Autonomous University
Organizing Committee
- Eva Moranchel Basurto
- Mtro. Alejandro Almazán
- Mtro. Germán Sosa Castrejón
- Dr. Irving Ortiz López
Web and Graphic Design
- Dr. Jose Luis Eguia
- Daniela Sarai Martínez Pérez
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The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.