Dear all, We are happy to announce the preliminary program for the conference “Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society” (Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2024) at the University of Bremen, Germany. You find the preliminary program here: https://beyondplay2024.org/index.php/start/programm/ There will be three great Keynote speaker: *Sonia Fizek * “Video Games in Times of Climate Crisis. From Aesthetics to Ethics” Sonia Fizek is professor in Media and Game Studies at the Cologne Game Lab at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences. *Torill Elvira Mortensen * “I feel this is right: Epistemic insecurity and transgressive online culture” Torill Elvira Mortensen is professor at Nord University, Bodø, Norway. *Vít Šisler * “Video Gaming and Education” (preliminary title) Vít Šisler is associate professor of New Media Studies at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts’ Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship. Registration is open until September 7: https://beyondplay2024.org/index.php/start/anmeldung/. We are looking forward to seeing you in Bremen! Best wishes, The Organizing Committee -- Conference Team Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society International Conference 30. September - 2 October 2024 https://beyondplay2024.org beyondplay2024@uni-bremen.de University of Bremen ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research