The City of Ballarat has thrown its support behind this weekend’s Ballarat Get into Games (GiG)Expo.

The expo is being held as part of National ICT Careers Week and will highlight potential career opportunities within the games development industry.

City of Ballarat Councillor Ben Taylor said Council was pleased to be partnering with Ballarat ICT, the state government, University of Ballarat and the Game Developers Association of Australia to deliver the event.

“ICT is one of our municipality’s fastest growing sectors and a range of opportunities exist for people to get involved in this exciting and ever-expanding industry”.

“The expo will give people of all ages a wealth of information about career opportunities in the sector and will highlight business opportunities within the Ballarat region to Australian game developers”.

Australia has a dynamic and sophisticated game development industry with experience developing and marketing products for the largest game publishers in the world. The industry is worth more than a billion dollars a year to the Australian economy.

Representatives from the game development industry and the educational sector will be on hand to provide attendees with information regarding a potential career path in game development.  

Ballarat GiG kicks off at the Ballarat Mining Exchange tomorrow at 9.30am. Entry is free. More information can be found at www.ballaratgig.com