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Thursday
12:00	ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 starts! All Areas – iCal
	Main entrance opened Main entrance – iCal
	Loading doors are opened Loading entrances #1 and #2 – iCal
	AssemblyTV broadcast starts AssemblyTV – iCal
	Sign-up for sports compos PMS – until 08:00 Friday – iCal
	DOTA2 & LoL - tournament signup Own computer place – until 19:00 – iCal
14:00	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Brackets 1-4 Game hall – until 19:00 – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
15:00	GameDev compo recording - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 18:00 – iCal
17:00	more less IesF StarCraft 2 - qualification rounds Powerplay – until 00:00 Friday – iCal Tekken 6 is fast paced fighting game that needs fast reflexes and perfect attack timing to beat the opponent. Players are fighting for a place to represent Finland in the World Cyber Games, often known as eSports Olympics, in South Korea in December.
17:00	ARTtech seminars - Bitcoin - the future of money Seminar area – until 17:45 – iCal
18:00	Loading doors close Loading entrances #1 and #2 – iCal
	Super Smash Bros - tournament Game hall – until 21:00 – iCal
	Opening ceremony Stage – until 18:30 – iCal
	ARTtech seminars - Digital painting, agile concepting for games Seminar area – until 18:45 – iCal
19:00	Fast music - objectives released Website – iCal
	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Brackets 5-8 Game hall – until 00:00 Friday – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
	ARTtech seminars - Mobile development in Unity - what you need to know Seminar area – until 19:45 – iCal
20:00	DOTA2 - tournament Own computer place – until 08:00 Sunday – iCal
	LoL - tournament Own computer place – until 08:00 Sunday – iCal
	The best demos show Stage – until 21:00 – iCal
	ARTtech seminars - Four successes in a row can't be a coincidence - secrets of Mountain Sheep Seminar area – until 20:45 – iCal
20:30	Fast music - deadline PMS – iCal
20:30	Fast graphics - objectives released Website – iCal
21:00	Fast music - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 23:00 – iCal
21:00	ARTtech seminars - Cross-platform mobile game development with Proton SDK Seminar area – until 21:45 – iCal
22:00	Oldskool demo, individual and 1k intro compo deadline PMS – iCal
	Fast graphics - deadline PMS – iCal
	Short film & Real Wild demo - format conversions help - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 01:30 Friday – iCal
	Concert - Poets of the Fall Main stage – until 23:30 – iCal
22:15	Oldskool demo - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 02:15 Friday – iCal
23:30	Fast graphics - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 00:15 Friday – iCal
Friday
00:00	GameDev compo Big screen – until 01:00 – iCal
09:00	Real wild demo - recording assistance - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 11:00 – iCal
09:30	Signup for Cosplay event BatMud booth – until 11:30 – iCal
10:00	Sport compos - gather up at the infodesk Infodesk – until 10:15 – iCal
	Dance & Listening music compos - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 15:00 – iCal
	more less IeSF StarCraft 2 - semifinals, finals and prize giving Powerplay – until 17:00 – iCal Tekken 6 is fast paced fighting game that needs fast reflexes and perfect attack timing to beat the opponent. Players are fighting for a place to represent Finland in the World Cyber Games, often known as eSports Olympics, in South Korea in December.
	ARTtech seminars - Tangible Metrics through Data Visualization Seminar area – until 10:45 – iCal
10:30	Disk throwing Grass fields by Messukeskus – until 11:30 – iCal
10:30	CD throwing Grass fields by Messukeskus – until 11:30 – iCal
11:00	Oldskool demo - compo entry recording, come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 15:00 – iCal
11:00	ARTtech seminars - Ideation ñ making you brain work in new ways Seminar area – until 11:45 – iCal
11:30	ASUS Soccer tournament Grass fields by Messukeskus – until 14:30 – iCal
12:00	Loading doors are opened Loading entrance #1 – iCal
	Graphics compo - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 14:30 – iCal
	ARTtech seminars - Playful prototyping, the stories of failing for fun Seminar area – until 12:45 – iCal
13:00	ARTtech seminars - So you want to build an arcade cabinet Seminar area – until 13:45 – iCal
14:00	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Bracket A-B Game hall – until 19:00 – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
	Megascreen by Rovio Stage – until 14:30 – iCal
	ARTtech seminars - The role of HTML5 in game development Seminar area – until 14:45 – iCal
15:00	Cosplay event presented by BatMud Stage – until 15:45 – iCal
15:00	ARTtech seminars - Adobe gaming solutions Seminar area – until 15:45 – iCal
16:00	Fast music compo Big screen – until 16:45 – iCal
	1k intro - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 18:00 – iCal
	NHL 2012 - tournament Game hall – until 20:00 – iCal
	ARTtech seminars - Amazing Alex: The journey from a two-man indie game to a worldwide success Seminar area – until 16:45 – iCal
17:00	Fast graphics compo Big screen – until 17:15 – iCal
17:00	ARTtech seminars - Good tool / bad master: tech and game design Seminar area – until 17:45 – iCal
17:30	Megascreen by Rovio Stage – until 18:00 – iCal
18:00	Loading doors close Loading entrance #1 – iCal
	more less Steelseries Counter-Strike: Source - Bracket A Powerplay – until 00:00 Saturday – iCal A CS Source tournament with the best 8 teams of Finland (two decided during the event) and two teams from abroad. http://tournaments.peliliiga.fi/summer12/tournaments/view/11
	ARTtech seminars - Advanced visual effects with DirectX 11 Seminar area – until 18:45 – iCal
18:15	Dance music compo Big screen – until 19:00 – iCal
19:00	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Bracket C-D Game hall – until 00:00 Saturday – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
	more less ASSEMBLY 20 years show Stage – until 20:00 – iCal A trip to '92 and back to the future!
	more less ARTtech seminars - Making demos for advertising and creative industries Seminar area – until 19:45 – iCal Showcasing the use of CG and other demo mechanics in the world of advertising.
19:30	Sign-up for machine dance tournament Tanssipelaajat booth – until 20:00 – iCal
20:00	more less Group compo deadline PMS – iCal Deadline for group competitions. You need to successfully submit your work to PMS before this deadline and remember to make sure from PMS that the competition you are taking part of is one of these competitions.
	more less Machine Dance tournament Tanssipelaajat booth – until 23:00 – iCal Machine dance competition consists of player stepping on his game controller according to the patterns on the screen following music playing on the background. Game used in the Machine Dance tournament are variations of In the Groove.
	IeSF Tekken 6 - qualifiers Game hall – until 00:00 Saturday – iCal
	more less ARTtech seminars - Real-Time Graphics Everywhere (and fast) with Uno Seminar area – until 20:45 – iCal Outracks talks about their new programming language, Uno, and Realtime Studio, a companion tool suite. This session is suited for both novices and hard-core programmers alike and users of existing languages, tool suites and SDKs are more than welcome.
20:30	more less Real wild demo - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 22:30 – iCal Jury selects the best entries for showing on the big screen from all participating productions. If you feel like you could give your opinion about entries participating in the Real wild demo competition, sign-up for the jury duty at the Infodesk.Come 10 minutes before the jury starts to the Infodesk.
21:00	more less Scene.org awards Main stage – until 22:00 – iCal Scene.org awards the best demoscene contributions of the last year.
21:00	more less ARTtech seminars - Occlusion culling for the next generation Seminar area – until 21:45 – iCal This talk looks into how occlusion culling is done in the next generation of video games according to the experts in the field - Umbra Software.
22:30	more less Concert - Jeroen Tel Main stage – until 23:30 – iCal Jeroen Godfried Tel (aka WAVE) is a Dutch composer. Best known for numerous computer game tunes he wrote in the 1980s and early 1990s for the Commodore 64, Tel is a founding member of the computer music group Maniacs of Noise. So expect a lot of old SID tunes and cool VJ show on the main stage!
23:00	more less 4k intro - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 01:00 Saturday – iCal Jury selects the best entries for showing on the big screen from all participating productions. If you feel like you could give your opinion about entries participating in the 4k intro competition, sign-up for the jury duty at the Infodesk.Come 10 minutes before the jury starts to the Infodesk.
Saturday
00:00	more less Oldskool demo compo Big screen – until 00:45 – iCal Demos are programs that generate multimedia presentations in real-time while demo is running. This separates demos from animations that are not limited with this real-time constraint.In Oldskool demo competition everything has to happen on a predefined older hardware.
10:00	more less Short film - jury - come to Infodesk Infodesk – until 12:30 – iCal Jury selects the best entries for showing on the big screen from all participating productions. If you feel like you could give your opinion about entries participating in the short film competition, sign-up for the jury duty at the Infodesk.Come 10 minutes before the jury starts to the Infodesk.
	more less Steelseries Counter-Strike: Source - Bracket B Powerplay – until 17:00 – iCal A CS Source tournament with the best 8 teams of Finland (two decided during the event) and two teams from abroad. http://tournaments.peliliiga.fi/summer12/tournaments/view/11
	ARTtech seminars - Unicorn7.org - The next step for gamejam games Seminar area – until 10:45 – iCal
11:00	more less Robowar tournament qualifier Outside loading door #1 – until 13:00 – iCal In Robowar tournament small radio-controlled robots fight against each other by trying to immobilize or throw opponent outside the ring.
11:00	more less ARTtech seminars - Powerful ideas - how (and why) to empower younger generations to become digital creators Seminar area – until 11:45 – iCal Teaching and inspiring young people to code, and using programming in education.
12:00	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Quarterfinals Game hall – until 15:00 – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
12:00	more less ARTtech seminars - Make real products in your browser with Tinkercad and 3D printing Seminar area – until 12:45 – iCal Shortly about Tinkercad, 3d-printing and its possibilities. A live demonstration of easily designing real products in your browser.
13:00	more less Demo - jury Infodesk – until 16:00 – iCal Jury selects the best entries for showing on the big screen from all participating productions. If you feel like you could give your opinion about entries participating in the demo competition, sign-up for the jury duty at the Infodesk. Come 10 minutes before the jury starts to the Infodesk.
13:00	more less ARTtech seminars - Why build an entirely new game engine for indie game RESET? Seminar area – until 13:45 – iCal Why it's still a viable option to build a game engine, despite the wide range of available engines.
14:00	IeSF Tekken 6 - finals Game hall – until 17:00 – iCal
14:00	more less ARTtech seminars - Getting Started - hosted by Startup Sauna Seminar area – until 14:45 – iCal If you ever thought about moving on to found a startup, already got started at it, or are about to do so, this is the right session for you. In this session, you'll get an in-depth look into the tools that are available to moving on with your startup.
14:30	more less Robowar tournament final Outside loading door #1 – until 15:30 – iCal In Robowar tournament small radio-controlled robots fight against each other by trying to immobilize or throw opponent outside the ring.
15:00	more less Listening music compo Big screen – until 15:45 – iCal The listening music competition is for all music that isn't dance music. For example ambient, orchestral, ballads, fantasy music and game soundtracks.
	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Semifinals Game hall – until 18:00 – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
	ARTtech seminars - Panel: Game Jamming and social programming Seminar area – until 15:45 – iCal
16:00	more less ARTtech seminars - Robosota Seminar area – until 16:45 – iCal All about Finnish robot combat. When and how all started and what is the situation of robot combat now (in Finland). Combat rules and practice. How to build first robot and how to participate. This presentation is aimed for Finn audience and is spoken in Finnish.
16:30	Graphics compo Big screen – until 16:45 – iCal
17:00	more less 1k intro compo Big screen – until 17:30 – iCal Demos are programs that generate multimedia presentations in real-time while demo is running. This separates demos from animations that are not limited with this real-time constraint.In 1k intro competition these programs are limited in size to maximum 1024 bytes on a high-end 2012 PC computer. 1024 bytes is comparable to the amount of text on a little more than 6 text messages, and therefore takes real skill to fit great effects and music to that size.
17:00	more less FIFA 2012 - tournament Game hall – until 20:00 – iCal FIFA 12 is a football video game. In this tournament players compete for a place the World Cyber Games, often known as eSports Olympics, in South Korea in December.
17:30	Voting closes for individual and Game development compos PMS – iCal
18:00	more less Steelseries Counter-Strike: Source - Semifinals Powerplay – until 21:00 – iCal A CS Source tournament with the best 8 teams of Finland (two decided during the event) and two teams from abroad. http://tournaments.peliliiga.fi/summer12/tournaments/view/11
18:00	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Bronze match Game hall – until 20:00 – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
18:15	more less Real wild demo compo Big screen – until 19:00 – iCal Demos are programs that generate multimedia presentations in real-time while demo is running. This separates demos from animations that are not limited with this real-time constraint.In Real wild demo competition demo platform can be anything that can run real-time moving images, like mobile phones, oscilloscopes, browsers or even platforms that competitor has built himself.
19:00	Prize ceremony 1 Stage – until 20:00 – iCal
20:00	more less ASUS ROG StarCraft 2 - Final match and prize giving Game hall – until 22:00 – iCal In ASUS ROG Starcraft II tournament players compete for prizes in 30000 euro prize pool. Starcraft 2 is a real-time strategy game where players need to make fast strategic and tactical decisions in constantly changing gameplay situations.
20:30	more less Short film compo Big screen – until 21:30 – iCal In Short film competition videos can be produced with any method desired. They can be animations, home videos or anything that comes in mind.
22:00	more less 4k intro compo Big screen – until 22:45 – iCal Demos are programs that generate multimedia presentations in real-time while demo is running. This separates demos from animations that are not limited with this real-time constraint.In 4k intro competition these programs are limited in size to maximum 4096 bytes on a high-end 2012 PC computer. 4096 bytes is comparable to the amount of text on one A4 sized page and therefore takes real skill to fit great effects and music to that size.
	more less Steelseries Counter-Strike: Source - Finals and prize giving Powerplay – until 00:00 Sunday – iCal A CS Source tournament with the best 8 teams of Finland (two decided during the event) and two teams from abroad. http://tournaments.peliliiga.fi/summer12/tournaments/view/11
	more less Super Street Fighter 4 - tournament Game hall – until 01:00 Sunday – iCal Super Street Figher IV is fast paced fighting game that needs fast reflexes and perfect attack timing to beat the opponent.
23:00	more less Demo compo Big screen – until 01:00 Sunday – iCal Demos are programs that generate multimedia presentations in real-time while demo is running. This separates demos from animations that are not limited with this real-time constraint. In Demo competition only realistic limitation for the demo was the speed of a high-end 2012 PC computer.
Sunday
10:00	more less Loading doors open Loading entrances #1 and #2 – iCal Loading doors #1 on the ground floor and loading doors #2 on the first floor are opened.
11:00	more less Machine Dance tournament finals Stage – until 12:00 – iCal Machine dance competition consists of player stepping on his game controller according to the patterns on the screen following music playing on the background. Games used in the Machine Dance tournament are variations of In the Groove
12:00	Voting closes PMS – iCal
14:00	Prize ceremony 2 Stage – until 14:30 – iCal
14:30	Closing ceremony Stage – until 15:00 – iCal
16:15	Lights go on All areas – iCal
16:15	AssemblyTV broadcast ends AssemblyTV – iCal
16:30	Party network goes down All areas – iCal
17:00	Electricity is cut All areas – iCal
18:00	Loading doors closed Loading entrances #1, #2 and #3 – iCal
18:00	ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 is over - see you next year! – iCal

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