Prof. Dr. Linda Breitlauch initially studied business studies before she graduated in film and television scriptwriting from the Film & Television Academy (HFF) in Babelsberg.In 2008 she completed a PhD about dramatic composition in computer games. In addition to working as a project manager in the export and publishing sectors she has been creative producer of several film projects, has written film scripts and game concepts as well as scientific and specialist articles, among other things. In 2007 Linda Breitlauch was appointed Europe’s first female professor for game design at the Media Design University of Applied Sciences.Since July 2013 she was Professor for Game Design and faculty leader at the Games Academy Hochschule in Berlin and as the founding president. In 2014 she started a professorship at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier.She teaches and researches with special focus on the areas of storytelling, serious games and dramaturgy. Furthermore, she works as consultant. She participates in several judging panels as reddot design award, animago award and the german game developers award. She is and was member of several advisory boards, like the board of the "kids in web" fund and the management board of GAME federation.Specialties: Interactive Storytelling, Serious Games, E_Learning, Concepts and Design Documents