[game_edu] Games for Health and Games Beyond Entertainment

[Susan Gold]

The Games for Health Conference and Games Beyond Entertainment Week  
are coming soon.

Register now at: http://www.regonline.com/gbew2010

We can now reveal our excellent keynotes for the 2010 Games for Health  
Conference:

Day 1: Wednesday May 26

THE MIND-BODY EXPERIENCE OF SONY MOVE: Relationships between Gaming,  
Play, Exercise, and More!
Dr. Richard Marks
Senior Researcher Sony US R&D group

Dr. Marks also known as the "father of the EyeToy" will discuss the  
relationship between gaming, play and exercise, referencing his work  
in the development of Sony’s new motion controller system, PlayStation  
Move, as well as his previous work with Sony’s EyeToy, PlayStation Eye  
and other interfaces.

Day 2: Thursday May 27

THE HUMAN PLAY MACHINE
Chaim Gingold

Chaim Gingold, a longtime independent game developer and original  
designer of Spore’s creature creator will discuss how existing game  
genres map onto the human brain and body and how design decisions  
affect who will be attracted to the game and how they will play.

You can see the nearly full schedule at: http://www.gamesforhealth.org/schedule.htm

Two of our May 25: Pre-Conference Events also have schedules posted:

Out & About: The Mobile Serious Games schedule: http://bit.ly/9MbEEF

3rd Annual Games Accessibility Day: http://gamesaccessibilityday.org/schedule.html

Complete details of both http://www.gamesforhealth.org & http://www.gamesbeyondentertainment.com

DISCOUNT CODE
As a friend of Digitalmill we've created a discount code of 10% off if  
you enter BOS10 at registration. Feel free to share this with any  
peers and colleagues.

PDF brochures for either event at:

Games for Health
http://www.gamesforhealth.org/brochure.pdf

Games Beyond Entertainment Week
http://www.gamesbeyondentertainment.com/brochure.pdf

Best,

Ben Sawyer
Digitalmill
Serious Games Initiative
Games for Health Project
@bensawyer on twitter

-- 
Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
- J. G. Ballard







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