[game_edu] Games for Health and Games Beyond Entertainment

[WEARN Nia H]

I'll piggyback onto this post ;)

We're hosting online debates on the subject of Games and Heath, to
coincide with our school of health's conference.

 

You can log online for anywhere here:

staffshealthfactor.ning.com/

 

We're hoping to have some valid discussion between Health and Games
Industry Professionals

 

-Nia

 

From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On
Behalf Of Susan Gold
Sent: 16 April 2010 03:23
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
Subject: [game_edu] Games for Health and Games Beyond Entertainment

 

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.gamesforhealth.org/>  &
http://www.gamesbeyondentertainment.com
<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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