[game_edu] Meaningful Play 2010 Call for Submissions

[Brian Winn]

Meaningful Play 2010
October 7 - 9, 2009
East Lansing, MI, USA
http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu

Call for Submissions

After the great success of Meaningful Play 2008, we are happy to send out of the call for submissions for the upcoming International Academic Conference on Meaningful Play 2010, taking place October 7-9, 2010 in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Whether designed to entertain or to achieve more "serious" purposes, games have the potential to impact players' beliefs, knowledge, attitudes, emotions, cognitive abilities, physical and mental health, and behavior. 

Meaningful Play 2010 is a conference about theory, research, and game design innovations, principles and practices.   Meaningful Play brings scholars and industry professionals together to understand and improve upon games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways. The conference will include thought-provoking keynotes from leaders in academia and industry, peer-reviewed paper presentations, panel sessions (including academic and industry discussions), innovative workshops, roundtable discussions, and exhibitions of games and prototypes.

Paper, Panel, Poster, Roundtable, Workshop, and Game Submissions are sought from both researchers and practitioners in academia and industry. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students are also encouraged to submit either jointly with an academic/member of industry or alone.

Details on the conference, including the call for submissions, is available at:
http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu