[game_edu] Fwd: Register Today for Games for Health Conference 2011

[Susan Gold]

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> From: "Ben Sawyer" <bsawyer at dmill.com>

> Date: March 30, 2011 4:21:56 PM EDT

> To: goldfile at gmail.com

> Subject: Register Today for Games for Health Conference 2011

>

> Hello,

> The 7th Annual Games for Health Conference is gearing up! On May  

> 18-19 join hundreds of game developers, health professionals, and  

> leading researchers to discover, brainstorm, and debate how  

> videogame and videogames technologies can work to improve health &  

> healthcare.

>

> This is the largest Games for Health to date with a great opening  

> keynote from Dr. Martin Seligman, Director of the Positive  

> Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. His opening  

> talk “Positive Psychology>Positive Computing>Positive Videogames” is  

> one of over 60 talks planned for the three day event.

>

> REGISTER TODAY!

> http://www.regonline.com/gbew2011

> Enter BOST11 and get 10% off any registration!

>

> For up-to-date conference information please visit:

> http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index.php/conferences/gfh-2011/

>

> THREE DAYS OF EVENTS...

>

> May 17 Pre-conference Events & Workshops

> * Out & About II : Mobile Serious Games

> * Ludica Medica I : Game-based Medical Modeling, Simulation &  

> Education

> * Enabled Play : 4th Annual Games Accessibility Day

>

> May 18-19 7th Annual Games for Health Conference

> Five Tracks of Content:

> * Open Content Tracks

> * Exergaming & Active Gaming

> * Congitive & Emotional Health

> * Sensorimotor Rehab

> * Nutrition & Games

> * Social Games & Virtual Worlds

>

> To see the latest scheduled sessions please visit:

> http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index.php/conferences/gfh-2011/sched201-block/

>

> ABOUT GAMES FOR HEALTH

> Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community,  

> knowledge, and business development efforts to use cutting-edge  

> games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The  

> Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the lead  

> conference sponsor and a major supporter of the Games for Health  

> Project. To date, the project has brought together researchers,  

> medical professionals, and game developers to share information  

> about the impact games and game technologies can have on health,  

> health care, and policy.

>

> A major effort of the Games for Health Project is the annual Games  

> for Health Conference. Over three days, more than 400 attendees will  

> participate in over 60 sessions provided by an international array  

> of 80+ speakers, cutting across a wide range of activities in health  

> and health care. Topics include exergaming, physical therapy,  

> disease management, health behavior change, biofeedback, rehab,  

> epidemiology, training, cognitive health, nutrition, and health  

> education. The Games for Health Project is produced by the Serious  

> Games Initiative, a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars  

> effort that applies cutting-edge games and game technologies to a  

> range of public and private policy, leadership, and management issues.

>

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







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