[game_edu] Call for Submissions for Meaningful Play 2012

[Brian Winn]

Meaningful Play 2012
October 18 - 20, 2012
East Lansing, MI, USA
http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu

Call for Submissions (Deadline July 16, 2012)

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 2012 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 includes 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.

Meaningful Play 2012 and the International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulation (IJGCMS) have partnered to bring a special issue of the IJGCMS containing top papers from the Meaningful Play 2012 conference. Top paper authors will be invited to revise their Meaningful Play paper for publication consideration in the special issue. The International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS) is a peer-reviewed, international journal devoted to the theoretical and empirical understanding of electronic games and computer-mediated simulations.

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