[games_access] Last Reminder Games for Health 2009 in Boston - Keynotes Announced

[Ben Sawyer]

Hello,

This is the last reminder about The Games for Health Conference 2009 set to take place at the Hyatt Harborside in Boston, MA June 11-12.

Pre-conference workshops on games accessibility and virtual worlds for health will be held June 10.

Three days to explore the many intersections between health, healthcare, and videogames with 300+ game developers, health professionals, and researchers.  Demos, case studies, lectures, and more.

Registration starts at $379.00 but prices rise June 2, 2009.  

	You can register directly at http://www.regonline.com/gfh2009

Today we announced our keynotes:

Shyang Kong, EA SPORTS
Driving the Virtual Fitness Revolution: The Development and Launch of EA SPORTS Active.

	Shyang Kong was the Lead Producer for EA SPORTS Active 

Steve Brown, 3Banana
iPhone, Android, Open Source, Cloud, App Store, Augmented Reality: The Games for Health Ecosystem is Finally Here!

	Steve Brown is CEO of 3Banana, he was previously CEO of Health Hero Network and Raya Systems, one of the first games for health start-ups launched in the early 1990s.

Nina Fefferman, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Hakkar's Corrupted Blood Plague: How an Outbreak in World of Warcraft is Helping Epidemiologists Create Better Disease Models            

	Nina Fefferman is a computational epidemiologist and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) at Rutgers University.

For complete details please see http://www.gamesforhealth.org

Full Schedule for Games For Health online at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9ekyWGoKP7oLryMizeugTw

Pre-Conference Schedules online at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9ekyWGoKP7oJbqar0v4zAg&output=html

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