8th Annual Games for Health Conference 2012

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by bsawyer on February 8, 2012

The Eighth Annual Games for Health Conference is June 12-14, 2012 at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston, MA.

Our keynotes are announced!

Constance Steinkuehler Squire align=Bill Crounse, MD
Jane McGonigalJay Walker

Constance Steinkuehler Squire, senior policy analyst for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will discuss the opportunities for videogames to address national challenges, including those in health, health care, and biotechnology.

Bill Crounse, MD, senior director of worldwide health for Microsoft, will present “Connecting & Kinecting Health and Health Care,” which will explore how Microsoft and its partners are merging its information and game technologies to create global solutions for personal health and professional health care.

Jane McGonigal, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of SuperBetter Labs, will highlight the design and release of SuperBetter, a game-based social application designed to help people boost personal resilience and lead healthier, longer, and more positive lives.

Jay Walker, curator and chairman of TEDMED, a global community of people who passionately believe that the future of health and medicine is here, will provide the end-of-conference special guest keynote: “Gaming the System”.

Read the full Press Release

Registration is now open!

For complete details visit our 2012 Conference Pages.

What we’re planning on to improve over past events includes the following:

  • Additional plenary sessions featuring great speakers and across-the-board topics.

  • Special group project sessions where teams work together to solve a problem, or produce a community resource

  • More interactive exhibits and out-of-session activities

  • More how-to content – covering building effective games and projects

  • Deeper dive into emerging areas like sensors, gamification, and social games for health

  • Improved poster sessions

  • Better effort to improve before and after networking among attendees

    • If you’d like to register now for Games for Health you can go directly to registration now.

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    Student Passes to Games for Health

    by bsawyer on May 4, 2012

    Thanks to generous support from some of our sponsors Breakaway Games, Muzzy Lane, and Virtual Heroes, we have a limited number of student passes now more widely available for Games for Health this June.

    Student passes are 50% off normal pricing.

    To register as a student:

    1. Visit registration here.

    2. Enter STDNT10 after choosing your pass.

    3. These are limited on a first-come first-serve basis.

    4. Once registered we will request a proof of student status. Failure to produce an acceptable student proof-of-status will result in your ticket being cancelled.

    Valid forms of student status include a scan of your student ID, tuition receipt, or faculty advisor letter with contact information. This is open to students in 2-yr, 4-yr, graduate, and Ph.D. programs in any discipline.

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