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The Serious Games Initiative founded Games for Health to develop a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications. 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 care and policy.


Games For Health Conference Updates

Posted by Tim Holt on 06-08-30

Ben Sawyer, sends along some updates on the 2006 Games For Health conference. He includes a list of 10 hilighted talks and speakers.

10 Highlighted Talks

How we developed Re-Mission
The development studio that built Re-mission for Hopelab details the behind-the-scenes effort.

Epidemics & Games
A diverse group of speakers examines how games
can, and are, aiding in epidemic response and research.

Glucoboy Now
In development for over three years see the trials
and insights behind bringing a GameBoy based glucose monitor to market.

Statewide DDR
Hear from the principle investigators behind West
Virginia's rollout of DDR in schools statewide.

Health in Games
An examination of how health is portrayed in
commercial gaming with ideas on how to improve it.

Biofeedback Gaming
A look at how biofeedback systems can help with
therapy and training.

Mind Blast
Three startups in the cognitive health gaming field
talk about their work, research, and plans.

Pulse!!
An update on the progress behind this multi-million dollar
effort to create a first-person view to the entirety of healthcare
system.

Video Game Donors
How two major networks organize gamers into a
new activist and donor force for healthcare.

Game-Base EMR
A working group on-site will look at ways to use
game interfaces to enhance personal health records.

Speakers and Attendees

Games for Health is expect 200+ attendees. Speakers include Debra
Lieberman, UCSB, Albert "Skip" Rizzo, USC, Cdr. Russell Shilling,
Naval Research Lab, Connie Dresser, National Cancer Institute, David
Rejeski, Serious Games Initiative, Ben Sawyer, Games for Health
Project, Claudia Johnston, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and Noah
Falstien, The Inspiracy.

Some of the attending companies and organizations include: Centers
for Disease Control, Virtual Heroes, National Institutes for Health,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Breakaway Games, Smart Brain Games,
Eli Lilly, E-Health Technologies Initiative, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, Hollywood Health & Society,
Starlight Foundation, TATRC, Bristol Myers Squibb, Baylor University,
Office of Naval Research, BigFunGames, Archimage, New Mexico State
University, Maine Medical Center, University of Maryland School of
Medicine, GetWellGamers, SpryLearning and more!