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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.


Houston Games for Health Day (Regional Meetup!)

Posted by Ben Sawyer on 08-10-20

On Thursday, December 4, 2008, the Games for Health Project announces a one day event for Houston, TX. This regional event offers a chance to get a great introduction to the games for health field including an excellent chance for local and regional networking.

Location : Rice University, Duncan Hall : McMurtry Auditorium (Rm 1055)

Schedule
Our single day plenary schedule is still coming together but already includes the following talks:

Barbara Chamberlain, Jeanne Gleason, Pamela Martinez (New Mexico State University) - Exergaming & CYFAR
Jim Bowers (UTHSC San Antonio) : Why Eat in Whyville?
Chuck Hamilton (IBM) : Virtual Environments & Healthcare
Nina Fefferman (Tufts) : Social Behavior and the Dynamics of Corrupted Blood in World of Warcraft
Claudia McDonald (TAMUCC) : Avatars & Diagnosis: Experiential Learning in Virtual Space
Miguel Encarnacao (Humana) : HG4H: Humana's Games for Health Initiative

The schedule will also feature a variety of short project summaries for a variety of regional academic institutions and companies.

Cost : Tickets are $49.00 until November 26, 2008.

After that tickets will rise to $79.00 for all attendees. Cost of attendance includes lunch and after-event reception.

General Public Tickets may be purchased online at: https://www.regonline.com/gfhhouston

Rice Students and faculty may attend the event free-of-charge. Students need to email their intention to attend the event to bbryant@dmill.com