Games for Health Conference Opens Tomorrow
Games for Health Conference Opens Tomorrow
May 7, 2008
More than 300 people will attend the Games For Health Conference. The event opens tomorrow in Baltimore.From the GFH press release:
The conference will explore the intersection of next-generation game technologies and health issues... attendees will participate in over 60 sessions provided by an international array of 75 speakers, cutting across a wide range of activities in health and health care.
Topics include exergaming, physical therapy, disease management, health behavior change, biofeedback, epidemiology, training, cognitive exercise, nutrition and health education.
Presenters include Dr. Richard Satava; Starlight Foundation; HopeLab; Realtime Associates; Virtual Heroes; XRtainment Zone; Archimage; Dr. Mark Baldwin of MindHabits; Electric Owl Studios; Noah Falstein of The Inspiracy; and Games for Health
co-founder Ben Sawyer.
The Games for Health Project was founded in 2004 and supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to employ game tech in order to improve health and health care. The conference press release describes the Games for Health Project as:
...produced by the Serious Games Initiative, a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars effort that applies cutting-edge games and game technologies to a range of public and private policy, leadership and management issues...
As a kickoff to the GFH Conference, a special news briefing for bloggers will be held at 1PM Eastern on Thursday:
The latest "gaming for health" trends -- including "exergaming," health elements in popular commercial games (e.g., a "disease" being unleashed inadvertently on the population in "World of Warcraft") and sophisticated, new videogames used to train emergency medical personnel -- will be outlined during a live, two-way phone-based blogger/online news event...
The blogger news event will feature Ben Sawyer, Games for Health Project co-founder and Chinwe Onyekere, program officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio.
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ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:19pm
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:59pm
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:47am
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:09am
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:07am
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:06am
TBoneTony: I don't think that Palin wants to get herself into any more trouble than to get involved in the antics soon to be disbarred laye
TBoneTony: I don't think that Palin wants to get herself into any more trouble than to get involved in the antics soon to be disbarred laye
Posted 10/11/08 at 10:13am
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gamepolitics: if you are having problems getting registered for GP, shoot me an e-mail : dennisATgamepolitics.com
Posted 10/11/08 at 08:07am
Matriculated: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/103880/9-esrb-ratings-that-should-exist
Matriculated: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/103880/9-esrb-ratings-that-should-exist
Posted 10/11/08 at 06:04am
gamepolitics: if elected, I will not serve... LOL, hilarious, GRU
gamepolitics: if elected, I will not serve... LOL, hilarious, GRU
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:14am
Hitodama: @GoodRobotUs: Haha, nice. Though I can see the edits on moving things. :s
Hitodama: @GoodRobotUs: Haha, nice. Though I can see the edits on moving things. :s
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GoodRobotUs: http://tinyurl.com/3qqvb4 LOL
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:49pm
Sigvatr: Predicting this in the next slew of articles: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/10/10/2331236.shtml
Sigvatr: Predicting this in the next slew of articles: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/10/10/2331236.shtml
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:24pm
GoodRobotUs: I suspect the site wasn't set up to handle more than around 300 replies
GoodRobotUs: I suspect the site wasn't set up to handle more than around 300 replies
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:24pm
GoodRobotUs: It's not very clear at all to be honest, so don't worry about it :)
GoodRobotUs: It's not very clear at all to be honest, so don't worry about it :)
Posted 10/10/08 at 09:46pm
Flamespeak: White text on grey screen. Hard for me to see it.
Flamespeak: White text on grey screen. Hard for me to see it.
Posted 10/10/08 at 09:42pm
Flamespeak: My bad. Any way to delete the excess?
Flamespeak: My bad. Any way to delete the excess?
Posted 10/10/08 at 09:25pm
GoodRobotUs: At the bottom of the page, just below the preview comment button, hit 'previous entries'. I know it should say later entries...
GoodRobotUs: At the bottom of the page, just below the preview comment button, hit 'previous entries'. I know it should say later entries...
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After I got the hang of it (took 2 games of constant dying to get the hang of it), I was able to survive for about 15 minutes . . . didn't even notice my legs had turned to jello in the process.
They should make an effort to bring those types of games into the fold: maybe have a full-body work-out machine, like a mech-suit. Kind of like the one in the original Alien movie, but perhaps the actual game part of it would be like a "Gundam" type premise.
Its so easy to come up with ideas for "exergaming", surprised it never really took off. I look forward to seeing more of those kinds of things: it has the potential to really help society.
Agreed. Logic would indicate that to get kids to excercize, make it fun instead of a chore.
Wish I coulda been there this year, Ben, but I'm three weeks out from Graduation and just don't have the time... :(