Play for your Life - How Gaming can Transform Health

Start Date: 24/06/2010
End Date: 24/06/2010

This exciting event will raise awareness of the potential of gaming - whether physical or digital - with regard to its possible utilisation in areas of sports and consumer wellness. Building on the strong games-development expertise in the Dundee area, the event will explore the key themes and future projections of market leaders, such as Microsoft and its Project Natal, whilst also looking, in depth, at some real Scottish business case studies and cutting edge university expertise.

As well as a stimulating line up of speakers there will be the opportunity to participate in interesting workshops and also to try out some cutting edge gaming solutions.  The day will conclude with the launch of the WHI White Paper looking into Sports Wellness and ExerGaming and a discussion around how we can take advantage of the opportunities it presents.

Presentations include:

• Microsoft talking about Project Natal and its potential for wellness

• Serious Games Institute looking at the latest developments in this area

• Duncan Lawson from InStyle Fitness presenting Webracing, Welbe and Games Opportunities

• Interactive Scotland investigating Games Based Learning for Health

• Distance Lab looking at the issues around Sports Over a Distance and

• The University of Abertay Dundee presenting their findings with regard to the Physiological Effects of Gaming.

The following workshops will be available:

• From Real to Virtual - How can we turn the Fit Zone gym product into a computer game? (Zone Fit Ltd)

• ExerGaming - the Next Generation of Applications (Distance Lab)

• Opportunities for Game-based training in Telehealth (Joint Improvement Team)

The day will conclude with the launch of the WHI White Paper looking at Sports Wellness and ExerGaming, presented by Dr Alasdair Thin of Heriot-Watt University.

There will of course be ample opportunities for networking.

Venue: Centre for Excellence
Address: University of Abertay
Bell Street
Town/City: Dundee
PostcodeDD1 1HG

Email: forums@innovationcentre.org
www: www.wellnesshealthinnovation.org

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