Games and learning conference (Gala Conf) 2018
Dal 05/12/2018 ore 08.30 al 07/12/2018 ore 16.00
Museo Riso - Museo d'arte contemporanea della Sicilia
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 365
90134 Palermo
The Games and learning conference (Gala Conf) 2018 will be held in Palermo, Italy, 5-7 december 2018, hosted by Cnr-Itd.
The conference will feature the following nine oral sessions and one poster session:
- Games for cognitive skills training
- Game applications
- Gamification
- Game development
- Game design
- Persuasive games
- Innovative game approaches
- Game evaluation
- Instructional design for games
The keynotes will be Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Mannheim and Curtin University, with the talk 'Designing engaging educational games: affective, behavioural and cognitive components' and Georgios N. Yannakakis, Institute of Digital Games of the University of Malta, with the talk 'AI getting serious about games'.
The conference also includes the following tutorial sessions:
- 'Microservice architecture for serious game implementation', Riccardo Berta, University of Genova
- 'Introduction to RPGs and beginners guide to RPG maker', Samantha Clarke, Disruptive Media Learning Lab - Coventry University
Finally, the conference includes a public event 'Play the city of Palermo' with serious game demo and competition sessions.
And a wonderful gala dinner in the very heart of Sicily!
Interested people can register here https://seriousgamessociety.org/gala-conf-2018-registration/.
Looking forward to meeting you in Palermo!
Manuel Gentile (General chair)
Organizzato da:
Cnr - Istituto per le tecnologie didattiche
Serious game society
Patrocinato dalla Associazione italiana per l'informatica e il calcolo automatico (Aica)
Referente organizzativo:
Manuel Gentile
Cnr - Istituto per le tecnologie didattiche
via Ugo La Malfa 153
Tel. 0916809214
manuel.gentile@itd.cnr.it
0916809214
Modalità di accesso: registrazione / accredito
The conference includes a public event 'Play the city of Palermo' (december 6th in the afternoon) with serious game demo and competition sessions.
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