Games for Health One Day Event, May 9 -- Los Angeles
Posted by: Games for Health Project at April 18, 2006 5:56:47 AM
The Games for Health Project is hosting a one-day conference at University of Southern California on May 9.
This one-day event, just before the opening of the Electronic Entertainment Expo will bring together researchers, game developers, and health & healthcare professionals for a series of talks devoted to how games and game technologies are addressing critical health & healthcare issues.
Talks will focus on:
• Health messaging using games
• Combat & emergency medicine
• Psychotherapy and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Pain Distraction & Anxiety
• Cancer treatment
• Disease management
• Coping with family ailments
• Cognitive health
• Off-the-Shelf consumer health & exergaming titles
The event is free for USC faculty & students. RSVP with your credentials to rsvp@seriousgames.org
Researchers who have TATRC-sponsored or partnered projects may attend this event for free. Please RSVP with your project name and TATRC program officer to rsvp@seriousgames.org
Grantees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation may attend this event for free. Please RSVP with your program name and program officer contact to rsvp@seriousgames.org
The project recently released a 5 minute video to explain and show-case this emerging field of practice. You can find it at:
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