5th Annual Games for Health Keynote Speakers Announced
Posted by: Drew Sikora at May 29, 2009 3:19:21 PM
The Games for Health Project, together with its partners, is pleased to announce the following keynote presentations and speakers for the Fifth Annual Games for Health Conference:
WHO
OPENING KEYNOTE: 9:00 AM, June 11, 2009
Shyang Kong, EA SPORTS
Driving the Virtual Fitness Revolution: The Development and Launch of EA SPORTS Active.
Shyang Kong was the Lead Producer for EA SPORTS Active and developed the product exclusively for the Wii with a focus on innovation, personalization and customization. EA SPORTS Active is the first in a new line of virtual fitness products to improve the well-being of people of all ages.
VISION KEYNOTE: 9:00 AM, June 12, 2009
Steve Brown, 3Banana
iPhone, Android, Open Source, Cloud, App Store, Augmented Reality: The Games for Health Ecosystem is Finally Here!
Steve Brown is CEO of 3Banana, which develops software that makes it easier to capture and share information from mobile devices in order to improve productivity, manage resources, and connect with services on-line. He was previously CEO of Health Hero Network and Raya Systems, one of the first games for health start-ups launched in the early 1990s.
VIRTUAL WORLDS DAY KEYNOTE: 9:30 AM, June 10, 2009
Nina Fefferman, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Hakkar's Corrupted Blood Plague: How an Outbreak in World of Warcraft is Helping Epidemiologists Create Better Disease Models
Nina Fefferman is a computational epidemiologist and an Assistant Professor in the? Departments of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
(DIMACS) at Rutgers University.
WHAT
The Fifth Annual Games for Health Conference brings together a diverse set of health and technology professionals in a city known for its bustling game development and health care industries to discuss how interactive video games can advance health and health care solutions. The event will include more than 50 planned sessions covering a wide range of exergaming and health games topics, including: health training, disease management, exergaming and more.
Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneer Portfolio is a major supporter of the Games for Health Project. The Pioneer Portfolio supports innovative ideas that may lead to significant breakthroughs in the future of health and health care.
WHERE
Hyatt Harborside Hotel
101 Harborside Drive
Boston, MA 02128
Phone: 617 -568-1234
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