The Houston Serious Games Research Consortium, Interface Ecology Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Department of Visualization invite all researchers, practitioners, developers, and enthusiasts to attend the first Symposium on Serious Games and Virtual Environments. To be held in the H.R. Bright Building, room 124 and surrounding labs, SGVE Day promises to be an exciting venue for sharing the latest research and development with the community. Presentations, demos, and lab tours will be offered. The day concludes with an informal board games meetup hosted by the Interface Ecology Lab in the Richardson Building, room 912b.
printable program [pdf]
extended abstracts [pdf]
program overview - Thursday, May 13, 2010
| 8:30am | breakfast, open networking, registration | |||
| 9:00am | introduction and welcome | |||
| 9:20am | – | 10:20am | games for health session | |
| 10:20am | – | 10:40am | ludology session | |
| 10:40am | – | 11:00am | coffee break, networking | |
| 11:00am | – | noon | lab tours | |
| noon | – | 1:00pm | break for lunch | |
| 1:00pm | – | 2:20pm | educational simulation & games session | |
| 2:20pm | – | 3:00pm | game design and development session | |
| 3:00pm | – | 3:20pm | coffee break | |
| 3:20pm | – | 4:00pm | applied gaming session | |
| 4:00pm | – | 4:40pm | panel on games in the classroom | |
| 4:40pm | – | 5:20pm | games & entrepreneurship | |
| 5:20pm | closing remarks | |||
| 5:35pm | break for dinner | |||
| 7:00pm | – | ??? | board game meetup |
Program Committee (contact)
- Andruid Kerne, Interface Ecology Lab, Texas A&M University, USA (andruid
cse.tamu.edu) - Zachary O. Toups, Interface Ecology Lab, Texas A&M University, USA (toupsz
cse.tamu.edu) - Tony Elam, Elam Consulting (anthony.j.elam
gmail.com)