Events 2007
ESSEGI, the Italian Community on Serious GamesMarch 1st 2007 | |
| Launch of the first Italian portal dedicated to the world of Serious Games, the Community ESSEGI. Information, news and events, knowledge and opinion sharing are the aims of the new community. Born to be a useful meeting point for people interested in this topic and a network between serious games developers, users and experts, this community works in close cooperation with the sister association Angils Visit the ESSEGI website! - ITALIAN |
Serious Games and Virtual Simulations: Interactive Solutions for the Health Sector 28 May 2007 h 17, Milan | |
| Games with serious purposes find several applications in the medical and pharmaceutical sector: professional training, simulations, information and awareness campaigns, marketing and communication. Serious games' wide potentialities will be described by the Speakers and illustrated through their experiences and case studies. The first Italian community about serious games, ESSEGI, launched by imaginary, will also be presented. |
Enterprising Games Week27 - 28 June 2007, London - UK | |
| Enterprising Games Week in London, UK comprises a number of conferences and masterclasses scheduled in central London over 27 - 28th June, dedicated to the use of games in areas other than the traditional games industry: brands, learning and planning. In particular Angils and Apply Group, an innovative consulting company specialized in providing marketing research, tailored practical conferences, product launch services and PR organise the event Apply Serious Games 2007 (28th of June). |
Workshop eLSe: e-Learning for Seniors10 July 2007 h 16.00, Milan | |
| imaginary, in collaboration with EM&M, organizes a free workshop about the eLSe – eLearning for Seniors EU-funded project (under FP6) aimed at increasing seniors' participation into contemporary society. Within the framework of the project, several e-Learning courses are being developed on the basis of seniors' specific needs. The workshop will also present the new project eLSe Academy, natural development of eLSe, which was submitted to the EU and is currently under evaluation. |
EC-TEL 2007 - Second European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning17-20 September 2007, Creta - Greece | |
| EC-TEL 07 is an international conference about innovation in the area of education and professional training. For this second edition the pay off is “Creating new learning experiences on a global scale”. New frontiers for training, in a world-wide perspective. imaginary is going to present the Paper, produced in partnership with SCIE: "Star Rating for Social Care Services: Simulation Scenario in the Prolix Framework". For further information and to sign in, visit the official website. Visit the official website | |
Learning with Games 200724-26 September 2007 - Sophia Antipolis, France |
| imaginary supports and takes part in the organisation of the Conference Learning with Games 2007, Sophia Antipolis - France. The aim of Learning with Games is to promote excellence in the use, research, production and deployment of Serious Games, Business Games and Pervasive Games to support the learning of individuals within the academic, industrial and business schools environments. imaginary organizes an interactive workshop in order to get a shared concept of dissemination activities to increase SGs awareness and market opportunities in Europe: the Interactive Cafè. These are some of the topics we will discuss: - Serious Games and professional training: challenges and opportunities - Best practices and business experiences with SGs: success & failures - Experiential vs immersive training: SGs and Virtual Worlds - Concepts and Models for SGs: structure vs target/objectives - SWOT analysis of SGs Join us! Learning with Games 2007 - official website |
Innovation Circus - Innovation Week 8-16 October 2007 |
imaginary participates to Innovation Circus: in the framework of the project some events and exhibitions will be held in Milan, Riga, Berlin and Copenhagen. Meetings, shows, guided tours will be an opportunity for everybody of approaching technological innovation, discovering the role of new technologies in the everyday life, visiting some innovation centres in Milan and Lombardia. In this context imaginary will present serious games and offer its experience in the field of technological innovation during the speech Serious Games: quando il gioco si fa serio on Thursday 11 th October, at 13.30 – Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti, Piazza Mercanti 2 |
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