Symposium 'Game Innovation'

On Thursday July 8, 2010, the GATE project organizes its third symposium. During this symposium we will highlight the many exciting results the project achieved during the past three years in the development of innovative game technology, game design, and game applications.

Program

10.00   Registration and coffee

10.30   Innovation for Games
            Mark Overmars, director GATE

11.00   Game Technology for the Future       
            Various short lectures on research results obtained during the first half of the GATE project.   
            From sketch to virtual world. Rafael Bidarra
            Intelligent and self-explaining virtual characters. Karel van de Bosch
            One step at a time:controlling characters by foot placement. Arjan Egges
            People tracking and pose recognition. Remco Veltkamp 
            Adapting the game to the trainee, Optimizing the learning experience. Frank Dignum 
            Cognitive considerations in serious game design. Pieter Wouters

12.30   Lunch and Market
            During this market you can watch demonstrations of the technology developed
            and play with some created games. Also you can get additional information at the posters.

14.30   Innovative Pilots
            Various short lectures about the innovative use of games in education, healthcare and safety.
            Scottie:does remote play improve well-being. Betty Bonn
            StoryBOX, creative play for language education. Betty Bonn
            Wiihabilitation:Affordable motion controlled game therapy for acquired brain injury. Jeroen van Mastrigt
            CarKit, Serious Racing - Game-supported learning. Jeroen van Mastrigt
            Solve a crises in 8 minutes ! Josine van de Ven 

15.30   Knowledge Transfer to Industry
            Various short lectures on knowledge transfer projects between GATE researchers and industry.
            Sound design in serious games. Pjotr van Schothorst, VSTEP
            Creating intelligent games with agents. Pjotr van Schothorst, VSTEP
            Video analysis and recognition tools. Herman Roosken, Noldus
            Cyclorama based automatic 3D reconstruction tools. Frank van den Heuvel, Cyclomedia
            Adapting games to enterprise culture and individual styles. Steven de Lira, Opensa
            Physics based character animation. Michiel Westermann, Motek

16.40   Closing Remarks
            Mark Overmars

16.45   Drinks

18.00   End of the symposium

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