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Serious Games & Simulations:
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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
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Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Videos of Conference Sessions
Now Available

Serious Games & Simulations:
Shaping the Future of Training & Education

Our Speakers

Are global thought leaders, pioneers, driving change
Push the envelope, introduce innovative concepts
Dissect, analyze, parse interesting case studies
Reveal mistakes, and how they fixed them!
Illustrate their tips with product examples
Show the application, best use of technology
Explain how to evaluate learning solutions

As Attendees You Will

Be challenged to stretch your brain, think differently
Understand how serious games apply to your industry
Participate actively in workshops
Get info you can immediately put to use
Find community, engage in offline discussions with peers
Leave the conference with new skills
Be able to do your job better
Help your organization develop more effective training and education programs

6 FULL TRACKS
Serious Play is the only conference that offers a full track of sessions on every major market for the use of serious games and simulations in training or education as well as a full track on instructional/game design. Harness the strength of game-based learning for your school or organization.

Gain skills that will advance your career.

MILITARY / GOVT TRAINING

CORPORATE / LEADERSHIP

HEALTHCARE
TRAINING

GAME / INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

HIGHER ED COURSES /
GAME PROGRAMS

USING GAMES
IN K-12

Select from more than 100 Sessions, Six Tracks to create a

Personalized Schedule

allowing you to maximize your time, learning at Serious Play

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 2020 PROGRAM

CLICK HERE TO BUILD YOUR OWN PERSONAL SESSION SCHEDULE

2020 Speakers

Our speakers are pioneers in an industry that is reshaping training and education. They are thought leaders, agents of change, breaking norms, doing things that have not been done before. At Serious Play, you can get current on the rapidly evolving technologies and instructional design strategies that are making learning more effective.

Russ Shilling

Keynote: Pandemics to Psychological Health: What Developing Games Can Teach us About Social Impact

Sam S. Adkins

Metaari

2020-2025 Global Game-Based Learning Market

Wei-Fan Chen

Fourdesire

Playable Design: The Play Space of Toys, Environments, Games, and More

Mike Beall

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Designing Games for Professional Development

Eulani Labay

Lab at OPM

Choose Your Own Adventure in Government Benefits

Rhonda Bruce

Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

Managing Successful Adult Learning Projects:
Let's Benchmark

Olufunmilola Abraham

Univ. of Wisconsin Madison - School of Pharmacy

Harnessing the Power of Serious Games to Improve Medication Use

Lakita Edwards

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Games for Learning Funding Opportunities: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Victoria Grieve

University of Pittsburgh

What Makes a Game Empathetic?

Tony Beck

National Institutes of Health / Science Education

Finding Funding for Healthcare and other Qualifying Games under Federal Grant Programs

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2021 Submissions Open in Sept.; we're 90% booked by January

After that date, you may apply for selection, in case we have a cancellation.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT SERIOUS PLAY CONFERENCE

“Serious Play Conference has been a great venue for us to share and test some of our ideas and best practices. The conference also helps us learn from, connect to, and collaborate with others – contractors, trainers, designers. Serious Play is a unique opportunity to catch up on the latest happenings in the growing field and as a developer to share one’s experiences and gather input.”

- Brad Tanner, CEO, Health Impact Studio

“It was a great conference. I attend several each year in areas related to my work and this one was by far the best. I look forward to attending again.”

- Mark Lewis, Instructional Designer, Office of Academic Affairs, SUNY Empire State College

“I go to a lot of conferences, and I keep in touch with more people from Serious Play than any other conference.”

- Fortune 500 Executive

“I think the conference was great. I learned so much. I’m in; I want to learn more. And I’d love to remain involved—or be more involved—with the conference in the future.”

- Fraser Stowe, Instructional Design Team, University Without Walls - Online Learning, University of Massachusetts

“I’ve attended the Serious Play Conference for the past three years and it never disappoints. I always learn something new! I use games to make my lessons for students more engaging – and now I’m helping other teachers learn how to include them in their classes.”

- Alex Norton, Middle School Technology Teacher

“Serious Play is by and far the premier conference of my year. I get to quite a few perhaps 4 or 5 in the USA in a year and SPC for me has the right mix of size, diversity and intimacy for great value. The caliber of speakers this year was fab and the keynote in Orlando was stellar! There were no sessions where I felt there was nothing that appealed to me. I attended every session and not just in K-12. You are also getting the balance of female to male so right!”

- Bron Stuckey, Consultant, Innovative Educational Ideas, Australia

“Compared to all of the other conferences I’ve attended, this seems to have been the one where there were a lot of folks interested in radical change to the status-quo of the education process. I think that outside the box thinking is very much needed in the space. I’ll highly recommend your events to others!” ...

- Todd Conley, Executive Director | HighSchool.GG

“Such a meaty event. I first attended in 2017 where I was inspired by all the speakers on how serious play could contribute to executive learning. By my second trip in 2018, I had a prototype of our first VR game; the Serious play community tried it out and gave me feedback during the spaces for networking. By 2019, our VR game won a silver medal. We attribute the speed from conception to deployment to the support from the Serious Play Conference Community.”

- Claire Masson, Learning Innovation and Impact, Headspring A joint venture of Financial Times | IE Business School

“We met years ago at a Serious Play Conference, where I also met Tomo Moriwaki of Hyperkinetic Studios. His company and mine are collaborating on an NSF-funded project to create a virtual reality education game to improve reading by improving eye control. Without the Serious Play experience, this work might not have happened.”

- Maureen Powers, Eyes in Sync

“At Serious Play, I get to collaborate with people who are making a difference. These are people who are creating and using games to educate and to change behavior across K12, Higher Ed, Corporate, Society, Government, and Military. Nowhere else is there an opportunity to share expertise and stories with so many accomplished people doing so many interesting things with games and simulations.” ...

- Mitch Weisburgh, Managing Partner Academic Business Advisors, LLC

- Michael Freeman, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Associate Professor, Defense Analysis Naval Postgraduate School

“This conference is the best one i have attended in the U.S. on serious games. It gave me the opportunity to meet thought leaders from the U.S. and globally.”

- David Mawei, Simu4Wisdom, China