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Our Speakers

Are 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 serving every major application 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.

LEADERSHIP, EMPLOYEE TRAINING

HEALTHCARE
TRAINING

GAME / INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

TEACHING GAME DESIGN

USING GAMES
IN K-12

DEVELOPER FUNDING/BUSINESS ADVICE

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

Personalized Schedule

allowing you to maximize your time, learning at Serious Play

2022 Speakers

Our speakers have pioneered in an industry that is quickly 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.

Paul Darvasi

CEO / Co-Founder
Gold Bug Interactive/University of Toronto

Make Games and Puzzles with Social Media

Niall Campion

Managing Director
VRAI, Ireland

Virtual Reality Training - From Fighter Pilot to the Factory Floor

Jacquelyn D'Eall Sundberg

Outreach and Special Projects
McGill University Library

Thinking Beyond the Stacks: Games in Special Collections

Thomas Burelli

Associate professor in law
University of Ottawa

Creating a game to teach video game law : what did we learn?

Karthik Sarma

Chief Technology Officer
SimX

Why XR is the Future of Force Readiness in Medicine

Olufunmilola Abraham

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy

OutSMA℞T Cancer: A Youth Informed Cancer Prevention Game

Scott Nicholson

Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Developing EscapeIF: Creating a Storytelling Game System for Low-Resource Classrooms

Dennis Glenn

President
Dennis Glenn LLC

Military Veterans Career Coaching Using Augment Reality

Lucia Pannese

CEO
imaginary srl

The impact of AI and Gamification on Educational Strategies

Kimberly Hieftje

Asst. Professor, Yale Pediatrics
Director, play4REAL XR Lab
Yale School of Medicine

The Use of AR/VR in Health Applications for Youth

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT SERIOUS PLAY CONFERENCE

“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

“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

“I've left our time together so energized and excited…I love the perspectives they bring to teaching and the time the students took to share their thinking with all of us. Thank you so much to everyone at Mixiply who have created a sensational product.”

- Barbara Mitchell, Professor, Northeastern University

“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

“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

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

“Serious Play has been invaluable as I further my understanding of game-based learning! Sue has put together an organization that facilitates collaboration. Attendees are people with passion about game-based learning and, most importantly, a willingness to pass their knowledge along to others.”

- Donna Bayer, Instructional Designer at Penn State Harrisburg

“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

“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

“One of the highlights for me was seeing some of the participants that came to my session in Montreal presenting on how they have started using gamification in their courses. It was just wonderful to see the progress they had made.”

- Valary A Oleinik, Consultant, valary@valarywithawhy.com

“I enjoy being part of Serious Play each year because gamification has helped my students so much. Serious Play also helps push my skills forward through shared innovation and the creative ideas I see in the various sessions”

- Robin Bagent, Professor, College of Southern Idaho

“This past year was my first year at Serious Play Conference and it was a wonderful experience. The info on submitting a grant was very valuable. I’ve also made connections with several people. So, this was great for us and I'm looking forward to attending again. Thank you for doing this for us.”

- Paulette Jones, President, Meadowlark Science and Education

“The conference was fantastic! I can’t wait to go back and listen to the sessions I couldn’t attend. It’s exciting so see those higher education sessions. This conference will certainly be on my ‘MUST ATTEND’ list next year.”

- Karen A. Burns, PhD, Assistant Coordinator of Faculty Development, Center for Instructional Technology, The University of Alabama

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Serious Play helps push my skills forward through shared innovation and the creative ideas I see in the various sessions.”

- Robin Bagent, Professor, Business Management at the College of Southern Idaho