“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.”

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

“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.”  

“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.”  

“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!” ...

“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”  

“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.”  

“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.”

“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.”  

“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.”  

“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.”  

“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!”

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

“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.”

“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.”  

“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.” ...

“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.”