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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.

Florian Tolk

Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative

An Introduction to Using xAPI in Gaming and Simulation

Ryan Connell

National Contract Management Association

How You can Enable Innovation in the Air Force and DoD

Cody Coltharp

Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access

Free Govt Assets to Enrich Educational Game Content

Ben McMartin

Public Spend Forum

Free Services to Help You Become a Government Contractor

Iain Skeete

Principal, Acquisition
NSTXL

Oportunites with NSTXL's Training Accellerator

Matt Denny

NavalX

Military Organizations that Counsel Developers

Shobhana Gupta

NASA

Free Govt Assets to Enrich Educational Game Content

Chris Benson

AFWERX

Military Organizations that Counsel Developers

Marianne Malmstrom

Digital Design Teacher
Newlands Intermediate

WORKSHOP: Create AR/VR Games & Content

Helen Wechsler

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Federal Federal Funding for Game-Based Educational Activities in Museums

Tony Bevilacqua

Founder & CEO, Cognitive 3D

Leveraging Analytics in the Metaverse for Learning

Andy Johnson

Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL)

An Introduction to Using xAPI in Gaming and Simulation

Lakita Edwards

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

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

Jennifer Murphy

CEO
Quantum Improvements Consulting

GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP: Filling out and Submitting Grant and Funding Submissions

Drew Robarge

Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History

Free Govt Assets to Enrich Educational Game Content

Bob Hone

Game Design & Architecting

Designing Effective Health Games for Digital Therapeutics

André Thomas

Triseum

PANEL: Forming a Organization to Promote Game-Based Learning Developers

Leslie Faircloth

Small Business Programs
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Finding Funding from the Navy

Thomas Burelli

Associate professor in law
University of Ottawa

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

David MacDonald

Specialist, Educational Development and Digital Learning
University of Ottawa

PANEL: Spice up Your Online Teaching: GBL for Higher Education

Sam S. Adkins

Metaari

Catalysts, Purchase Trends, Best Opportunities for Investors and Developers in the 2022-2027 U,S, Game-Based Learning Market

Alex Lillo

Postdoctoral Researcher,
University of Ottawa

Creating a Game to Teach Video Game Law : What Did We Learn?

Jasminka Criley

CEO, Professor in Medicine
Indelible Learning, UCLA

Creating Health Applications for Schools

Paul Darvasi

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

Protection: A Crisis Training Game

Leslie Gruis

Mathematician and Privacy Author

OK, We Democratized the Media, Now What?

Peter Leveille

Principal Software Systems Engineer
MITRE

Educating about logical fallacies and manipulative language

John Shulman

Alignor

How Data Analytics From Realistic Simulations Can Prove Business Impact

John Kolm

CEO, Team Results USA

Moth in the Mainframe - Human Factors in Serious Games

Rob Alvarez

Adj Professor / Founder
IE University / Professor Game

Five Steps to Creating Gamified Learning

Lessons Learned about Games for Learning from 4 years of Doing a Podcast

Ronald Dyer

Associate Professor/EMBA Director
The University of Sheffield

They've played your Game, Now What!!

Enrique Cachafeiro

Training and Education Coordinator
Duke Health

Designing a Digital Escape Room for Instruction Using WebXR

Vineet Raj Kapoor

Director
Chandigarh Design School

Gamifying Skill Training

Jim Kiggens

CEO
inciteVR

Immersive Clinical Training Implementation

Steve Isaacs

Education Specialist
Epic Games

Inspiring the Creator in All Students with Interactive 3D

Dov Jacobson

Creative Director
Games That Work

Generative AI: Why, When...and How

Olufunmilola Abraham

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy

OutSMA℞T Cancer: A Youth Informed Cancer Prevention Game

Mitch Weisburgh

Founding Partner, Academic Business Advisors

Participate in a Game about Decision-making

Paul Thurkettle

NATO Training Technologies Section Head

NATO's Development of Virtual Reality Training

Georgi Tsvetanov

Regional Director
Silega Americas

Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture

Monica Cornetti

Founder/CEO
Sententia Games

Learn How to Set Up Game-Based Learning Programs for Success; a Certification Course

Jonathan Peters

Chief Motivation Officer
Sententia, Inc

A New Theory of Fun: A Purposeful Approach to Game Design

Elisa Navarro Chinchilla

Educational Video Games Developer
Gargamel Studio

WORKSHOP: Make Games and Puzzles with Social Media

Ret. Gen. Frank Kelley

Vice President
Defense Acquisition Univ.

What the Military Needs Now from Game Developers

Peter Stidwill

Executive Producer
FableVision Studios

Five Tips for Researchers Who Want to Make Educational Games

Tony Beck

National Institutes of Health / Science Education

NIH, SEPA, STEM Games Funding Workshop

NIGMS SEPA STEM Funded Companies.
Hear their Stories

Alicia Sanchez

Games Czar
Defense Acquisition University

GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP: Filling out and Submitting Grant and Funding Submissions

Dennis Glenn

Technology Consultant
Dennis Glenn LLC

Game Changer-ChatGPT in Unity

Valary Oleinik

Owner and Chief Disruptor
Valary With A WHY

Participate in a Leadership Training Simulation About Responding to an Emergency

Tammie Schrader

Science/Computer Science Coordinator
NorthEast Washington Education Service District 10

Expanding Game Based Learning Across the State

Anders Gronstedt

President, Gronstedt Group

The Enterprise Metaverse: Nine Sensibilities of VR Learning

Angela Malicki

Multimedia and Learning Tech Program Director
Johns Hopkins Medical Hospital

How to Create a Digital Vital Signs Game for Nurses and UAPs

Sharon Bildstein

Sr. ISD
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Digital Single Player Vital Signs Game For Nursing and UAPs

Mike Washburn

Director of Learning Experiences
Logics Academy

Approaches to World Design in Minecraft Education

Jenn McNamara

Vice President Serious Games and Strategic Partnerships
BreakAway Games

Serious Game Accessibility: Design Considerations

Peter Smith

Associate Professor
University of Central Florida & Limbitless Solutions

How Games Aid Prosthesis Users Regain their Mobility

Roger Smith

President
Model Benders, LLC

What can Deep Learning do for Serious Games?

David Metcalf

Senior Researcher and Director
Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab (METIL), Institute for Simulation & Training

Role Playing Games for Good

Shawn Clybor

Ludic Instructional Designer
Goldbug Interactive

Alternate Reality Games Made Easy!

Kimberly Hieftje

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

The Use of AR/VR in Health Applications for Youth

Bernard François

Founder, Preview Labs

What's New in VR & AR? An Interactive Session

Paula Kelly

Director of Integrated Training
NExT, a Schlumberger Company

Using learning Collaborative Team-Based Simulation

Doug Whatley

CEO, BreakAway Games

Plenary Speaker

Michael DiPonio

Instructional Design Team Lead
AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation

Tales from the Trenches of Serious Game Development

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