DMU Games Festival speaker schedule
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This summary provides an overview of the speaker schedule for the DMU Games Festival which takes place from February 25th to February 28th. There are four days of talks focused on different themes: Culture Heritage and Tourism, Health and Well-Being, Community Engagement, and Creative Technologies. Each day will run from 10am to 4pm at various venues on the DMU campus and nearby locations. The schedule lists the daily speakers, their affiliations, and the topics they will present on related to the use of games and immersive technologies in their respective fields.
DMU Games Festival speaker schedule
- 1. DMU Games Festival Speaker Schedule http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/org/3112729644?s=11903166 This is the current schedule of confirmed speakers for the DMU Games Festival Feb 25th Culture Heritage and Tourism 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30) Venue :- Clephan Building Room 3.0 De Montfort University Speakers :- Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction 10:15 David Fried VirtualWare Microsoft Kinect for Interactive Tourism Group 10:45 Michael Powell Game Art Design Roslyn Chapel Project for 3D interactive visualisation 11:15 Eric Tatham & Nick DMU Virtual Romans - Digital Heritage and Higgett Gaming 11:45 Kevin Williams DNA Edutainment – Interaction and Immersion 12:15 Lunch Break 14:00 Steve Thompson Teesside Culture and Heritage -Real world issues in University virtual world settings 14:30 Jacqueline Cawston SGI Shakespeare! Mandela! – immersive digital culture 15:00 John Martin DMU Beat the Ministry – Wartime Farming Game 15:30 Panel Session Various The future of immersive technologies for cuture, heritage and tourism 16:00 Close and Networking Feb 26th Health and Well-Being 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30) Venue :- Clephan Building Room 3.0 De Montfort University Speakers Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction 10:15 Lucia Pannese Imaginary Virtual Environments for Games Based Reflective Learning in care home training 10:45 Jacqueline Cawston SGI Drugs or Games? – a look at the development of Games for Health 11:15 David Fried VirtualWare Virtual Rehabilitation using Microsoft Group Kinect 11:45 Duncan Lawson WebRacing Putting gaming into healthcare , what can we learn ? 12:15 Lunch Break
- 2. 14:00 Tre Azam MyndPlay Using brainwave technology in serious games 14:30 David Burden Daden Ltd Virtual Worlds for healthcare training 15:00 Cat Oxley Great Ormond St Developing an immersive 3D sling and hoist simulation 15:30 Panel Session Various The future of immersive technologies and games for health 16:00 Close and Networking Feb 27th Community Engagement 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30) Venue :- Newfoundpool Neigbourhood Centre Speakers Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction 10:15 Steve Thompson Teesside Engaging Communities – The Great University Adventure 10:45 Lucia Pannese Imaginary SuperHUB: Engaging Citizens for Green Mobility 11:15 Annette Crisp DMU Engaging with Avatars as Preparation for the Real World 11:45 Pete Shelton First Movement Interactive Immersive Installations for the Disadvantaged 12:15 Lunch and Video Game Challenges 14:00 Eric Latham / Nick DMU Virtual Romans - Digital Heritage and Higgett Gaming 14:30 Jude Ower Playmob Social Network Games for Charitable Causes 15:00 Community Media Workshop 16:00 Close and Networking
- 3. Feb 28th Creative Technologies 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30) Venue :- Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester Speakers Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction 10:15 Helen Routledge Totem Learnng Using 3D immersive Worlds for Health and Safety Training 10:45 Martin Rieser DMU Creative Technologies and Immersive Experiences 11:15 James Roadley-Battin Codemasters Developing commercial games at Codemasters 11:45 Tom Leeson (to be Dassault The Future of 3D Immersive Experiences confirmed) Systemes 12:15 Lorenzo Picinali DMU 3D Audio Applications for the Blind 12:45 Lunch Break 14:00 Ernest Edmonds DMU The Institute of Creative Technologies 14:30 Sean Clark Cuttlefish/DMU Bridging Art and Science 15:00 Tre Azam MyndPlay Myndplay and brain controlled interactive entertainment 15:30 Dylan Menzies DMU Next Generation Environment Sound Synthesis for Virtual Worlds 16:00 Close and Networking David Wortley [email protected] Mobile 07896659695