Venturing in Serious Games for
Simulation, Education, and the Enterprise
Saturday, January 12, 2013
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California
Time and Location:
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.
Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Baxter Lecture Hall
Post-program Coffee & Networking with Speakers: 11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Cost: $40 on-line registration; $50 at the door; $10 full-time students;
Caltech students – Free
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Event Preview
‘‘Game’ In today’s technology extends far beyond familiar teen video diversions. Aptly dubbed “serious games” and sometimes “gamification,” the field now embraces a growing wealth of important applications. Evolved from pre-computer roots (e.g., military “war games”), key computer simulations and training now increasingly permeate the government world. Likewise, learning tasks from corporate training to childhood education have been variously recast in a “game” context; but in fact their focus and purposes are not simple “fun and entertainment.”
This program looks at the entrepreneurial / innovation context of the what-why-how of “serious games” in important social and commercial endeavors. Our speakers will exploring various facets such as applications, platforms, areas for growth, investment landscape, and how it all meshes with the undeniable lure of playing games.
Keynote Speaker
Mario Herger, Technology Strategist & Community Manager, SAP Labs
Panelists
James H. Korris, CEO , Creative Technologies Inc.; Past Creative Director, ICT/USC
William Quigley, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
Walt Scacchi, Research Director, UCI Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds
Grant Viklund , Principal, BackCode, Past Sr. Technical Director, DreamWorks
Moderator:
Stephen Block, Partner, K5 Launch, SVP/GC (retired), Int’l Flavors & Fragrances.
Producers:
Michael M. Krieger, Ph.D., Attorney at Law, Willenken Wilson Loh & Delgado, LLP
Goran Matijasevic, Ph.D, Executive Director, UCI Chief Executive Roundtable
Julianne Pina, Principal, JPina Consulting, Member, Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum Bd.
Sophia Viklund, BackCode, Pasadena; Organizer, Girl Geek Dinners-LA&PyLadies
Location
Baxter Lecture Hall
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Directions/Maps: Directions to the Forum
Founding Sponsors
Caltech Industrial Relations Center
Caltech Alumni Association
Operating Sponsor
