The Games for Health Conference 2009 in Boston is just around the corner, and Ben Sawyer just announced the keynote speakers.

OPENING KEYNOTE: 9:00 AM, June 11, 2009

Shyang Kong, EA SPORTS
Driving the Virtual Fitness Revolution: The Development and Launch of EA SPORTS Active.

Shyang Kong was the Lead Producer for EA SPORTS Active and developed the product exclusively for the Wii with a focus on innovation, personalization and customization. EA SPORTS Active is the first in a new line of virtual fitness products to improve the well-being of people of all ages.

VISION KEYNOTE: 9:00 AM, June 12, 2009

Steve Brown, 3Banana
iPhone, Android, Open Source, Cloud, App Store, Augmented Reality: The Games for Health Ecosystem is Finally Here!

Steve Brown is CEO of 3Banana, which develops software that makes it easier to capture and share information from mobile devices in order to improve productivity, manage resources, and connect with services on-line.  He was previously CEO of Health Hero Network and Raya Systems, one of the first games for health start-ups launched in the early 1990s.

VIRTUAL WORLDS DAY KEYNOTE: 9:30 AM, June 10, 2009

Nina Fefferman, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Hakkar’s Corrupted Blood Plague: How an Outbreak in World of Warcraft is Helping Epidemiologists Create Better Disease Models

Nina Fefferman is a computational epidemiologist and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
(DIMACS) at Rutgers University.

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