healthGAMERS’ favorite conference.

The biggest conference for health game lovers just announced its speaker line up.  The 2009 Games for Health Conference is going to be held at the Hyatt Harborside Boston on June 11 and 12.  Click on the Games for Health registration page to sign up today!

The current lineup.

Many of these topics relate directly to questions posted on the healthGAMERS blog!  Note that the list below is only half of the 50+ sessions to expect at the conference.  Stay tuned for further information here and on the Games for Health site.

• Brain Training and Psychology
  • Games for Psychology Sessions
  • Making Sense Of Brain Games: A Scientific Analysis Of Game Design In The Brain Fitness
  • Sitting Playfully: Does the use of a centre of gravity computer game controller influence the sitting and functional ability of children with neuromotor dysfunction?
  • Xbox Meets Play Therapy
  • What Kids Get Out of Video Games : The Presence of Games in Health Child Development
  • Case Study : Happy Neuron
  • The effect of video games on visual attention
• Disease Management
  • Using Wii Games to Help Parkinson’s Patients
  • A Design Review of Sexual Content, Sexually Mature Themes in Games, and Games about Sex
  • A Behavior Change Game for People with Type I Diabetes
• Exergaming
  • Criticisms of Exergaming
  • Case Study: Active Adventures (Winds of Orbis)
  • Case Study: ArmyFIT
  • Discussion & Best Practices for Implementation for Health Application of Exergames
  • Capturing Wiimote & Acceleromter Data for Active Gaming Evaluation
  • Senior Wii : A Study of Seniors and Wii Exercise
  • Case Study : Camera Games for Precise Exercises
  • A Study of Wii Fit Effectiveness
  • Case Study : Breath: A game to motivate the compliance of postoperative breathing exercises
  • Case Study : Rolling out Footpowr
• Professional Training
  • A Conversation with Richard S. Levine: Developer of Microsurgeon
  • Case Study: Burn Center
• Research and Development
  • A survey of Health Product and Messaging Advergames
  • Games for Health Potpurri : 10 Under-reported Items in the Games for Health Field
  • Case Study : The Skeleton Chase, A Healthy ARG
  • The Coming Age of Sensor Based Health Games
  • Game Related Illnesses & Injuries : The accused, documented, and related
  • Health in Games (by Games for Health founder Ben Sawyer)
  • Health Data & Gamer Demographics
  • Games for Health and Education : A Policy Report and Discussion