It’s that time of year again where the best and brightest in the games for health field gather together for the Games for Health Conference. The 2011 conference will be held at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston, MA from May 18-19 with a pre-conference May 17. Opening keynote. This year, the...

Expansion. The Games for Health Conference will be holding its sixth meeting this year at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston, and the schedule is finally out.  The traditional two-day conference will offer over 40 sessions with 60 speakers and will cover a wide range of topics including exergaming,...

With the Games for Health Conference 2009 in Boston just a few days away, I decided it might be a fun idea to interview a few of this year’s hot speakers.  Case in point, Laura Fay, CEO of the very successful brain training website HAPPYneuron.  I was able to catch Laura this weekend on her way...

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...

For prevention (and treatment). At the Games for Health Conference last year, Humana announced its newest venture, Humana Games for Health (HG4H), an online world where users can play video games to keep their minds and bodies fit.  Their hope was to engage consumers through the use of a most popular...

Register for GFHC 2009 soon! I received an email from Ben Saywer, Co-Founder of the Games for Health Project, that seats for the Games for Health Conference this year are filling up fast.  According to Ben, “This will be the event’s biggest content offering yet.”  In other words,...

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...

Gamer vogue. The style, the color, the flare!  An important element to any game is the art assets.  This gives the game its feel, its personality.  Great Game Tenet #5: great health games have great art. Art versus content. Some, like Whyville’s founder Dr. James Bower, believe that good art...