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Hot Topics: Serious Games

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

Hot Topics: Serious Games

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The first event in the Hot Topics series

Hot Topics are a new series of NESTA events driven by ideas and technologies.  We will introduce the technological tools that are changing how we interact and do business.  You will find new ideas and concepts, whether you are in business, an academic, a start-up or an investor.

The inspiration for this first event on Serious Games comes from Jane McGonigal’s TED talk on Serious Games, and David Helgason’s declaration of the ‘Year of Gamification’.

The event will examine how games and games technologies are being brought into ‘serious’ areas, as well as how serious tasks are being made more game-like.  There are three ways that games can be adopted by other sectors: 

  • by generating positive side effects from gameplay;
  • by creating technology that can be reused;
  • and by increasing engagement with a problem or activity.

Mary Matthews from Blitz Games Studios and Alex Fleetwood from Hide and Seek, will discuss future opportunities and the event will be chaired by Stian Westlake, Director of Policy & Research Unit, NESTA.


Join our LinkedIn group and take part now in our discussion about the "gamification" of life.

You can also let us know your thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #nestahottopics

Find out more about this event here

When & Where


1 Plough Place
EC4A 1DE London
United Kingdom

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (GMT)


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