IWHE’16 – Games for everything meeting, 2/e , #G4*UST, 17th june, Vic

Date – Friday, 17th June, from 9:00 to 13:30h

Place – Aula Segimon Serrallonga (S4-A4), Masia Torre dels Frares. Carrer de la Laura, 92, Vic (Osona)

Responsible for the activity

• Marc de san Pedro (Chair in ICT and Healthcare – CESS)
• Ramon Reig and Ruth Contreras (Data and Signal Processing research Group)

 

Activity Games4*, Health&Education:

Games are capable of telling stories and holding a narrative on their own, and can play a role in facilitating learning outcomes in a wide range of situations. The 2nd Games4everything meeting (#G4*UST) is a joint initiative of the Chair in ICT and Healthcare, and the Research Group on Data and Signal Processing (DSP Group) from the UVic-UCC. The aim is to explore the healthcare and educational possibilities of games and associated technologies. The power of games, combined with the ubiquity of mobile technologies, could lead to a revolution in the way we learn and in the way we take care for our health as a society. We will discuss all these issues with peers and colleagues from other institutions, and are pleased to invite you to join us at the UVic-UCC on

Friday, 17th June 2016.

Venue: Aula Segimon Serrallonga (S4-A4). Masia Torre dels Frares. Carrer de la Laura, 92, Vic (Osona)

 

Programme:

09:00 – 09:15. Welcome

Ramon Reig-Bolaño. @ramonreig, DSP research Group at UVic-UCC and Marc de San Pedro @desanpedro, coordinator of the Chair in ICT and Healthcare, UVic-UCC

09:15 – 10:45. Keynote Tech Talk.

• Social computing in diabetes and healthy lifestyles. Dr. Luis Luque, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar Foundation, Salumedia, UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).
• What do we mean with serious games?. Dr. Carolina Islas, researcher at University of Eastern Finland (UEF), an entrepreneur with her spinoff Ubium.
• Behaviour Change throught Gamification. Anna Sort, PlayBenefit.
• mHealth Hub, integrating Apps & Shared Electronic Health Record of Catalonia. Dr. Francesc Garcia-Cuyàs, Director of the Chair in ICT and Healthcare, and the Foundation ICT and Healthcare.

10:45 – 11:30 Games 4 * Coffee Break & Research Posters Presentation

11:30 – 13:30 Games 4 * The 5-7 Minute Presentation & Audience Participation (submission open until 31 May!)

13:30 – Games 4* Networking Lunch

Abstract of the activity

Organized by: Chair in ICT and Healthcare and Data and Signal Processing research group

Màster Apps&Games

Fa pocs dies hem acabat de perfilar el nou Màster Apps&Games, amb professorat de primer nivell i amb col·laboracions estel·lars que anirem presentant al llarg del curs. Arrenquem amb molta empenta el proper mes d’octubre. Per nosaltres ha estat un privilegi preparar aquest programa, hem tingut l’oportunitat de teixir moltes complicitats amb un bon grup d’empreses i institucions, a moltes de les quals els nostres estudiants podran desenvolupar el seu projecte final; hem vist nàixer el centre Creacció, on un grup de seleccionats tiraran endavant les primeres etapes del seu pla de negoci. El màster gira al voltant de les Apps per mòbils i tauletes, es treballen tant els aspectes de disseny com els més tècnics associats amb el  desenvolupament dels projectes, posarem el focus en els “serious games”, aplicats a la salut i el benestar, a l’educació,  a la comunicació i a la gestió d’empresa. Estem impacients per començar, us hi esperem!