Challenges and Opportunities of Health Serious Games



Luis Fernandez Luque*, Norut (Norway) and Salumedia.com (Spain), Tromso, Norway
Ellen Brox*, Norut, Tromso, Norway
Viviane Hasselmann*, Kliniken Valens, Valens, Switzerland
Santiago Hors-Fraile*, Salumedia.com, Sevilla, Spain


Track: Practice
Presentation Topic: other
Presentation Type: Panel
Submission Type: Panel Presentation

Building: Sol Principe
Room: A - Alhambra
Date: 2014-10-09 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Last modified: 2014-09-29
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Abstract


This panel will provide a discussion about the future and present of games in the health domain. The objective of the panel is to provide an overview of all the different aspects: game design, business, integration in clinical practice and research.

The panel will be hosted by Luis Fernandez-Luque (Co-director of Medicine 2.0 Malaga). Guido Giunti, co-editor of JMIR Serious Games (http://games.jmir.org/), will provide an overview of current research challenges. Ellen Brox, from Norut (Norway), will share her experience with user centric design techniques applied to design health games. Viviane Hasselmann from Klinik Vales (Switzerland) will explain how to integrate games in the clinical practice. Finally, Santiago Hors (CEO at Salumedia.com) will explain the challenges in the business development of health games.




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