SAGSET

The Society for the Advancement of Games and Simulations in Education and Training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Information

SAGSET 2008 – 38th Annual Conference

“Teaching and Learning through Gaming and Simulation”

www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/game2008

July 17th to 18th, 2008

University of Nottingham, England

 

Conference Chairs

Dr. Kim Hua Tan (Kim.Tan@nottingham.ac.uk), Nottingham University Business School, UK

Dr.Luc Muyldermans (Luc.Muyldermans@nottingham.ac.uk), Nottingham University Business School, UK

International Scientific Committee

Kul Pawar - Nottingham University, UK

Ong Fon Sim, UM, Malaysia

Bruce Ho, ChungHsing University, Taiwan

Timo Lainema, Turku University, Finland

Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China

Hiroshi Katayama, Waseda University, Japan

Peter Trim, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

Niels Rytter, Aalborg University, Denmark

Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University, USA

Sergio E. Gouvea Da Costa, CUCPR, Brazil

Paul Denton, Huddersfield University, UK

Tommy Choy, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Chaipong Pongpanich, Sasin Business School, Thailand

 

Secretariat

Alison Parrett (Alison.Parrett@nottingham.ac.uk), Nottingham University Business School, UK

 

Topics

Topics of interest include (but not restricted to):

 

Business Games & Simulations

Game & Simulation Design

Digital storytelling

Serious Games

Artificial intelligence games

Learning Evaluation

Visual content creation 

Game production

Gamer communities 

Executive learning and teaching

Simulation

Operations management games

Online games and networking 

Mobile games

Case studies 

User studies and evaluation 

Game critical analysis 

Intellectual property rights   

Contributions are invited from people involved in research and teaching - Primary or secondary; College and University Lecturers; Teachers specialising in supporting pupils with learning disabilities; Trainers and employers interested in interactive methods of developing employees; Voluntary organisations; and Designers of games and simulations.

Registration

The registration fee includes: registration package and conference proceedings, lunches and coffee breaks, and conference dinner

·         £290 for two days event  (17th and 18th July 2008)

·         £150 for single day participation* (17th July 2008 or 18th July 2008)

·         £100 for students*

*Additional £50 if attending conference dinner

 

Important Date:

  • November 31st 2007

Submission of extended abstracts (1000 words)

  • December 30th 2007

Notification of acceptance

  • February 31st 2008

Full paper submission

  • April 15th 2008

Registration

  • May 15th 2008

Final electronic version

Award & Publication:

Three best paper awards are available (sponsored by Emerald Publishing). Selected papers will be published in special issues of leading journals.

Provisional Programme

17th July 2008

Registration, Welcome, Keynote, Parallel Sessions, Lunch, Parallel Sessions, SAGSET AGM, Conference Dinner

18th July 2008

Parallel Sessions, Lunch, Parallel Sessions/workshops, Closing Session


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Last Updated 18/08/2007

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