25 speakers linewd up for DMU Games Festival Feb 25th - 28th in Leicester

1. DMU Games Festival Speaker Schedule
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/org/3112729644?s=11903166
This is the current schedule of confirmed speakers for the DMU Games Festival
Feb 25th Culture Heritage and Tourism 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30)
Venue :- Clephan Building Room 3.0 De Montfort University
Speakers :-
Time Speaker Affiliation Topic
10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction
10:15 David Fried VirtualWare Microsoft Kinect for Interactive Tourism
Group
10:45 Michael Powell Game Art Design Roslyn Chapel Project for 3D interactive
visualisation
11:15 Eric Tatham & Nick DMU Virtual Romans - Digital Heritage and
Higgett Gaming
11:45 Kevin Williams DNA Edutainment – Interaction and
Immersion
12:15 Lunch Break
14:00 Steve Thompson Teesside Culture and Heritage -Real world issues in
University virtual world settings
14:30 Jacqueline Cawston SGI Shakespeare! Mandela! – immersive
digital culture
15:00 John Martin DMU Beat the Ministry – Wartime Farming
Game
15:30 Panel Session Various The future of immersive technologies for
cuture, heritage and tourism
16:00 Close and Networking
Feb 26th Health and Well-Being 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30)
Venue :- Clephan Building Room 3.0 De Montfort University
Speakers
Time Speaker Affiliation Topic
10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction
10:15 Lucia Pannese Imaginary Virtual Environments for Games Based
Reflective Learning in care home training
10:45 Jacqueline Cawston SGI Drugs or Games? – a look at the
development of Games for Health
11:15 David Fried VirtualWare Virtual Rehabilitation using Microsoft
Group Kinect
11:45 Duncan Lawson WebRacing Putting gaming into healthcare , what
can we learn ?
12:15 Lunch Break

2. 14:00 Tre Azam MyndPlay Using brainwave technology in serious
games
14:30 David Burden Daden Ltd Virtual Worlds for healthcare training
15:00 Cat Oxley Great Ormond St Developing an immersive 3D sling and
hoist simulation
15:30 Panel Session Various The future of immersive technologies and
games for health
16:00 Close and Networking
Feb 27th Community Engagement 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30)
Venue :- Newfoundpool Neigbourhood Centre
Speakers
Time Speaker Affiliation Topic
10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction
10:15 Steve Thompson Teesside Engaging Communities – The Great
University Adventure
10:45 Lucia Pannese Imaginary SuperHUB: Engaging Citizens for Green
Mobility
11:15 Annette Crisp DMU Engaging with Avatars as Preparation for
the Real World
11:45 Pete Shelton First Movement Interactive Immersive Installations for
the Disadvantaged
12:15 Lunch and Video Game Challenges
14:00 Eric Latham / Nick DMU Virtual Romans - Digital Heritage and
Higgett Gaming
14:30 Jude Ower Playmob Social Network Games for Charitable
Causes
15:00 Community Media Workshop
16:00 Close and Networking

3. Feb 28th Creative Technologies 10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30)
Venue :- Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester
Speakers
Time Speaker Affiliation Topic
10:00 David Wortley DMU Welcome Introduction
10:15 Helen Routledge Totem Learnng Using 3D immersive Worlds for Health
and Safety Training
10:45 Martin Rieser DMU Creative Technologies and Immersive
Experiences
11:15 James Roadley-Battin Codemasters Developing commercial games at
Codemasters
11:45 Tom Leeson (to be Dassault The Future of 3D Immersive Experiences
confirmed) Systemes
12:15 Lorenzo Picinali DMU 3D Audio Applications for the Blind
12:45 Lunch Break
14:00 Ernest Edmonds DMU The Institute of Creative Technologies
14:30 Sean Clark Cuttlefish/DMU Bridging Art and Science
15:00 Tre Azam MyndPlay Myndplay and brain controlled
interactive entertainment
15:30 Dylan Menzies DMU Next Generation Environment Sound
Synthesis for Virtual Worlds
16:00 Close and Networking
David Wortley
dwortley@dmu.ac.uk
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