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This is a great opportunity to experience the wide variety of sectors where "Serious Games" have been used to great effect, it’s a must for anyone who is considering using "Serious Games" and computer based training for their business or academic institute.
By attending the day you will get a fully rounded experience on the use of games and simulations across a whole range of sectors, focusing on real examples with real impact.
On 12th May (next Wednesday) looking at a whole raft of digital interactive case studies, blending gaming with serious issues, from health to policy to games made for changing behaviour to safety and much more. Rounding off with a hands on session designing a Serious Game or two collectively.
The Game Topics includes : *Preventing Violent Extremism *Reducing Knife Crime *Affecting Drinking and Driving Behaviour *Reducing teenage pregnancy *Reducing remission in cancer patients *Training for Coronary Artery Bypass *Learning about Nanomedicine in curing cancer *Triage training *UK Flood Policy - raising public awareness *Public policy engagement using games *Games to help voters understand running for office *Controlling the country's budget *Dealing with human rights and immigration *Oil, war, corruption and the control of finite resources *Battlefield Situational Awareness *Location Awareness *Open Source Virtual World for Defence.
