If anyone on this list is local to the Boston area and would be
interested in influencing accessibility in game development in the US,
you might consider trying to get one of the free passes and attending
the Enabled Play session of the Games for Health Conference.
We are sending this letter to all supporters of videogame accessibility
worldwide including past attendees of The Games for Health Conference.
On Tuesday June 12, in Boston, MA we will be hosting Enabled Play: The
Fourth Annual Games Accessibility Day.In past years the conference has
seen 8-10 sessions featuring an amazing cross-section of game
accessibility advocates, developers, and researchers.
This year we're doing something different and we need your help!
For 2012, Enabled Play is dedicating itself to generating a "briefing
book" on games accessibility which will be presented on June 13 and 14
to all attendees which includes a cross-section of industry, health, and
professional leaders who are attending and speaking.This includes the
conference keynotes: Microsoft's global lead on health, Bill
Crounse,Reality is Broken author Jane McGonigal, andConstance
Steinkuehler Squire who is a Senior Policy Analyst at the White House
Office of Science & Technology Policy focusing on federal activity and
policies regarding the use of videogames to solve ongoing national
challenges such as health, education, science, and national security.
Coupled with public posting, and sharing of the work throughout the rest
of 2012 by other advocates this effort has great ability to better
inform federal agencies and others working on serious games about needs
for research and development of concerning accessibility.Indeed, making
training, education, and other games accessible is nearly a requirement,
not a choice for governments and their partners.For industry,
accessibility can be a great pathway to better games and sales as four
previous years of Enabled Play talks have shown.
At Enabled Play 2012, we ask that you join us for a day and help us put
together this briefing book, and an accompanying executive summary.
As a close friend of games accessibility we are asking you to join us
and help.There is no set agenda for the day, just a set goal.Everyone
who attends will get a chance to share work, opinions, and ideas.
Thanks to support from the Games for Health Project we have been given
20 free passes to Enabled Play to provide to attendees such as
yourself.If you are able to attend for Tuesday June 12, you can attend
for free.Hotel and travel are your own responsibility.If you wish to
stay on for the remainder of Games for Health that is also an additional
charge.If you have a brief 10-15 minute talk you'd like to give we will
incorporate that into the day's activities.
To attend as a guest be one of the first 15 people to send an email with
your name, title, and specific area of interest within accessibility to:
rsvp2...@enabledplay.com <mailto:rsvp2...@enabledplay.com>
There have been several great resources compiled to-date including
whitepapers, great Web sites, and other articles.It's time to put
together a summary of all this great work, and to determine a set of
guiding recommendations that can help move things further along.
If you share our excitement for this opportunity, please join us on
Tuesday June 11.
Tara Voelker
Eleanor Robinson
Ben Sawyer
Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software
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