If there was a convenient way for me to get to Boston I'd definitely fancy
doing this, ----- perhaps though if it goes on next year and you let me know
early enough I could have a think about it.
All the best,
Dark.
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From: "Eleanor Robinson" <elea...@7128.com>
To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:22 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Conference Opportunity
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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