🗓️ Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 10:00–13:00 (local time)
This workshop aims to bring insights from EU research projects to the game industry and explore how games can create meaningful impact by engaging citizens and the gaming community. Together, we’ll discuss how to transform play through research and practice.
Participation: You can join online for free or on-site if you already have a ticket to the Nordic game event.
- Online: Free and open to all – Join via Microsoft Teams.
- On-site: Open to Nordic Game ticket holders. Registration is required for the workshop due to limited seating. Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.Venue for on-site participation: Slagthuset, Malmö, Sweden – [Google Maps link]. GCC meeting room, upper floor. More about the Nordic Game event on the NG25 website.
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The workshop is organised by the Games for Culture Cluster (GCC), a collaboration of seven EU-funded projects. More about the GCC activities at the Nordic Game event on the GCC website.
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Agenda:
(Malmö, Sweden local time)
10:00 | Game industry workshop: “Games for Culture: Transforming Play through Research and Practice” |
10:00 – 10:10 | Welcoming & GCC intro |
10:10 – 10:20 | Celestine Iwendi, University of Bolton “Games Realising Effective and Affective Transformation – Introduction (Part 1)” |
10:20 – 10:30 | Jude Ower and Felix Bradshaw, PlanetPlay “Games Realising Effective and Affective Transformation – PlanetPlay Approach (Part 2)” |
10:30 – 10:40 | Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Serious Games Interactive “Games Realising Effective and Affective Transformation – Dilemma-based Learning Games Approach (Part 3)” |
10:40 – 10:45 | Q&A |
10:45 – 11:05 | Break |
11:05 – 11:15 | Diana Fehr, Founder & Director of MuseoSpace “Gamification in Museums” |
11:15 – 11:25 | Makrina Viola Kosti, Postdoctoral Researcher, M4D, CERTH “Collaborative Worlds: Harnessing Co-Creation for Game Design”, |
11:25 – 11:35 | Christina Tsita, Research Associate, CERTH “MEMENTOES AI web services for game content creation” |
11:35 – 11:45 | Toni Barreiros, Head of Innovation and Project Manager at the Municipality of Fundão “From rural roots to digital realms: Building an Innovation Ecosystem in Fundão, Portugal” |
11:45 – 11:50 | Q&A |
11:50 – 12:50 | Workshop activities |
12:50 – 13:00 | Closing remarks |