[GAMBIT-UROPS-summon] MIT hosting Peter Molyneux at Game Lab symposium on Friday, September 21 - please attend!

[Richard Eberhardt]

What is games research? Can video games change the world we live in?

The MIT Game Lab brings together scholars, creators, and technologists to
teach, conduct research, and develop new approaches for applied game design and
development. Games are a thriving field, communication medium, and industry.

To explore the possibilities of games in other industries and disciplines
and discuss the opportunities for growth for games, the MIT Game Lab is hosting
a symposium, "Games In Everyday Life And Why That Matters To You", at the Wong
Auditorium at MIT on September 21, 2012. gamelab.mit.edu

The symposium will feature a lecture from leading new media scholar,
Professor Henry Jenkins, the executive director of the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game
Lab, Philip Tan, and the current director of Comparative Media Studies at MIT,
Professor William Uricchio and will be followed by a keynote from visionary
game developer Peter Molyneux. Afterward, the symposium will continue with the
following four panels with leading industry professionals and games
researchers: Applied Game Research: Players, Design, and Technology, Games
for Learning, Meaningful R&D Partnerships, and Positive Game Lab Impact.

The MIT Game Lab is also excited to announce that Professor Sebastian Seung,
leading connectomics scientist http://bcs.mit.edu/people/seung.html
and creator of EyeWire https://eyewire.org/, will be delivering the closing
keynote for Games In Everyday Life And Why That Matters To You.

To learn more about the MIT Game Lab and the symposium, please browse our
website and check out the opening video to learn more about our work and our
history of collaboration: http://gamelab.mit.edu/

Registration is $50. This price includes a symposium pass, breakfast,
lunch, and ticket to the closing reception. But, for students, we are offering a
50% discount with the promotion code COLLABMIT at checkout.
Register at http://mitgamelabsymposium2012.eventbrite.com/

If you think that games are a powerful medium that could change the way you
and your colleagues work, please attend our symposium. It would be a pleasure to
have you at Games In Everyday Life And Why That Matters To You. Let's get
excited about the great potential of games!

Please contact the MIT Game Lab's Communication Director, Generoso Fierro (
generoso at mit.edu), with any questions.