Gamification 2013 conference a success

The Faculty of Business and Information Technology would like to thank all partners, speakers, volunteers, Advisory and Paper Committee members and attendees for making the first-annual Gamification 2013 conference a success.

The conference, which took place October 2 to 4 at the University of Waterloo’s Stratford, Ontario campus, showcased current academic research in gamification, opening the door for discussion around the growth of the industry. It covered a range of academic and industry research specifically aligned to expand the effective implementation of gamification in business, health, education and entertainment.

"This is a great achievement for our GAMER Lab and UOIT," said Dr. Lennart Nacke, Research Director, UOIT GAMER Lab. "The conference gave us a chance to explore the future of gamification and the ways it can be successfully implemented in business, health, education and entertainment. We would like to thank everyone involved in making this conference a huge success. We also look forward to hosting CHI Play, a follow-up conference to engaging forms of human-computer interaction and play, in Toronto in October 2014.”