Abstract
ABSEL Conference 2017 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA (March 8 – 10, 2017)
The 2017 program organizers of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) invite new and experienced academicians, professionals, and students from all disciplinary areas. At the conference the participants present quantitative and qualitative research, theoretical models, literature reviews, cases, demonstrations, exercises, panels, and other work related to creative or innovative teaching and learning methods in the tracks: Experiential Learning Methods, Simulations, Innovations and Future Directions in Education, and Games Ready to Play (see website for further details on each track). Student participation is highly encouraged i n ABSEL (every year ABSEL has a Best Paper Award for Students). Due date for submission of full manuscripts, games, or abstracts for review is October 3, 2016.
Additionally, SEWA Beats will deliver an experiential exercise in African drumming engaging all attendees during the ABSEL 2017 keynote session. SEWA Beats has delivered programs in 19 countries to more than 300,000 participants globally, including Fortune 100 and 500 companies. SEWA Beats and ABSEL 2017 is strictly limited 100 Registrants, so register early for this special event!
Further information: https://absel.org/
Creating a new association to serve potential new members has been the focus of a group of professors along last year. The group considered the issue of effectiveness and the merits of fixing the mission and vision of the new association. Building upon the past success of other national associations as well as ISAGA, the international representative association, the working group identified areas that such new association could better serve its members and also have a greater influence in society. A particular structure is necessary to achieve an expanded set of services for members and increased influence within society. The perceived needs of members require a dramatically different structure due to financial limitations and time demanding to a volunteer based job. The working group identified a solution for dealing with each demand. The Brazilian Simulation and Gaming Association – BRASAGA starts with four chapters with specific focus. The Institutional chapter has the focus on the search for new members, aligning the objectives internally and representing the association in events. It is leaded by Luiz Antonio Titton, Phd from Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Consumers Chapter receives all members through social networks to share experiences, promote S&G use and divulgate materials, facts and events. This chapter president is Luiz Cesar Barcante, Phd from Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil. The Industry chapter has the mission to develop the S&G industry in the country and has no president yet. It receives not only Brazilian companies as well as foreign ones to disseminate the experiential learning as well as the use of simulations as a path to the local industry development. The previous chapters’ official language is Portuguese. However, the Scientific chapters’ official language is English the solution to promote the inclusion of the Brazilian scientific community into the international one. Thousands of articles and papers published in Portuguese are apart from the universal knowledge because of the language barrier and a gate starts with some initial steps. The first step is the issue of the BRASAGA Journal in English with a Portuguese version of all published articles. The first CfP and more information about the new association is accessible at www.brasaga.org. You can join the association at Linkedin or Facebook to access recent posts.
Further information: https://www.brasaga.org
ISAGA held the 47th conference, this year in Melbourne, Australia, co-hosted with the Australian Simulation Congress. The event (September 26 - 29th, 2016) was an interesting conference with a blend of international participants affiliated mainly with ISAGA and the large Australian simulation and gaming community, both in the general and in the medical domain. ISAGA will produce a book as post-proceedings of a selection of the best papers of the conference. http://www.simulationcongress.com/
Furthermore, it is time to announce the events for 2017:
- The 48th conference will be held in Delft, The Netherlands, from July 10 - 14, 2017. TU Delft hosts this conference and promises a high quality and interesting event.
- The next ISAGA summer school will take place June 26 - 30, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden, hosted by KTH. Participating in the summer school is an excellent experience for PhD students and young professionals who want to deepen their insights in gaming and simulation methods.
Further information: http://www.isaga.com/
Introduction to ISAGA 2017 conference:
In 2017, the annual ISAGA conference will be held jointly by ISAGA (International Simulation and Gaming Association) and SAGANET (Simulation and Gaming Association the Netherlands). It is the sixed ISAGA conference in the Netherlands, the first one to be held in Delft. Delft is a small town, characterized by its beautiful medieval city center with typical Dutch warehouses along the canals, and at the same time by technology and innovation, represented by TU Delft, the Technopolis park, and the new central station. Its location goes well with the theme of the 2017 conference, “Sustainable cities and smart infrastructures” as it is located close to both Rotterdam with its large international harbor, and The Hague, home of the government and most of the ministries. The host, the Delft University of Technology (TUD), has a long tradition of designing, using, and evaluating simulation games. Save the date – the conference will be held from 10th to 14th of July, 2017. Further information and a call for workshops and papers will follow soon.
Further information: http://www.saganet.nl/
- On 18 -19 July 2016, about 30 HR representatives, trainers, facilitators, developers and users of gaming simulations met in Munich at a “market-place” conference in Munich, organized by SAGSAGA in order to exchange ideas, get to know and play a number of simulations on change management and human resources development.
- SAGSAGA Network Meeting in Dornbirn (Austria) will be held November 11 – 12, 2016 at FHV (University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg) and focuses on a variety of gaming simulations and their applications in the field of Supply Chain Management and logistics. Further information: http://www.sagsaga.org/index.php/aktivitaeten/veranstaltungen/82-nwt-dornbirn
- The German Simulation And Gaming Award is presented for outstanding final theses (Bachelor, Master or Dissertations) on the subject of simulation games. The deadline for applications will end on 29th of January 2017. The award ceremony will take place at the 31. European Simulation And Gaming Forum on 22./23. of June 2017 in Stuttgart. Link: http://zms.dhbw-stuttgart.de/en/planspielpreis.html
- European Simulation And Gaming Forum - S&G-Conference at Cooperative State University Stuttgart: This congress is the biggest manufacturers independent conference on the topic of S&G in the German speaking region. The ZMS together with SAGSAGA invites to a presentation of innovative ideas on the subject “Designing Interaction”. The conference takes place on June, 22/23, 2017 in Stuttgart. Call for paper starting soon: http://zms.dhbw-stuttgart.de/en/planspielforum.html
Further information: http://www.sagsaga.org/
ThaiSim wants to develop learning and teaching by games and simulations. ThaiSim organizes both national and international conferences, every year. The conference is an event with about 60-70 presentations, and its presenters are from Thailand and around the world. The conference is getting bigger because ThaiSim exerts to build network with faculty members from universities in Thailand such as: Thonburi University, Bangkok; Sripatum University Chonburi Campus, Chonburi; Mahidol University, Bangkok; Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok; King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok; Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Nakhon Pathom; Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Trang; Sriwattana Business Administration Technological College, Bangkok and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS), Nice, France.
- This year, ThaiSim organized the conference on 28-29 July 2016 at Sripathum University, Chonburi Campus, Thailand. There were 61 research papers in categories of education such as kindergarten, primary, secondary, vocational, and university.
- Next year, 2017, ThaiSim will co-organize the conference with Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand on 29-30 June 2017. Join us. All are welcome.
Further information: http://www.thaisim.org/