Games for Health NYC Regional Meetup - Agenda

As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Games for Health is convening a half-day meet-up in New York City this coming Tuesday, January 26th.  The meeting agenda is now available and it includes a great lineup of speakers and topics:

• Ben Sawyer, co-founder, Games for Health Project – Games for Health Today & Tomorrow
• Sam Yohannan, Senior Physical Therapy Specialist, Burn Research at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell – Rehabilitation for Burn Patients Using Nintendo Wii
• Bill Crosbie, Lead Designer, Skeleton Crew Software – Operating Under the Influenza
• Paul Krebs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – Virtual Reality Coping Skills Game to Prevent Post-Hospitalization Smoking Relapse in Tobacco Dependent Cancer Patients
• JP Pollack, Cornell University – Mindless Eating Challenge
• Jessica Hammer, Columbia University – Lit to Quit: A Mobile Game for Health
• Mark Grob, VRShell LLC – DWI Simulator Game
• Nicole Manfield, Physical Therapist, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, New York Hospital, Queens – Using Nintendo Wii to Improve Upper Extremity Motor Function

For those of you in the area, there is still time to register. The event is being held the Hunter College Brookdale Campus (Room W323, 425 E 25th Street).  Attendance is free but an RSVP is required.  If you are interested please contact Beth Bryant (bbryant@dmill.com).