1. EU Accessible and Inclusive ICT FP7 meeting
Dr Sara de Freitas
Director of Research at the Serious Games Institute (SGI)
Brussels, 22nd May 2007

2. background LSRC study: Learning through play
JISC consultant to the Innovation Strand of e-Learning Programme
Learning in immersive worlds report on web
Edited book with Professor Paul Maharg: Learning through play
MIT Press book in the Emergenc(i)es series edited by Lizbeth Goodman
Co-Chair of the Lab Group
Director of Research at the Serious Games Institute

3. Serious Games Institute Facilities
Applied Research Centre
Business Incubation & SME development
Showcasing and Usability Lab

4. Immersive Environments
Focus Areas
Immersive Environments
Mobile Games

5. SGI First dedicated Serious Games Institute in the UK
Funding through Advantage West Midland regional development agency
Aims to bring game development companies together with leading edge applied research outputs to support regional development
Applied research goals to develop new methods and tools for analysis, model games based applications through learner profiling/modelling
Lifelong Acute Healthcare workshop 5th July
Serious Virtual Worlds conference 13/14 September

6. SGI Strategy Corporate partnerships with R&D
Business incubation and enterprise
Knowledge sharing and exchange
Advocacy and promotion locally and globally
Links to Subject Matter Experts
Creating a platform to stimulate creativity, collaboration and business opportunities
Initiating relevant research and demonstrator projects
Providing relevant technology and academic resources to support small enterprises

7. Questions and feedback to Sara de Freitas at sara@lkl.ac.uk