MS1:  Opening Keynote

The Case of Baldi's Ruler and the Purple Backpack

Monica Cornetti

We have a neurological imperative to allow our learners to play. Play helps create new connections between neurons and between different parts of the brain. Learn how you can use gamification to help learners not only feel better while engaged in your learning experiences, but you'll also encourage creativity, expand their brains (literally), and help them better survive their complex world.

MS2:  Level Up Your Professional Development:  Experience the Magic of GamiCon

Chuck Sigmund and Kerstin Oberprieler

Two internationally-recognized presenters and gamification experts, come together on one stage to share their experience of a platform that is a unique application of gamification. Chuck Sigmund (Seattle, WA) and Kerstin Obleprier (Canberra, Australia) met at GamiCon last year, formed a partnership to do a pilot... and this year they share their learning, insights, and results with the GamiCon community. This session shows you the magic of GamiCon! 

MS3:  Gamification is Not One Solution for All - Persona, Phases, Journeys and More...

Altug Yilmaz

This session is for anyone who cares about employee engagement and wants to change their behavior through fun. Understand the steps of any Gamification Project, analyze the KPIs, and apply game mechanics to enhance the employee experience.

MS4:  The Game Master Framework

Bernardo Letayf 

Making sense of all the gamification knowledge out there requires a lot of time. Usually a framework covers one end and leaves others out because of tunnel vision. The Game Master Framework allows you to prepare your system while testing if you are walking in the right direction from your first iteration. Learn the key game mechanics and core game dynamics that will build a system fast and simple while minimizing mistakes in the process. 

MS5: Keynote

Deliberate Fun

Jonathan Peters, PhD

Most gamification programs will not

live up to expectations. And this is because most practitioners simply build a program and hope people will like it. Creating a balance between the explanation of scientific profiles, gamification philosophy, and practical application this session is designed to equip L&D professionals with a proven and repeatable process for adding game mechanics to their learning programs.

MS6:  Gamification Gumbo: Small Lessons from the Big Easy

Valary Oleinik

This session helps participants to shift from trying various ways of motivating learners to creating environments and experiences in which learners will be more likely to feel motivated. The session contains activities that model the concepts presented. Participants will receive the learner persona template and a series of questions to help them identify ways in which they can bring more self-determination into their courses and learning events. 

MS7:  What Makes a Great Narrative – The Brain Science Behind Increasing Retention with a Great Story

Keith Lillico

Narratives are typically one of the easiest and widely used game mechanics when creating a learning project. But what makes a good story? Recent advances in brain science have shown that just telling a story is not enough for someone to remember it. By understanding Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) and mnemonic memory techniques, participants can learn how to write compelling stories that will leave their audiences remembering things that once seemed impossible. The history of these techniques have long been established and used in the world of memory championships where participants do things such as memorize a deck of cards, full poems, or random numbers in a few minutes, but recent studies have shown that there is an application for them in the learning and development world.

MS8:   Gamification Using iBeacons

Miary Andriamiarisoa

In an extremely dynamic, fascinating, attention-grabbing session, Miary will outline the key characteristics of iBeacons that relate to gamification and demonstrate how iBeacons technologies can be used to create a low-cost (as low as $10), high-tech, engaging gamification experience. You don’t have to be a technology wizard to bring this cool tech into your gamification projects.