Serious Games Events
Let the Games Begin: Videogames as a Development Tool
January 25, 2013 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
Co-sponsored by STIP's Serious Games Initiative and USAID
November Meeting of the Federal Games Group
November 14, 2012 // 1:30pm — 2:30pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
Meeting of the Federal Games Group
DC 12th Graders Seek to Be Budget Heroes on Eve of Presidential Election
November 05, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
The day before Election Day, 100 12th-graders from Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy will play Budget Hero: Election Edition in teams and discuss their results. (This event took place off site at the Chavez Parkside campus in NE Washington, DC).
Are You a Budget Hero? OHIO University Students to Play Popular Online Budget Game
October 11, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
Students from OHIO University will play and debate their results from the newly updated online game, Budget Hero: Election Edition. (This event takes place at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio).
Launch of Budget Hero: Election Edition on Capitol Hill
September 19, 2012 // 2:30pm — 3:30pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
Budget Hero: Election Edition launched on Capitol Hill with remarks by U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), former U.S. Rep. Connie Morella (D-MD), Wilson Center President Jane Harman, and Don Kettl, dean of the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. Two University of Maryland students demonstrated the game and their results.
Federal Games Group Meeting
September 19, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
A meeting of the Federal Games Guild
University of Maryland Students Play New Budget Hero: Election Edition
September 19, 2012 // 11:30am — 1:00pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
To launch the Budget Hero Election Edition, which includes President Obama and Governor Romney badges and new policy cards, University of Maryland students of public policy, business, and journalism, played the game's latest version, debating each other.
Webcast Day 2: Connecting Grassroots to Government for Disaster Management: A Policy Roundtable
September 14, 2012 // 9:30am — 3:00pm
Science and Technology Innovation Program
Watch via live webcast the workshop "Connecting Grassroots to Government through Open Innovation," focusing on the opportunities and challenges of social media, crowdsourcing, crisismapping and open innovation for the full life-cycle of disaster management.