The document announces a community engagement event taking place on February 27th at the Newfoundpool Neighbourhood Centre. The free event will run from 10:00 to 16:00 and feature speakers discussing various topics around using games and new technologies for community engagement. Speakers will discuss using games for green mobility initiatives, preparing students for the real world using avatars, and interactive installations for disadvantaged groups. The day will include lunch and a Guitar Hero challenge competition.

1. Feb 27th Community Engagement and Empowerment
10:00 – 16:00 (Registration from 09:30)
Venue :- Newfoundpool Neigbourhood Centre
FREE Registration at :- http://dmugamesfeb27.eventbrite.com/#
Speakers :-
Time Speaker Topic
10:00 David Wortley Welcome Introductions and Hosting
David Wortley is a Research Fellow at De Montfort University
co-ordination the Games Alliance Middle England (GAME)
project. He was the founding Director of the Serious Games
Institute and is also a freelance consultant on the strategic
use of immersive and emerging technologies such as serious
games, virtual worlds and social networks.
His mission is to help organisations and individuals, leverage
the power of these technologies for competitive advantage
and business/personal development
10:15 Steve Thompson Engaging Communities – The Great Adventure
Steve Thompson is a Musician, Composer, Multi Media
Artist, Technologist, Educator and Academic. Through his
work at Teesside University he is recognised in the UK as a
leading figure in the world of community engagement
through Community Media and ICT. Steve has been
described by "Future Democracy" as “one of Europe's most
original thinkers on community engagement using new
technologies”.
Steve began his working life as a Steelworker at Consett Steel
Works and then moved to the music industry. He has written
songs for many international recording artistes such as
Sheena Easton, Celine Dion, Elaine Page, Sarah Brightman,
and Elkie Brooks. In recent years, Steve has managed a
community radio station, taught BTEC Music Composition
and BTEC Music Technology and now develops and teaches
Community and Social Media for Teesside University

2. 10:45 Lucia Pannese SuperHUB: Engaging Citizens for Green Mobility
Lucia Pannese has more than 15 years management
experience in innovation & research projects with a special
focus on technology enhanced learning solutions. She is the
Founding Director of imaginary, a leading European Serious
Games developer where she acts as CEO and manager for
international (research) activities. Lucia is heavily involved in
European research around Serious Games and digital
interactive technologies for learning and training across
several sectors, particularly health and care, smart cities and
societies, culture and business.
With numerous Italian and international publications and
presentations about Serious Games, learning and training,
she is often invited at international conferences dealing with
the Serious Games and digital interactive technologies topics.
11:15 Annette Crisp Engaging with Avatars as Preparation for the Real
World
Annette Crisp is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Criminology,
Psychology and Policing at De Montfort University who has,
for the past few years, created and used machinima and
avatar action as the foundation for her teaching of practice
based and theoretical concepts. In addition to Criminology
students Annette has developed presentation materials for
Probation and Police Training
This presentation will review some of the materials that
Annette has used when teaching students in criminology
related disciplines to engage students and prepare them for
future practice. Annette will focus and show examples of her
work particularly to future practitioners on domestic
violence, media, crime and justice process and anti-social
behaviour.
12:00 Peter Shelton Interactive Immersive Installations for the
Disadvantaged
Peter Shelton is an artist, musician, experimenter and
Strategic Executive of First Movement: the National Centre
for Arts Installation with learning disabled people. He has
lead the development of several new technology projects
within First Movement including: Live Room (music
technology), Towards a New Arts Language (contemporary
arts technologies), Time Slices (digital video), New Worlds
(internet), Level (video conferencing collaboration) and Raise
(games-based intuitive interfaces).'

3. 12:15 Lunch and Video Game Challenges
During the lunch time there will be a Guitar Hero / Rock Star
challenge in which everyone who plays can earn points in the
DMU Games Festival Challenges which offer a prize of £50 for
the most points collected.
Each person who plays the game can earn 10 points with an
additional 10 points for posting a picture of themselves
playing. The player with the highest game score earns an
extra 100 points
14:00 Eric Latham and Nick Virtual Romans - Digital Heritage and Gaming
Higgett
After studying for degrees in Electronics and Computer
Science, and a PhD for work related to visual integration of
objects in augmented reality, Eric Tatham swapped industry
for academia and has since lectured in 3D Computer Graphics
and Software Engineering at various UK universities,
including; Coventry University, the Open University and the
University of Bradford.
He currently lectures in 3D Computer Graphics, Animation,
and Games Programming at De Montfort University and also
runs a software development company called Mixed Reality
Ltd. He is a self-confessed Augmented Reality fanatic and
hence, possibly, in need of counselling!
Nick Higgett is Programme Leader for MA Multimedia Design
at De Montfort University and is also project director for the
Virtual Romans Project. This project is funded by Leicester
City Council and its aim is the3D digital reconstruction of
Roman Leicester Ratae Corieltavorum.
http://www.facebook.com/VirtualRomans
He is also currently leading and working on several
Connected Communities AHRC funded projects concerned
with Digital Heritage and also the creation of a National
Heritage Project Network.

4. 14:30 Jude Ower Social Network Games for Charitable Causes
Jude Ower has spent 11 years in the games industry, creating
games for training, education and raising awareness. Her
passion is using game play to make the world a better place.
Jude founded PlayMob, creating the world's first platform
profitably connecting games to social good. A win win for all.
She has taken the company through raising angel and seed
capital in order to build and scale the platform. She is now in
the process of taking it global and signing up strategic
partnerships. Jude also has a passion for ideas,
entrepreneurship and innovation.
Voted top 100 women in Tech in Europe, Growing Business
'Young Gun' 2012, and Shortlisted on Red's Hot Women
Awards 2012 and runner up Young Entreneur of the Year
2012. Built Playmob up to be winner of Best Start Up 2012
Launch Conference and finalist in Europas 2011 and BBAA
awards.
BAFTA games judge, member of NEXTERS, UKIE (UK
Interactive Entertainment), and speaker at various events
such as Iod, MADE Festival, SXSW, Women in Games,
Browser Games Forum, Games for Brands, London Games
Conference, Social Games Summit and Tech@State. Also a
Titan for Doug Richards School for Creative
15:00 Community Media Workshop
16:00 Close and Networking