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SUMMARY:VX Conversations: Serious Games Meets Mobile Health
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 19 (9:00am-11:00am) as we look at how wireless and digital media are converging with health, wellness and sport and how it is changing the future of health, mobility, access, rehab and training as a result. 
DigiBC & LifeSciences BC bring you a morning of demos, conversation, insight and networking. 
Our panel will consist of both interface developers and researchers, as well as serious gaming experts:

Dr. Jaimie Borisoff, Michael Smith Foundation (former Paralympian and now researcher looking at the development of a direct computer interface using descending motor potentials recorded from the spinal cord)
Brad Zdanivsky, Vertical Challenge (open source code project to provide a framework for BlueTooth Physiological Sensors)
Mark Baxter, FitBrains (casual gaming platform featuring games that exercise the key cognitive areas of the brain)
Tarrnie Williams, Executive Producer, EA Active Fit Game
    Moderator: Dr. Ward Plunet – PhD, Neuroscience- research focus centers on discovering treatments to improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury, and extend the shortened lifespan of individuals with spinal cord injury

URL:http://techvibes.com/event/vx-conversations-serious-games-meets-mobile-health
LOCATION;VENUE-UID=techvibes-venue-3baa271bc35fe054c86928f7016e8ae6:BC Showcase @ 800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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ADDRESS:800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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COUNTRY:Canada
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