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The Mensa Foundation hosts Colloquiums to help further its mission of identifying and fostering human intelligence for the benefit of humanity. Attendees gather to learn and share information on a chosen topic with experts in the field and each other.

On July 3, attendees of Colloquium 2012: Social and Video Games will explore the evolving world of social gaming and how gender issues are changing the development of games. They’ll learn about the gamification of society and how organizations are turning to social games for marketing and fundraising and discover how the five dimensions of game addiction might relate to their experiences. They’ll also learn about the history and development of video games from experts in the industry.

Speakers at this event include:

• Keynote speaker Warren Spector, Vice President and Creative Director for Disney Interactive Studios’ Junction Point
• Mia Consalvo, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design at Concordia University in Montreal
• Seth Cooper, Creative Director of the Center for Game Science at the University of Washington
• Douglas Gentile, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at Iowa State University
• Jamison Selby, Vice President of Sales for Socialtype

This event is being held as a special one-day precursor to American Mensa’s 2012 Annual Gathering in Reno, Nev.
 

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