Games For Health Project To Showcase Latest Technologies For Advancing Healthcare At Day-Long Event Hosted At USC

WHAT:
The Serious Games Initiative is proud to present the inaugural "Games for Health Day."

The one-day event, just before the start of E3, will showcase cutting-edge research and many commercially-based game projects aimed at improving healthcare and policy.

Researchers, game developers and healthcare professionals will be on hand to discuss how interactive technologies will change the future of the industry.

Support for the event comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, TATRC, USC's Annenberg School for Communication, and USC's Institute for Creative Technologies.

A downloadable PDF version of the schedule and event information is available at: http://www.gamesforhealth.org/gfh-usc-details-schedule.pdf

WHEN:
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE:
Davidson Executive Conference Center
University of Southern California
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089

CONTACT:
Sibel Sunar / Grace Kim
The Bohle Company
310.785.0515 x271/204
sibel@bohle.com / grace@bohle.com

**NOTE** Ben Sawyer, director, Serious Games Initiative, will also be present during E3, at booth #6819 in Kentia Hall, to demo over a dozen major serious game efforts, discuss the field of serious games, and talk about upcoming projects. Please let us know if you would like to schedule a visit.