The overall objectives of the conference are the discussion and sharing of knowledge, experiences and scientific and technical results, related to state-of-the-art solutions and technologies on serious games and applications for health and healthcare, as well as the demonstration of advanced products and technologies.

Submitted papers will be subject to a blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be available at the IEEE Xplorer (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp). The Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index; DBLP Computer Science Bibliography; and Inspec.

Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session.

Workshops, Symposiums, Tutorials as well as Demonstrations dedicated to other technical/scientific topics are in preparation: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

TOPICS

    Simulation
    Virtual environments
    Patient education
    Game-based learning
    Exercising and active living
    Natural user interface
    Human-computer interface
    Assistive technologies
    Accessibility
    Diagnosis
    Algorithms
    Game design and development
    Artificial intelligence
    Signal processing
    E-learning and Education
    Public Health Informatics
    Telemedicine and real-time monitoring
    Clinical training
    Healthcare professionals training
    Rehabilitation
    Public health education
    Medical imaging processing, Analysis and Visualization
    Augmented reality for Minimally-invasive surgery
    Techniques and tools for Minimally-invasive surgery
    Robotic surgical Procedures
    Robotic instruments for surgery